Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Directed by

Arthur Lubin

Genre

drama film, horror film, musical film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 218 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disfigured composer haunts a Paris opera house. He becomes obsessed with a young singer and tries to make her a star.

romanticdramaticvisually lushold-fashionedmoodysuspensefulmelodramatic

What happens

Phantom of the Opera is a 1943 American romantic horror film directed by Arthur Lubin, loosely based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and its 1925 film adaptation starring Lon Chaney. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, the film stars Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Claude Rains. It was composed by Edward Ward. The first adaptation of the source material to be filmed entirely in Technicolor, Phantom of the Opera was even more freely adapted than Universal's silent picture. The film reused Universal's elaborate replica of the Opéra Garnier interior, which had originally been created for the 1925 film. Despite mixed contemporary reviews, the film was a box office success. It is also the only classic Universal horror film to win an Oscar, for Art Direction and Cinematography. Over the years it has received a more positive reception from modern critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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