"The Phantom of the Opera is not a great film if you are concerned
with art and subtlety, depth and message; "Nosferatu" is a world beyond it. But in its fevered melodrama and images of cadaverous romance,
it finds a kind of show-biz majesty. And it has two elements of genius: It creates beneath the opera one of the most grotesque
places in the cinema, and Chaney's performance transforms an absurd character into a haunting one." Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera(1925)
Directed by Rupert Julian
Starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry
A mad, disfigured composer seeks love with
a lovely young opera singer.
