"The greatest horror film of modern cinema!"

1925

1h 47m

7.1(366 votes)

Horror

Music

Overview

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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Cast & Crew

39 members

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Lon Chaney

Erik, The Phantom

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Norman Kerry

Vicomte Raoul de Chagny

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Mary Philbin

Christine Daaé

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Arthur Edmund Carewe

Ledoux

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Gibson Gowland

Simon Buquet

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Snitz Edwards

Florine Papillon

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John St. Polis

Comte Philip de Chagny

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Virginia Pearson

Carlotta

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Olive Ann Alcorn

La Sorelli (uncredited)

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Betty Van Allen

Ballerina (uncredited)

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Betty Arthur

Ballet Dancer (uncredited)

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Joseph Belmont

Stage Manager (uncredited)

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Alexander Bevani

Mephistopheles (uncredited)

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Earl Gordon Bostwick

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Ethel Broadhurst

Frightened Ballerina (uncredited)

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Edward Cecil

Faust (uncredited)

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Ruth Clifford

Ballerina (uncredited)

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Chester Conklin

Orderly (uncredited)

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Roy Coulson

The Jester (uncredited)

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Bruce Covington

M. Moncharmin (uncredited)

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Ward Crane

Count Ruboff (uncredited)

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George Davis

Guard at Christine's Door (uncredited)

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Madame Fiorenza

Mme. Giry - Keeper of the Box (uncredited)

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Alan George

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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Cesare Gravina

Manager (uncredited)

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William Humphrey

M. Debienne (uncredited)

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Carla Laemmle

Prima Ballerina (uncredited)

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Grace Marvin

Martha (uncredited)

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John Miljan

Valentin (uncredited)

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Edith Murgatroyd

Mama Valerius (uncredited)

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Templar Saxe

Bit Role in Faust (uncredited)

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Bernard Siegel

Joseph Buquet (uncredited)

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William Tyroler

Director of Opera Orchestra (uncredited)

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Vola Vale

Ballerina / Christines Maid (uncredited)

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Ellinor Vanderveer

Operagoer (uncredited)

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Antonín Vaverka

Prompter (uncredited)

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Josephine Haynes Webster

Ballerina (uncredited)

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George B. Williams

M. Ricard (uncredited)

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Ed Wolff

Mob Leader at Finale (uncredited)

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