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Phantom Of The Opera, The: Special Collectors Edition (UK)

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Gaston Leroux`s celebrated Gothic tale
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 90 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
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Synopsis:
The original version of Gaston Leroux`s legendary book `The Phantom Of The Opera` is an awesome monument to the Golden Age of Hollywood starring "The Man of a Thousand Faces", Lon Chaney. In the film, 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 (Mary Philbin), he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair, where he is destined to have a showdown with her fiancé and the secret police. This version has been colour tinted according to the specifications of original Universal Pictures cutting continuity, and the Bal Masque Sequence is in its original two-colour Technicolor. There is an orchestral score composed by Gabriel Thibaudoux, featuring soprano Claudine Coté.

Special Features:
Text essay by R. Dixon Smith
Filmographies
Photo Gallery
Video Art

Video Tracks:
Standard 1.33:1

Directed By:
Rupert Julian
Lon Chaney

Written By:





Starring:
Gibson Gowland
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Norman Kerry
Mary Philbin
Lon Chaney

Soundtrack By:
Gustav Hinrichs

Director of Photography:
Charles Van Enger
Virgil Miller
Milton Bridenbecker

Editor:
Gilmore Walker
Maurice Pivar

Producer:
Carl Laemmle

Distributor:
Eureka Video

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