The Phantom of the Opera: Quick Facts

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Lon Chaney as the Phantom, in a dark cape and dramatic pose, stands beside Mary Philbin, who sits on stone steps looking frightened, in a scene from The Phantom of the Opera (1925).

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Lon Chaney as the Phantom, with a ghastly, deformed face and dark cloak, stands in dramatic pose next to a statue in The Phantom of the Opera, 1925.

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