"The Phantom of the Opera" is not a bad film from a technical ... Grand Opera House in Paris by a criminally insane mind (Lon Chaney) behind a hideous face, the combination (from the novel by ...

The movie's eerie Gothic wintry setting was perfect for the holiday season, and it showed a trend towards electrifying new ...

Phantom of the Opera also turns 100 on November 15th. It is the silent film adaption of the classic story about a Phantom (Lon Chaney) who haunts a Paris Opera House and falls in love with the ...

6, 1925 at the Astor Theatre in New York. The film starred Lon Chaney as the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House and tries to make the woman he loves a star. It was both a critical ...

Jack Pierce terrified audiences – and annoyed Lon Chaney Jr – with his work on the Universal horror films. Why has he been ...

Bela Lugosi became a silver screen icon when he portrayed the blood-thirsty Count Dracula in the 1931 masterpiece that helped shape the horror genre.

The Unknown (1927), and Freaks (1932). As far as sound goes, Freaks ' original monaural soundtrack was restored by Criterion ...

Lon Chaney was at the ... set design throughout the opera house from the chandelier that comes crashing down into the auditorium to the cellars far below. Plus, a striking centrepiece in two-strip ...