The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Genres - Drama, Horror, Silent Film  |   Sub-Genres - Monster Film, Silent Film  |   Release Date - Sep 22, 1925  |   Run Time - 93 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - TV-G
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The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he "loves" a star. The film remains most famous for Chaney's ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The film was released on November 25, 1925.

The picture also features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis, and Snitz Edwards. The last surviving cast member was Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as "prima ballerina" in the film when she was about 15.

Movie Info

Box Office

$4,360,000

Themes

Tags

Film Based On A Novel, Gothic Horror, Literary, Opera, Opera House, Paris France, Phantom, Silent Film, Tragedy, Unrequited Love

Attributes

Based On: The Phantom of the Opera
Narrative Location: Paris

Alternate Titles

Az operaház fantomja
HU
Das Phantom der Oper
AT, DE
El fantasma de la ópera
AR, MX, ES
Fantom opery
CS
Fantom v opere
CS
Fantoma de la operă
RO
Fantomen på stora operan
SE
Het spook van de opera
NL
Il fantasma dell'opera
IT
Le fantôme de l'opéra
CA, FR
O Fantasma da Ópera
BR, PT
Oopperan kummitus
FI
Opera no Kaijin
JP
Opera za no Kaijin
JP
Operadaki Hayalet
TR
Operaens Hemmelighed
DK
Operafantomet
NO
Phantom of the Opera
Suuren oopperan kummitus
FI
The Phantom of the Opera
CA, GB, US
To fantasma tis Operas
GR
Upiór w operze
PL
Το Φάντασμα της Οπερας
GR
Призрак оперы
, RU, SU
Фантом из опере
RS
Фантомът от операта
BG
オペラの怪人(1925)
JP