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"... brevity is the soul of wit ..."
- William Shakespeare

LindaAnn LoSchiavo

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Golden Shovel: Lon Chaney, Jr. as "The Wolf Man"

My father was more talented than I,
Ingenious, in demand. When I transformed –
In Universal's make-up chair – into
The Wolf Man, my body-clock stopped and this
Unnatural specimen reigned, something
That fascinated and horrified. This
Role, played five times, revealed the beautiful
Sober beast inside – fixed, unleashed. My black
Dog, depression, was disowned when I'd howl.



Source: "Wolf Cento" by Simone Muench [from "Wolf Centos" - Sarabande Books, 2014]
Lines used: "I transformed into this thing, this beautiful / black howl . . ."

Note: Creighton Tull Chaney [February 10, 1906 - July 12, 1973] was given his stage name
Lon Chaney, Jr. by Universal Pictures, who hoped this would confuse movie-goers into thinking
his famous father Lon Chaney was starring instead in "The Wolf Man" (1941).