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In this silent horror classic, an adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, aspiring young opera singer Christine Daaé (Mary Philbin) discovers that she has a mysterious admirer intent on helping her become a lead performer. This enigmatic masked presence is Erik, also known as the Phantom (Lon Chaney), a horribly disfigured recluse who lives underneath the Paris Opera House and causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he “loves” a star. When the Phantom takes Christine prisoner and demands her devotion and affection, her suitor, Vicomte Raoul de Chagny (Norman Kerry), sets out to rescue her. The film remains most famous for Chaney’s ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film’s premiere.
USA | 1925 | 1h 33m
Directed by Rupert Julian
Starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
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