The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney in the title role of the defo
Theatrical release poster
Arthur Edmund Carewe and Mary Philbin
Carl Laemmle and Gaston Leroux at the Paris Opera.
Diagram of the Opera House showing where events take place
The Persian
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The Persian is a major character from the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera. In the book, he is the one who tells most of the background of Erik's history. Erik refers to him as the "d
Arthur Edmund Carewe as Ledoux (The Persian), in Universal's 1925 silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera