1925 - silent • Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin
Live Accompaniment by Randy Woltz on the Mighty Wurlitzer
Introduced by Film Archivist Stan Taffel
In this original silent version of “Phantom” Lon Chaney embodies the title character, a badly disfigured man in the catacombs of the Paris Opera House. Chaney’s performance evokes both terror and sadness, even in the early scenes when only his shadow is shown. There is nothing like the original!