silent picture  The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film)  The
Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 silent film directed by Rupert
Julian adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel of the same title.
The film featured Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and
facially deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House,
causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management
to make the woman he loves a star. It is most famous for Lon
Chaney's intentionally horrific, self-applied make-up, which was
kept a studio secret until the film's premiere.  The film also
features Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe,
Gibson Gowland, John St. Polis and Snitz Edwards. The only
surviving cast member is Carla Laemmle (born 1909), niece of
producer Carl Laemmle, who played a small role as "prima
ballerina" in the film when she was about 15.  The movie was
adapted by Elliott J. Clawson, Frank M. McCormack (uncredited),
Tom Reed (titles) and Raymond L. Schrock. It was directed by
Rupert Julian, with supplemental directi