In Man of a Thousand Faces, the film biography' of Chaney... "the mystery man" comes to life again with all his greatness and strangeness.

For a film dedicated to one of the most subtle and emotionally evocative silent screen artists, Man of a Thousand Faces is conspicuously overstated, stiff, and unmoving.

If you can suspend your disbelief, the lousy make-up doesn't detract from how beautiful, moving and loving a tribute to Chaney's legacy the film is.

The picture is a bit too long and its sombre tone may irritate those customers who insist on ridiculing all old movies, but its rich sense of period and atmosphere and Cagney's superb performance make it an item worth seeing.