Phantom of the Opera (1925 movie)

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Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) is a silent horror movie. It is based on a novel by Gaston Leroux. The movie was directed by Rupert Julian. The story is about a deformed man who haunts the Paris Opera. He wants the managers to make the woman he loves a star. To do so, he terrorizes everyone. The movie stars Lon Chaney as The Phantom and Mary Philbin as Christine. It is famous for Chaney's horrific, self-applied make-up. The movie was a great success. The critics liked it. Executives at Universal Pictures were pleased. They put a string of horror movies into production. These movies included Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Boris Karloff's Frankenstein. Phantom was chosen for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

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Movies	The Birth of a Nation • Broken Blossoms • The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari • Faust • The Gold Rush • The Great Train Robbery • The Hunchback of Notre Dame • It • The King of Kings • The Mark of Zorro • Metropolis • Nosferatu • Orphans of the Storm • Our Dancing Daughters • The Phantom of the Opera • Pollyanna • Robin Hood • Safety Last! • The Sea Hawk • The Sheik • Tarzan and the Golden Lion • Tarzan of the Apes • The Thief of Bagdad • A Trip to the Moon • Way Down East • West Point • Wings •

Producers and Directors	Cecil B. DeMille • D. W. Griffith • Fritz Lang • Georges Méliès • Edwin S. Porter • F. W. Murnau • Merian C. Cooper •

Actors and Actresses	Theda Bara • Clara Bow • Lon Chaney, Sr. • Charlie Chaplin • Béla Lugosi • Joan Crawford • Douglas Fairbanks • Dorothy Gish • Lillian Gish • Billy Haines • Buster Keaton • Harold Lloyd • Mary Pickford • Max Schreck • Tyrone Power • Rudolph Valentino • Laurence Olivier • Sylvia Sidney • Harrison Ford • Stan Laurel • Oliver Hardy • Gloria Stuart • Gloria Swanson • Fredric March • Boris Karloff • Spencer Tracy • Lyle Talbot • Lionel Barrymore • John Barrymore • Clark Gable • William Haines • William Powell • Jean Arthur • Ann Sheridan • C. Aubrey Smith • Fay Wray •

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