The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House,[1] causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star. The film remains most famous for Chaney's ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The film was released on November 15, 1925.[2] The picture also features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis and Snitz Edwards. The last surviving cast member was Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as a "prima ballerina" in the film when she was about 15. In 1953, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. Cast Lon Chaney as The Phantom Mary Philbin as Christine Daaé Norman Kerry as Vicomte Raoul de Chagny Arthur Edmund Carewe as Ledoux Gibson Gowland as Simon Buquet John St. Polis as Comte Philippe de Chagny Snitz Edwards as Florine Papillon Virginia Pearson as Carlotta Pearson played Carlotta's mother in the reshoot segments of the 1930 partial talkie reissue Mary Fabian played a talking Carlotta in the reshoot segments of the 1930 partial talkie reissue Uncredited Bernard Siegel as Joseph Buquet Edward Martindel as Comte Phillipe de Chagny for the reshoot segments of the 1930 partial talkie reissue Joseph Belmont as a stage manager Alexander Bevani as Méphistophélès Edward Cecil as Faust Ruth Clifford as ballerina Roy Coulson as the Jester George Davis as The guard outside Christine's door Madame Fiorenza as Madame Giry, keeper of the box Cesare Gravina as a retiring manager Bruce Covington as Monsieur Moncharmin William Humphrey as Monsieur Debienne George B Williams as Monsieur Ricard Carla Laemmle as Meg Giry Grace Marvin as Martha John Miljan as Valéntin Rolfe Sedan as an undetermined role William Tracy as the Ratcatcher, the messenger from the shadows Anton Vaverka as Prompter Julius Harris as Gaffer
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House,[1] causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star. The film remains most famous for Chaney's ghastly, self-devised make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The film was released on November 15, 1925.[2] The picture also features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis and Snitz Edwards. The last surviving cast member was Carla Laemmle (1909–2014), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as a "prima ballerina" in the film when she was about 15. In 1953, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. Cast Lon Chaney as The Phantom Mary Philbin as Christine Daaé Norman Kerry as Vicomte Raoul de Chagny Arthur Edmund Carewe as Ledoux Gibson Gowland as Simon Buquet John St. Polis as Comte Philippe de Chagny Snitz Edwards as Florine Papillon Virginia Pearson as Carlotta Pearson played Carlotta's mother in the reshoot segments of the 1930 partial talkie reissue Mary Fabian played a talking Carlotta in the reshoot segments of the 1930 partial talkie reissue Uncredited Bernard Siegel as Joseph Buquet Edward Martindel as Comte Phillipe de Chagny for the reshoot segments of the 1930 partial talkie reissue Joseph Belmont as a stage manager Alexander Bevani as Méphistophélès Edward Cecil as Faust Ruth Clifford as ballerina Roy Coulson as the Jester George Davis as The guard outside Christine's door Madame Fiorenza as Madame Giry, keeper of the box Cesare Gravina as a retiring manager Bruce Covington as Monsieur Moncharmin William Humphrey as Monsieur Debienne George B Williams as Monsieur Ricard Carla Laemmle as Meg Giry Grace Marvin as Martha John Miljan as Valéntin Rolfe Sedan as an undetermined role William Tracy as the Ratcatcher, the messenger from the shadows Anton Vaverka as Prompter Julius Harris as Gaffer