The Phantom of the Opera
Classic Horror • 1h 42m
A silent adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s famous novel in which 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. It was both the stepping off point for Chaney's run as a superstar at MGM and the prototype for the horror film cycle at Universal in the 1930s.
USA - 1925 - 1h 34m
Directed By: Rupert Julian
Written By: Elliott J. Clawson, Raymond L. Schrock, Tom Reed, Frank M. McCormack
Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
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