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Download this stock image (alb9066771) from album-online.com - Lon Chaney in 'The Phantom of the Opera' a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney, Sr. in the title role. Lon Chaney (1883 - 1930); American stage and film actor, make-up artist, director and screenwriter. renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters, and his ground-breaking artistry with makeup.

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Lon Chaney & Mary Philbin in "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925) As someone once remarked, he looks like he won the bobbing-for-french fries contest at a Halloween party.

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In Brief: Yes, it has its problems — an uninspired director, the look of a typically static Hollywood silent, a botched big scene, a bewildering array of different versions — but The Phantom of the Opera (1925) is still the first large-scale American horror film and retains the power to fascinate. Much of this is due to the makeup and performance of Lon Chaney as Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, but don't sell short the sheer size of the production. For anything it doesn't get quite right…

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