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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The movie tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with a young soprano, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera.
2 January 1870, County Cork, Ireland
23 January 1858, Naples, Italy
24 November 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
30 December 1884, Trapzon (Trebizond), Turkey
November 1, 1872 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]
October 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 January 1886, Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
September 13, 1890 in Streator, Illinois, USA
7 March 1886, Anchorage, Kentucky, USA
7 November 1889, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1901, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
16 July 1902, Chicago, Illinois, USA
August 12, 2008
Kerry is a colorless hero, Philbin contents herself with being pretty and becoming terrorized at the Phantom, and Chaney is either behind a mask or grimacing through his fiendish makeup.October 19, 2008
Though Mr. Chaney wears a more grotesque make-up than ever, the film play seems only pretty good.August 16, 2013
Despite outdated acting techniques and staging, this is a must-see for all cinema buffs, as make-up genius Lon Chaney's Phantom is a Hall of Horror landmark.June 04, 2015
The best of the small population of pure horror films made in the United States during the silent era.October 29, 2015
Still pretty darn creepy after almost an entire century.August 16, 2013
Lon Chaney's performance as the hideous organist prowling the sewers beneath the Paris Opera is still a cornerstone of gothic horror.January 05, 2014
An eerie mixture of poetry, gothic melodrama and a surreal Feuillade-style serial.November 24, 2011
A grand, pulpy potboiler of a suspense melodrama.August 12, 2008
The main inducement to watch remains Chaney's tragic, ineffably sad figure.August 16, 2013
The atmosphere matches Chaney's performance perfectly. His grotesque appearance is achieved with wires, cotton balls, and eye-dilating chemicals, but his character, as usual, is animated from within.January 19, 2016
Art at any cost