DVD : The Phantom of the Opera (1929 re-release)
List Price: $19.99Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $2.00 (10%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9786305075417
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305075417
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: October 15, 1997
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 65681
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: November 15, 1925
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Description:
Chaney is Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Paris Opera. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful prima donna, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
The 1924 silent classic stands tall among the bevy of imitators.
The combination of music, shadows and color tinting of a black & white film work to render any dialogue an impediment to this film.
Lon Chaney's hideous face and his body language are more than enough to keep any viewer on the edge of their seat. Simply stated, the film is worth watching again and again so as to better understand all the theatrics apart from dialogue that make a film a classic. Hitchcock realized this as many of his films went minutes without a spoken word.
Take a hint producer's of today. If we want to be read to, we'll listen to audio books. If we want to see actors act, we will watch The Phantom of the Opera, 1924
Rating: -
-This review pertains to The Phantom of the Opera: The Ultimate Edition DVD-
Faithfully adapted from Gaston Leroux's mystery novel, the Universal Studios' film The Phantom of the Opera was released in 1925, showcasing the multi-talented Lon Chaney, who had two years earlier starred as Quasimodo in Universal's Hunchback of Notre Dame. In The Phantom of the opera, Lon Chaney donned the mask of the tortured soul Erik, The Phantom. Joining Chaney in the cast was the beautiful young actress Mary Philbin as Christine Daae and Norman Kerry as the handsome Vicomte Raoul de Chagny.
The film was directed by the merely adequate Rupert Julian, who fashioned himself to be a master filmmaker but his unreasoning and demanding nature caused much toil during the making of the film. The Phantom of the Opera was rife with production troubles and conflict between cast and crew. However the end result was nothing short of a masterpiece, despite what critics of the time thought.
The reason for the film becoming an enduring classic was mainly Lon Chaney's performance and his remarkable makeup. Using little more than he could carry in an old tackle box, Chaney conjured a frightening persona. He skillfully created his most famous makeup with a combination of cotton and colodian, false teeth, and chemicals with which he dilated his pupils. Chaney also underwent the discomfort of having wires, which ran along the sides of his nose and were concealed by makeup, pull up his nose revealing ... Read More
Rating:  -
First if you are not a fan of the silent move era, or don't think you can sit through a silent movie, don't get this version. However if you can appreciate a classic this is definitely worth adding to your collection. The Phantom of the Opera is one of my favorite stories and I have four of the major film versions of the story. This one is one of my favorites. There is a lot to be said for a movie that can convey the same emotions as a movie that has more effects and dialogue that is acted out by well rehearsed actors.
Rating:  -
This is what I expected! back to the classics of old theather. The whole movie is in black and white, with no sound but just background music. The dialog is done by stills frames of words written on the screen. A true classic.
Rating: -
Congratulations for this material !
One can appreciate the differences between one and other version of this remarkable film. It was a good idea to save delete scenes from the original and ancient film. It is a great treasure !
Browse for similar items by category:
|
|
|
|
|
starring: Lon Chaney, Olive Ann Alcorn, Joseph Belmont, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Roy Coulson
directed by: Rupert Julian, Laemmle, Ernst
Related Items:
     see more
Related Items:
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9786305075417
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 6305075417
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: October 15, 1997
Running Time: 93 minutes
Sales Rank: 65681
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: November 15, 1925
|
|
|
Browse:
Books |
Classical Music |
DVD
| VHS |
Electronics |
Magazines
| Movies |
Music |
Software
|
|
Today's HotLink:
Theory The Origin Planets
See Also: Person Skilled Matters Eating
|
Recommended Movie:
The Professionals
Today's Movie Director: Richard Whorf
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
