Michael F. Blake

An in-depth look at the Lon Chaney Sr. horror classic and other "Phantom" films.

A video tour of Chaney's actual make-up case and the "double-amputee" costume worn in The Penalty,…

Built in 1942 by a maverick film preservationist, this small Los Angeles theater championed silent…

Documentary about John Ford's relation to Monument Valley.

Short documentary about the making of the John Ford/John Wayne film "Stagecoach".

A tribute to producer Irving Thalberg.

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and…

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women…

A veteran street cop is assigned a new partner. The partner is not exactly what he seems to be, tho…

Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in…

In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival ba…