10-13-08 Phantom of the Opera

From Phantom of the Opera 1925

I'm not talking about the recent incarnations where it's a very pretty man with a little bit of scar tissue on his face; I'm talking about the the original Phantom who's face is so gastly it actualy gave it's creators nightmares for weeks.
I love silent movies; well, I just like old movies.
The Phantom was such an over-the-top villian; it didin't surprise anyone that his plans involved blowing-up his opera house and killing himself and the woman he loves.
He also puts on his tuxedo, attaches a pipe to his mouth, and sneaks up on boats traveling beneath the Opera house. He also ends up dressing like the Red Death (a common occurrence in most Phantom adaptations) just so he can kick jesters and clowns in the face.
I swear no one makes a better Phantom of The Opera than Lon Chaney.

The Phantom of the Opera is the Intelectual Property of Gaston Leroux
The movie adaption is the intelectual property of Elliott J. Clawson, Raymond L. Schrock, Bernard McConville, Jasper Spearing, Richard Wallace, Walter Anthony, Tom Reed, Frank M. McCormack and Universal Pictures

And always remember:
"Beneath your dancing feet are the tombs of tortured men; thus does the Red Death rebuke your merriment!"