Lon Chaney Videos : The Phantom of the Opera: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland (1925 Movie)

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The Phantom of the Opera: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Gibson Gowland (1925 Movie)

DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 silent horror film adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel of the same title directed by Rupert Julian. The film featured Lon Chaney in the title role as the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make the woman he loves a star. It is most famous for Lon Chaney's intentionally horrific, self-applied make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The film also features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis, and Snitz Edwards. The only surviving cast member is Carla Laemmle (born 1909), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as "prima ballerina" in the film when she was about 15. The film was adapted by Elliott J. Clawson, Frank M. McCormack (uncredited), Tom Reed (titles) and Raymond L. Schrock. It was directed by Rupert Julian, with supplemental direction by Lon Chaney, Edward Sedgwick and Ernst Laemmle (unconfirmed). Cast Lon Chaney as Erik, The Phantom Mary Philbin as Christine Daaé Norman Kerry as Vicomte Raoul de Chagny Arthur Edmund Carewe as The Persian (credited as Ledoux) Gibson Gowland as Simon Buquet John St. Polis as Comte Philippe de Chagny Snitz Edwards as Florine Papillon Mary Fabian as Carlotta (1930 redux) Virginia Pearson as Carlotta/Carlotta's mother (1930 redux) Uncredited Bernard Siegel as Joseph Buquet Edward Martindel as ...

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