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The
False Faces
(1919)

This early role for Lon Chaney features him in a World War I espionage drama with Henry B. Walthall and Mary Anderson.

Classic Video Streams
2009 DVD edition

The Actors: Rare Films of Lon Chaney, Sr. (1917-1919), black & white, 121 minutes total, not rated,
including The False Faces (1919), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Classic Video Streams,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 31 August 2009.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition of two early Lon Chaney feature films, both with Chaney in supporting roles, has likely been mastered from 16mm reduction prints.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.

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Other silent era LON CHANEY films available on home video.

Other WORLD WAR I FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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