The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Name: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Uploaded: 2026-09-01
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Description: A disfigured musician living beneath the Paris Opera grooms a young soprano into a star, then drags her to his lair when she recoils from his face. Chaney designed his own skull-like make-up in secret; the unmasking still lands, and the Technicolor masquerade sequence survives in colour.

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1925 · 1h 47m · Silent

Directed by Rupert Julian

public domain

US public domain — published 1925; the maximum US term of 95 years from publication expired on 1 January 2021.

A disfigured musician living beneath the Paris Opera grooms a young soprano into a star, then drags her to his lair when she recoils from his face. Chaney designed his own skull-like make-up in secret; the unmasking still lands, and the Technicolor masquerade sequence survives in colour.

“The Man of a Thousand Faces” at his most famous. Audiences reportedly screamed at the reveal in 1925 — it holds up.

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