The latest release of Lon Chaney's most famous silent classic is a Blu-ray, which allows us to marvel at at the actor's artistry in a beautifully tinted HD image. Erik the Phantom is one of the two or three greatest fantasy makeup performances of all time. The release has three separate encodings, of different versions running at different film speeds. A 1929 recut has the best image, while the original 1925 version is uncut. The Phantom of the Opera Blu-ray Kino Classics / Blackhawk 1925/29 / B&W with tints and Technicolor sequences / 1:37 flat Silent Aperture / 78, 92 and 114 min. / Street Date October 13, 2015 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95 Starring Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis, Snitz Edwards. Cinematography Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller, Charles Van Enger Consulting Artist Ben Carré Film Editors Maurice Pivar, Gilmore Walker Original Music Makeup Lon Chaney Written by Elliott J. Clawson from the novel...
- 9/29/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Kino Lorber continues to make Halloween dreams come true, announcing that they will release The Phantom of the Opera (1925/1929) on Blu-ray and DVD October 13th.
From Kino Lorber: "The Phantom Of The Opera (1925/1929) - Starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin - Directed by Rupert Julian.
Disc 1
24 frames-per-second version (78 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox)
• Music composed and performed by Alloy Orchestra (2.0 Stereo)
• Theatre organ score arranged and performed by Gaylord Carter (2.0 Mono)
20 frames-per-second version (92 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox)
• Musical setting composed by Gabriel Thibaudeau (2.0 Stereo)
Performed by I Musici de Montréal; Conducted by Yuri Turovsky; Claudine Côté, Soprano
• Audio commentary by film historian Jon Mirsalis (2.0 Mono)
Disc 2
1925 Version (114 Min.) Standard Definition (4x3)
• Musical Setting Arranged and Performed by Frederick Hodges (2.0 Mono)
Extras:
Original Screenplay (91 Min. video scroll)
Montage of Stills (13 Min.)
Interview with composer Gabriel Thibaudeau (9 Min.)
Two travelogues by Burton Holmes, depicting Paris in 1925:
Paris From A Motor (3 1/2 Min.
From Kino Lorber: "The Phantom Of The Opera (1925/1929) - Starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin - Directed by Rupert Julian.
Disc 1
24 frames-per-second version (78 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox)
• Music composed and performed by Alloy Orchestra (2.0 Stereo)
• Theatre organ score arranged and performed by Gaylord Carter (2.0 Mono)
20 frames-per-second version (92 Min.) 1920 x 1080 (1.33:1 pillarbox)
• Musical setting composed by Gabriel Thibaudeau (2.0 Stereo)
Performed by I Musici de Montréal; Conducted by Yuri Turovsky; Claudine Côté, Soprano
• Audio commentary by film historian Jon Mirsalis (2.0 Mono)
Disc 2
1925 Version (114 Min.) Standard Definition (4x3)
• Musical Setting Arranged and Performed by Frederick Hodges (2.0 Mono)
Extras:
Original Screenplay (91 Min. video scroll)
Montage of Stills (13 Min.)
Interview with composer Gabriel Thibaudeau (9 Min.)
Two travelogues by Burton Holmes, depicting Paris in 1925:
Paris From A Motor (3 1/2 Min.
- 8/3/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Several shorts directed by film pioneer Georges Méliès, played by Ben Kingsley in Martin Scorsese's well-received Hugo, will be featured throughout January 2012 at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum's Edison Theater in Fremont, Calif. The Méliès screenings will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, 21, and 28. On Jan. 7, the Edison Theater will show Méliès' 1910 short The Doctor's Secret prior to the main feature, the William S. Hart 1916 classic Western Hell's Hinges, which also features Clara Williams (excellent in the highly recommended The Italian) and Louise Glaum, a film vamp who four years later would star in Sex. Musical accompaniment by Frederick Hodges. On Jan. 21, the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum will celebrate "seven years of showing great films" with a screening of future two-time Oscar winner Lewis Milestone's 1928 The Garden of Eden. The romantic comedy stars one of the great beauties of the silent era, Corinne Griffith,...
- 1/2/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
In 1925, Universal released what would become one of the most influential and important movies ever made. Even today it stands as a singular achievement in film that still impresses some eighty years on.
From Lon Chaney’s outstanding makeup to the beautiful sets and costumes, it is a breathtakingly lavish film that entertains as much as it educates. The film cannot be overstated in its historical importance, as it was the first of the Universal Monsters to be born.
Without Chaney and his amazing creation, we would arguably never have seen Lugosi’s Dracula or Karloff’s Monster and so on. One could point to this film and say it was the birth of the horror film, as we know it today. Sure, Nosferatu had come before, as had The Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and of course Edison’s Frankenstein. However, The Phantom of the Opera was the...
From Lon Chaney’s outstanding makeup to the beautiful sets and costumes, it is a breathtakingly lavish film that entertains as much as it educates. The film cannot be overstated in its historical importance, as it was the first of the Universal Monsters to be born.
Without Chaney and his amazing creation, we would arguably never have seen Lugosi’s Dracula or Karloff’s Monster and so on. One could point to this film and say it was the birth of the horror film, as we know it today. Sure, Nosferatu had come before, as had The Golem, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and of course Edison’s Frankenstein. However, The Phantom of the Opera was the...
- 12/29/2011
- by Derek Botelho
- DailyDead
The Phantom Of The Opera was the first horror film I ever saw. It was at my grandparents’ house. I was about 3 or 4 and it was either on television or my grandfather had a VHS tape of it or something like that. I clearly remember the now famous shot of Mary Philbin pulling off the mask of Lon Chaney’s horrific Phantom as he played the organ. The look of sheer shock and fury etched on Chaney’s horribly disfigured face scared and delighted my admittedly warped young mind, as it must have very well done so for countless fans of the classic film.
I’m happy to say that that iconic scene, and many more, have never looked better than on Image Entertainment’s newly remastered high definition transfer of The Phantom Of The Opera, out November 1st on Blu-Ray. For classic horror fans who have had to make due with scratchy video recordings,...
I’m happy to say that that iconic scene, and many more, have never looked better than on Image Entertainment’s newly remastered high definition transfer of The Phantom Of The Opera, out November 1st on Blu-Ray. For classic horror fans who have had to make due with scratchy video recordings,...
- 11/1/2011
- by Marc
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Title: The Phantom of the Opera Directed by: Rupert Julian Starring: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry Running time: 78-114 minutes, Unrated Image Entertainment has released the original 1925 version and two 1929 re-release versions of Lon Chaney’s most memorable performance in The Phantom of the Opera on Blu-ray. The story of Erik, the disfigured “Phantom” that lives underneath the Paris Opera house and whom has a fixation on the beautiful and talented new opera singer Christine. The 1925 version is the original 6 millimeter with a piano score by Frederick Hodges. This version is longer than the 1929 reissues, and contains a lackluster happy ending. There were two...
- 10/31/2011
- by juliana
- ShockYa
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