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The Phantom of the Opera

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The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film starring Lon Chaney as a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris Opera House, adapted from Gaston Leroux's novel. Chaney designed and applied his own ghastly makeup for the role in secret, and the shock of its reveal at the character's unmasking became one of the most famous moments in silent-era horror filmmaking, alongside the film's Technicolor-tinted masked ball sequence. The Phantom of the Opera is widely regarded as a foundational work of American horror cinema and one of Universal Pictures' earliest and most influential monster pictures.

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Release YearSourced to the subject's own account
1925 1
CountrySourced to the subject's own account
United States 1
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Original LanguageSourced to the subject's own account
English 1
FAQs

Was the masquerade ball scene in The Phantom of the Opera filmed in color?

Yes. It was filmed in two-tone Technicolor.

Yes. In the famous masquerade ball scene, Lon Chaney appears as the Red Death, and that scene was filmed in two-tone Technicolor.
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Rupert Julian, Figures
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The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney 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.
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  • Lead sentence (release year), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1925_film)
    The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney 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.
  • Lead sentence (country), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1925_film)
    The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney 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 Phantom of the Opera, Description, original language
    The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film starring Lon Chaney as a disfigured composer who haunts the Paris Opera House, adapted from Gaston Leroux's novel.
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney 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.
  • Created By: Rupert Julian, Infobox: director
    Rupert Julian Uncredited: Lon Chaney Ernst Laemmle Edward Sedgwick
  • Created By: Lon Chaney, Infobox: director
    Rupert Julian Uncredited: Lon Chaney Ernst Laemmle Edward Sedgwick
  • Created By: Ernst Laemmle, Infobox: director
    Rupert Julian Uncredited: Lon Chaney Ernst Laemmle Edward Sedgwick
  • Created By: Edward Sedgwick, Infobox: director
    Rupert Julian Uncredited: Lon Chaney Ernst Laemmle Edward Sedgwick
  • In Group: American Silent Horror and Fantasy Films, Lead
    The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney 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.
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