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The Phantom of the Opera (1925) at Old Town Music Hall
[ October 28, 2011; 10:15 pm; ] Date: October 28-30
Location: The Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond Street, El Segundo, CA 90245
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Description: It’s an annual tradition: for Halloween, the Old Town Music Hall screens the silent 1925 version of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, starring Lon Chaney, with live musical accompaniment on the theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer organ. The [...]
The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Movie Review
Lon Chaney as Erik, the Phantom
This silent film adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel is one of the classics in the history of the horror genre, although it actually predates the widespread use of the term “horror film.” With its static camera style and sometimes slow pace, this old-fashioned gothic-mystery-romance about a deformed madman-musician, who haunts [...]
