The Phantom of the Opera VHS Silent 1925 Hollywood Classics Edition Lon Chaney

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This listing is for The Phantom of the Opera VHS Silent 1925 Hollywood Classics Edition.

Actors: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland

Directors: Lon Chaney, Edward Sedgwick, Ernst Laemmle, Rupert Julian

Writers: Bernard McConville, Elliott J. Clawson, Frank M. McCormack, Gaston Leroux

Format: Black & White, Original recording, NTSC

Rated: Unrated - Not Rated

Number of tapes: 1

Studio: Madacy Video

VHS Release Date: 1996

Run Time: 79 minutes  

Of all the film, T.V., and musical adaptations of Gaston Leroux's novel, "The Phantom of the Opera", none is as faithful to the source as the 1925 silent screen masterpiece starring the great Lon Chaney. Chaney gave his most iconic portrayal as Erik, the "phantom"; a character mix of stark terror, hateful vengeance, and touching pathos. The make-up Chaney devised for himself is still brilliantly horrific, and is justifiably regarded as one of the most famous visages in movie history. The film is aptly melodramatic, the acting grandiose and stylized as befitting the opera setting. This is often misunderstood by modern viewers, who don't appreciate the unique and complex technique of silent film acting - truly a lost art. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA contains some of the cinema's most famous moments: the climactic unmasking scene (copied but never equalled), and the collapse of the Opera's chandelier.

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