Hollywood fan magazines were fond of sending their reporters to spend time with movie stars and write about their "real" life outside of acting.
For the July 1940 issue of HOLLYWOOD magazine, Kolma Flake was dispatched to the Hal Roach Studios lot for an interview of the man who played the critically-acclaimed Lenny in OF MICE AND MEN, Lon Chaney, Jr., and who had just completed his role as Akhoba in ONE MILLION B.C.
Miss Flake, it turns out, knows sign language as well, and much of the article (including the photos) focus and their mutual knowledge of signing and how they use it during the course of their luncheon at the studio commissary. Chaney reminisces about his grandfather and earlier life.
This interview takes place before Chaney's roles in MAN-MADE MONSTER and THE WOLF MAN in 1941, launching him into horror stardom.
EXTRA: Here is a photo of Chaney as the MAN-MADE MONSTER in HOLLYWOOD magazine April 1941.
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