![]() ![]() In fact, I distinctly remember that I couldn’t read all of the words on the screen throughout The Phantom of the Opera, but it hardly mattered-the performances and the visuals were enough for me, and I was completely enraptured nonetheless.Įasily one of the most ambitious films of that era, the 1925 version of Phantom came about after Carl Laemmle traveled to Paris and met Gaston Leroux, who was working in film at the time and provided Laemmle with a copy of his now famous novella. ![]() The first time I ever watched this iteration of Phantom was when I was an extremely young genre fan (I think I was maybe seven or eight at the time), and it was my first experience watching a silent movie ever. Its production history is a storied one, with there being a great deal of drama both in front of and behind the camera, but without a doubt, there’s no denying the power that this iteration of Phantom wielded, as not only did it act as the catalyst for Universal Studio’s monster movies, but its legacy still carries on today as one of the most influential horror films of all time. Even after being released nearly 95 years ago now, Rupert Julian’s adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera remains a crowning achievement in gothic storytelling. ![]()
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