The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
Practical Effects
Chaney applied his own grotesque makeup for four hours daily.
Acting
Eyes that burn through silence — no voice needed.
Production
The Paris Opera House set still impresses a century later.
Director
Rupert Julian
Lon Chaney
Erik, The Phantom
Norman Kerry
Vicomte Raoul de Chagny
Mary Philbin
Christine Daaé
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Ledoux
Gibson Gowland
Simon Buquet
Snitz Edwards
Florine Papillon
John St. Polis
Comte Philip de Chagny
Virginia Pearson
Carlotta
Olive Ann Alcorn
La Sorelli (uncredited)
Joseph Belmont
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Ethel Broadhurst
Frightened Ballerina (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The original color tinting of the Bal Masqué sequence was restored in 2015, revealing a brief moment of lurid red.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical owes everything to this image of the rose and the mask.
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