Phantom of the Opera (1943)

The Phantom of the Opera is an American horror film based upon the 1909 novel, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by French author Gaston Leroux. Directed by Arthur Lubin, it is the first remake of the original 1925 black and white silent film Phantom of the Opera starring the late Lon Chaney, Sr. The Phantom of the Opera was produced by Universal Pictures and was released theatrically on August 27th, 1943. This is the first colorized adaptation of Leroux's novel and stars Wolf Man actor Claude Rains as Erique Claudin, the tortured French musician who ultimately becomes the Phantom. This is one of the only adaptations that shows the Phantom character before he suffers the great disfigurement that forces him to don a mask and lurk behind the shadows. Other actors in the film include Susanna Foster as Christine Dubois, Edgar Barrier as Raoul D'Aubert and Nelson Eddy as Anatole Garron.

Fun Facts

 * The tagline for this film is "It will live in your memory forever".

Keywords
19th century | Burn victims | Disfigurement | France | Paris