Bouquet describes a ghastly sight of a living skeleton to the girls, who are then startled by a shadow cast on the wall. Arguing whether or not he is the Phantom, they decide to ask Joseph Bouqet, a stagehand who has actually seen the ghost's face. They run out of the box and compose themselves, but when they enter the box again, the person is gone.Īfter the performance of Faust, the ballet girls are disturbed by the sight of a mysterious man ( Arthur Edmund Carewe), who dwells in the cellars. The two managers enter the box and are startled to see a shadowy figure seated. The keeper of the box does not know who it is, as she has never seen his face. The managers go to Box 5 to see exactly who has taken it.
The new managers laugh it off as a joke, but the old management leave troubled. As they leave, they tell the new managers of the Opera Ghost, a phantom who asks for opera box #5, among other things. Raoul wishes for Christine to resign and marry him, but she refuses to let their relationship get in the way of her career.Īt the height of the most prosperous season in the Opera's history, the management suddenly resigns. Christine, under the tuition of an unknown and mysterious coach, has made a sudden rise from the chorus to understudy of the prima donna. Raoul attends only in the hope of hearing his sweetheart Christine Daae ( Mary Philbin) sing. Comte Philip de Chagny and his brother, the Viscount Raoul de Chagny ( Norman Kerry) are in attendance. The film opens with the debut of the new season at the Paris Opera House, with a production of Gounod's Faust. It is a mystery with romantic and horror overtones. The scenario presented is based on the general release version of 1925, which has additional scenes and sequences in different order than the existing reissue print (see below). It was directed by Rupert Julian, with supplemental direction by Edward Sedgwick, and Lon Chaney (unconfirmed). McCormack (uncredited), Tom Reed (titles) and Raymond L. The only surviving cast member is Carla Laemmle (born 1909), niece of producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as "prima ballerina" in the film when she was about 15. The film also features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. It is most famous for Lon Chaney's intentionally horrific, self-applied make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film's premiere. The 1925 silent film version of The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Rupert Julian, is a classic adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed 'Phantom' who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make the woman he loves a star. Template:Unreferenced Template:Infobox Film
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