Phantom of the Opera is a 1943 American romantic horror film directed by Arthur Lubin, loosely based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and its 1925 film adaptation starring Lon Ch
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Susanna Foster and Nelson Eddy in Phantom of the Opera.
Stage 28, also known as The Phantom of the Opera Stage, was originally built for the 1925 film, and reused in the 1943 version.
Erik is the titular central character of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, best known to English speakers as The Phantom of the Opera. The character has been adapted to alternative media several
Phantom of the Opera (1943 film)
…film to win an Oscar, for Art Direction and Cinematography. Over the years it has received a more positive reception from modern critics. Violinist Erique Claudin is dismissed from the Paris Opera House after revealing that he is losing the use of the fingers of his left hand. Unbeknownst to the conductor, who…
Lon Chaney as Erik, The Phantom, in Universal's 1925 silent film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera