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The movie tells the story of a disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opéra House, waging a reign of terror over its occupants. When he falls fatally in love with a young soprano, the Phantom devotes himself to creating a new star for the Opera.
September 13, 1890 in Streator, Illinois, USA
1 January 1868, Budapest, Austria-Hungary
16 June 1894, Rochester, New York, USA
30 December 1884, Trapzon (Trebizond), Turkey
October 20, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
23 December 1867, Croyden, England, UK
9 November 1892, Lead City, South Dakota, USA
1 April 1883, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
23 January 1858, Naples, Italy
4 January 1877, Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK
July 8, 1876 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA
February 17, 1900 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
7 November 1889, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
11 January 1886, Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA
November 1, 1872 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Prague, Czech Republic]
7 March 1886, Anchorage, Kentucky, USA
1901, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
2 January 1870, County Cork, Ireland
16 July 1902, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 November 1873, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
9 October 1887, Oslo, Norway
January 19, 2016
Art at any costNovember 24, 2011
A grand, pulpy potboiler of a suspense melodrama.October 19, 2008
Though Mr. Chaney wears a more grotesque make-up than ever, the film play seems only pretty good.August 16, 2013
The atmosphere matches Chaney's performance perfectly. His grotesque appearance is achieved with wires, cotton balls, and eye-dilating chemicals, but his character, as usual, is animated from within.August 12, 2008
The main inducement to watch remains Chaney's tragic, ineffably sad figure.January 05, 2014
An eerie mixture of poetry, gothic melodrama and a surreal Feuillade-style serial.August 16, 2013
Despite outdated acting techniques and staging, this is a must-see for all cinema buffs, as make-up genius Lon Chaney's Phantom is a Hall of Horror landmark.June 04, 2015
The best of the small population of pure horror films made in the United States during the silent era.October 29, 2015
Still pretty darn creepy after almost an entire century.August 16, 2013
Lon Chaney's performance as the hideous organist prowling the sewers beneath the Paris Opera is still a cornerstone of gothic horror.August 12, 2008
Kerry is a colorless hero, Philbin contents herself with being pretty and becoming terrorized at the Phantom, and Chaney is either behind a mask or grimacing through his fiendish makeup.