The Phantom of the Opera 1925

The Phantom of the Opera 1925

 

The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney

   

in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House,causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star

The film remains most famous for Chaney's ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere

The picture also features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis and Snitz Edwards

The last surviving cast member was Carla Laemmle (1909-2014), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as a "prima ballerina" in the film when she was about 15 years old

The film was released on September 6, 1925, premiering at the Astor Theatre in New York

Vaudeville stars Broderick & Felsen created a live prologue for the film's Broadway presentation at the B.S. Moss Colony Theater beginning on November 28, 1925

The film's final budget was $632,357

 

 

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