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3 records found for Lon Chaney Sr.

• #222: HERE'S HOLLYWOOD

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  1962-06-28, WNBC, 10 min.

  • Jack Linkletter
  • Lon Chaney Jr.
  • Rex Bell
  • Lon Chaney Sr.

  Jack Linkletter interviews Lon Chaney Jr. from his San Fernando Valley home. 
  
  Lon Chaney Jr. reminisces and recalls his past experiences related to growing up in this area when the Hollywood Freeway was a dirt road...riding horseback and hunting rabbits with pal Rex Bell. 
  
  Additional topics include:
  
  -Starting out originally in business and then at 25 going into films.
  
  -How he first met a producer at Universal who heard a song he created at a party.
  
  -Recollections viewing his father's films as a kid, and how his dad, Long Chaney Sr, saved his life when he was born (Oklahoma City) weighing only 2 & 1/4 lbs. At 6 months old able to walk and talk.
  
  -Lon Chaney Jr. story about he as a youngster and his dad playing for nickels in bars, Lon Chaney Jr. singing and father Lon Chaney Sr. hoofing and flipping Lon Jr. around like bowling pins...working amateur shows together. 
  
  -Story about Lon Chaney Sr. a good tailor, making a long coat for Lon Jr. with many pockets to sneak five cent  beers and free sandwiches from bars when performing together. 
  
  During the interview Lon introduces his wife to Jack Linkletter.
  
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  Rare interview with Lon Chaney Jr. sharing personal anecdotes about his early life and his father Lon Chaney Sr. 
  
  

• #544: TODAY SHOW WITH HUGH DOWNS, THE

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  1963-11-08, WNBC, 21 min.

  • Hugh Downs
  • Peter Lorre
  • Jack Lescoulie
  • Pat Fontaine
  • Lon Chaney Sr.
  • Fay Wray
  January 14, 1952-Present. First early-morning network program and longest-running daytime series. Created by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver. Telecast Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, the broadcasts have maintained a format including a News Summary, segments related to Sports, Weather, Interviews, and Features. Throughout its long run, hosts of "The Today Show" have included Dave Garroway (1952-1961), John Chancellor (1961-1962), Hugh Downs (1962-1971), Frank McGee (1971-1974), Jim Hartz (1974-1976), Tom Brokaw (1976-1981), Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Chris Wallace, Katie Couric, and others.
  
  Horror Films are discussed by Hugh Downs and Jack Lescoulie and Pat Fontaine. Special guest is Fay Wray. A brief retrospective about Lon Chaney Sr. and Peter Lorre precede Wray's interview.

• #594: TELL US MORE

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  1964-01-28, WNBC, 20 min.

  • Boris Karloff
  • Conrad Nagel
  • Lon Chaney Sr.
  The careers of Lon Chaney Sr. and Boris Karloff are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Muriel Davisdon on Chaney. Rescheduled from Dec. 31, 1963.