
The Phantom of the Opera
1925
The greatest horror film of modern cinema!
Directed by Rupert Julian
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The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
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- Director
- Rupert Julian
- Written by
- Gaston Leroux
- Produced by
- Carl Laemmle
- Composer
- Sam Perry
- Cinematographers
- Charles Van Enger, Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller
- Editors
- Edward Curtiss, Gilmore Walker, Maurice Pivar
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 7.1/10 (394 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 90% Fresh
- IMDb
- 7.5/10 (21,277 votes)
Cast

Lon Chaney
Erik, The Phantom

Norman Kerry
Vicomte Raoul de Chagny

Mary Philbin
Christine Daaé

Arthur Edmund Carewe
Ledoux

Gibson Gowland
Simon Buquet

Snitz Edwards
Florine Papillon

John St. Polis
Comte Philip de Chagny

Virginia Pearson
Carlotta

Olive Ann Alcorn
La Sorelli (uncredited)
Betty Van Allen
Ballerina (uncredited)
Betty Arthur
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

Joseph Belmont
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Alexander Bevani
Mephistopheles (uncredited)
Earl Gordon Bostwick
Minor Role (uncredited)

Ethel Broadhurst
Frightened Ballerina (uncredited)
Edward Cecil
Faust (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford
Ballerina (uncredited)

Chester Conklin
Orderly (uncredited)
Crew

Rupert Julian
Director

Gaston Leroux
Novel
Elliott J. Clawson
Adaptation
Raymond L. Schrock
Adaptation

Carl Laemmle
Producer
Sam Perry
Original Music Composer
Charles Van Enger
Director of Photography
Milton Bridenbecker
Director of Photography

Virgil Miller
Director of Photography
Edward Curtiss
Editor
Gilmore Walker
Editor
Maurice Pivar
Editor
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