Phantom Of The Opera, The (1925) (1925)

Genres: US Classics, Thriller, Horror, Silent, Great Literature on Film Origin: USA Certificate: PG Languages: English Running Time: 93 min

synopsis

The original and best version of Gaston Leroux's legendary book The Phantom Of The Opera is an awesome monument to the Golden Age of Hollywood starring "The Man of a Thousand Faces", Lon Chaney. In the film, Chaney is Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Paris Opera. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful prima donna (Mary Philbin), he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair, where he is destined to have a showdown with her fiancé and the secret police. This version has been colour tinted according to the specifications of original Universal Pictures cutting continuity, and the Bal Masque Sequence is in its original two-colour Technicolor. There is an orchestral score composed by Gabriel Thibaudoux, featuring soprano Claudine. Special Features: # Digital Stereo Orchestral Score # Essay by R. Dixon Smith and narrated by Russell Cawthorn # Colour Tinting to the original 1925 specification # Bal Masque sequence in original Technicolor Please Note: This is a silent movie.