In 1925, Universal Studios released The Phantom of the Opera, based on Gaston Leroux's gothic horror masterpiece and starring Lon Chaney - The Man of a Thousand Faces - as the Phantom.
2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the film's release, and since then, the Phantom has haunted the silver screen, the tv screen, the computer screen, the phone screen, bookshelves, and a bunch of stages with new adaptations of the story being released at least once a decade - if not more.
WELCOME to the first installment of 100 YEARS OF PHANTOM - a series in which I will endeavor to review the many, MANY adaptations of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, and there is no better place to start than the with the source material.
Please enjoy this OUTRAGEOUSLY THOROUGH synopsis of Gaston Leroux's gothic horror masterpiece THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I'm breaking down the plot for new and old fans alike and making sure that even those who haven't read the book (YET!!!) can still appreciate how each adaptation manages to adapt the original.
• In 1925, Universal Studios released The Phantom of the Opera, based on Gaston Leroux's gothic horror masterpiece and starring Lon Chaney -
