Country:USA
Color:Black and White / Color (2-strip Technicolor)
Sound Mix:Mono (talking sequences, musical score and sound effects)
(1929 re-release) / Silent
Certification:USA:Unrated
IMDB............: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016220/
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Genre...........: Drama / Horror
Subs............: N/A
Xvid @ 496 x 352 - 23.976fps
MPEG Layer3 @ 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR 48000 Hz
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Lon Chaney stars as Erik, the Phantom, in what is probably his most famous
and certainly his most horrifying role. Produced by Universal, the film
shot in 1923 and shelved for nearly two years, and was subjected to inten-
sive studio tinkering. While many expected a disaster, the film turned out
to be a rousing success. It was both the stepping off point for Chaney's
run as a superstar at MGM and the prototype for the horror film cycle at
Universal in the 1930s.
The story concerns Erik, a much-feared fiend who
haunts the Paris Opera House. Lurking around the damp, dank passages deep
in the cellars of the theater, he secretly coaches understudy Christine
Daae (Mary Philbin) to be an opera star. Through a startling sequence of
terrors, including sending a giant chandelier crashing down on the opera
patrons, the Phantom forces the lead soprano to withdraw from the opera,
permitting Christine to step in. Luring Christine into his subterranean
lair below the opera house, the Phantom confesses his love. But Christine
is in love with Raoul de Chagny (Norman Kerry). The Phantom demands that
Christine break off her relationship with Raoul before he'll allow her to
return to the opera house stage. She agrees, but immediately upon her
release from the Phantom's lair, she runs into the arms of Raoul and they
plan to flee to England after her performance that night. The Phantom
overhears their conversation and, during her performance, the Phantom
kidnaps Christine, taking her to the depths of his dungeon. It is left
to Raoul and Simon Buquet (Gibson Gowland), a secret service agent, to
track down the Phantom and rescue Christine.
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