Get The Phantom Of The Opera 1925 Color Gif. This print is from the milestone edition. The phantom of the opera is a 1925 american silent horror film adaptation of gaston leroux's 1910 novel le fantôme de l'opéra, directed by rupert julian and starring lon chaney in the title role of.
At the opera of paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (marguerite in faust) for i love the atmosphere and the music that this movie has because the movie feels very creepy and even a bit surreal at times. The phantom demands that christine break off her relationship with raoul before he'll allow her to return to the opera house stage. A troubled production, the phantom of the opera was actually completed in 1923 but was reworked over the next two years as nervous universal executives pandered to critics who suggested the film needed more humour.
A troubled production, the phantom of the opera was actually completed in 1923 but was reworked over the next two years as nervous universal executives pandered to critics who suggested the film needed more humour.
The film featured lon chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed phantom who haunts the paris opera house. A silent adaptation of gaston leroux's famous novel in which erik, a deformed musician living in the cellars of the paris opera house, causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make the woman he loves a star. First film adaptation, directed by rupert julian, of gaston leroux's novel. The film featured lon chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed phantom who haunts the paris opera house.