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LON CHANEY TO-NIGHT A strange old haunted castle in England, over which hang sinister legends of long ago, and astounding vampire superstit ions, still believed in by many particularly the peasant class — concerning the “un-dead” which haunt graveyards and wander, between life and death, as malevolent avengers—these form the background of Lon Chane y's latest characteifi isation, in “LonLon Chaney don After Midnight,” which will be shown at the Grand Theatre to-night. Chaney plays a role different from any in his career, for instead of his usual sinister character he appears as a Scotland Yard detective, who, with a scientific trend, utilises hypnotism as a weapon against ghosts and apparitions in the haunted manor. Marceline Lay and Conrad Nagel and a notable cast appear with Chane3 r .
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 14
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128GRAND Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 334, 20 April 1928, Page 14
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