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Carl Davis
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
MUSIC COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY CARL DAVIS
U.S., 1925
Directed by Rupert Julian
Based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel
Starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
Recorded orchestral score by Carl Davis
Approx. 93 min. DCP.
“Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my accursed ugliness!” In 19th century Paris, Lon Chaney’s Phantom kidnaps soprano Mary Philbin (“So virtuous that any contact with suggests rape and carnage.” – Pauline Kael) to his lair within the cavernous operahouse, his aim, presumably, to drive her to the musical heights—but eventually that mask’s gonna come off.
Presented with support from The Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“In its fevered melodrama and images of cadaverous romance, it finds a kind of show-biz majesty.”
– Roger Ebert