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Bookmark this pageThe Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Director: Rupert Julian
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
There were many fingers in this pie during production, most of them no longer on the credits, which doubtless accounts for its hobbling exposition and the pathetic scenes that separate its highpoints. But the highs are way up there with the best in the tradition of Gothic fantasy: Chaney's best ever phantom, his face scarred to hell by acid, unmasked at the organ by the timorous heroine; the phantom stopping a costume ball when he appears as the Red Death; the phantom shrouded in the most romantic cape ever seen, perched on top of the statue of Apollo to eavesdrop on the lovers. And the sustained crescendo of the end is still unrivalled.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Rupert Julian
Producer: Carl Laemmle
Cast: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Snitz Edwards, Gibson Gowland, Arthur Edmund Carewe full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 8 mins
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