
This classic marks the first feature film talkie adaptation.

The film was reissued in 1929 with sound effects, music and some reshot dialogue sequences (but none with Chaney). For this classic silent film Universal Studios created a faithful replica of the Paris Opera House as a setting.

The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Featuring Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry and Mary Philbin.Now a lost film, it is only known to have existed because of references to it in other media. Das Gespenst im Opernhaus or Das Phantom der Oper (1916): Featuring the Swedish actor Nils Olaf Chrisander (1884–1947) and the Norwegian actress Aud Egede-Nissen (1893–1974, aka Aud Egede Richter).Picture with Susanna Foster (Christine DuBois). Claude Rains portraying Erique Claudin, the Phantom, in Universal's 1943 version of Phantom of the Opera.
