 The Phantoms makeup was designed to resemble a skull.  Lon Chaney (qv) attached a strip of fish skin (a thin, translucent  material) to his nostrils with spirit gum, pulled it back until he  got the tilt he wanted, then attached the other end of the fish skin  under his bald cap. For some shots, a wire and rubber device was  used, and according to cameraman Charles Van Enger (I) (qv), cut  into his nose and caused a good deal of bleeding. Cheeks were built  up using a combination of cotton and collodion. Ears were glued back  and the rest was greasepaint shaded in the proper areas of the face.  The sight was said to have caused some patrons at the premiere to  have fainted.