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5 Freakishly Fascinating Facts About ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1943), Svengoolie’s Movie of the Week
Despite some mixed critical reactions (and comparisons to the 1925 Lon Chaney silent version of the film), it was a success, and set the stage for countless adaptations of the tale to come.
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'Phantom of the Opera' to haunt Orpheum: Live Wurlitzer organ music to accompany silent classic
The movie in question was Universal's "The ... More memorably, "Phantom" enabled silent screen star Lon Chaney — in the wake of his earlier triumph, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" — to ...
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The ‘sadistic’ makeup master who made The Wolf Man and Frankenstein – and died in obscurity
Father of the future Wolf Man, Chaney created his famous makeup designs in silent classics The Phantom ... The Wolf Man. That 1941 film sees Lon Chaney Jr travel to his ancestral home in Wales ...
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The Phantom of the Opera - Film with Live Accompaniment
Its vast sets and innovative experiments with film colour are the background for one of early horror cinema’s most striking character creations – Lon Chaney ... of one of silent cinema ...