Welcome to Steffi Amiston History Class from HouseStopWorks.com

Welcome to the show I'm Holly Frye and I'm Tracy B. Wilson. We recently had a live show in Salt Lake City.

Tracy was unable to make it so friend of the show and previous guest Brian Young stepped into co-host.

I want to give my huge thanks to Brian Young. Yes. Brian Young has been a guest on our show on a

number of occasions. Many of them when I could not be present for a live appearance.

Yeah. Thank you so much for that Brian. And this live show is all about Lon Cheney.

Senior in the amazing career he crafted as both an actor and a makeup artist.

Yeah, I think I said before we started that show, but to the audience that while I was researching

this, I really fell in love with Lon Cheney. I had not known all that much about him beforehand

and I have immense respect and adoration for him. So let's jump Brian.

Hello and welcome to the podcast I'm Holly Frye. And I'm Brian Young.

And Brian in our long ongoing tradition of featuring classic horror stars as part of our

lead up to Halloween. We're going to talk today about Lon Cheney. And not only was he a star as an

actor, but he was famed really for his use of makeup. And in fact, his passion to completely

transform himself for each role coupled with a determination to keep his life off screen as private

as possible. Probably robbed him a little bit of historical notoriety. This live story reveals

more than just an actor. It shows a man who loved the art of creating both stage and film in a

holistic sense. A man who was happy to move sets and stage manage and choreograph and as well as

act. And he was described by one of his co-stars as, is quote, extremely kind, thoughtful and protective.

Yeah, it's just kind of at odds of the image he had. He played a lot of heavies, but he was in fact

apparently just the sweetest man. But he didn't want anybody to know that because he was afraid it

would impact his career. And while he appeared in more than 150 films, today he is most remembered

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