.. Harry Knowles:..".. I am more and more absolutely convinced that Lon Chaney senior did not in fact play the Phantom of the Opera.. that the only man Lon Chaney played in the movie of that name.. was Lon Chaney himself.. just a man.. named Lon Chaney.. Someday.. they'll release the movie voiced-over as a talkie.. where the other characters refer to him as Lon.. as the MAN.. Lon Chaney..."..