The Phantom of the Opera

Rupert Julian

Raymond Schrock, Elliott J. Clawson

Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller, Charles Van Enger

Edward Curtis, Maurice Pivar, Gilmore Walker

Carl Laemmle

Universal Pictures [US]

Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Snitz Edwards

The adaptation of the homonymous Gaston Leroux’s novel, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, follows the mysterious and disfigured man who lives in the catacombs of the Paris Opera and his obsession with a young soprano. With a standout performance by Lon Chaney, whose portrayal of the phantom is legendary, the film redefined makeup and atmosphere in cinema, becoming one of the emblematic works of silent cinema and a milestone of horror cinema.

DCP, B&W

Sala46 Films

Rupert Julian
NEW ZEALAND (1879-1943)

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
1930 THE CAT CREEPS
1927 THE COUNTRY DOCTOR
1926 SILENCE
1925 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
1923 MERRY-GO-ROUND

Seattle, Torino, Vilna

Music by Gustav Hinrichs, arrangement by Sergio Alonso, performed by Sergio Alonso (piano and keyboards)