Mary Philbin

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Rating: ★★★★½
Jul 1, 2001Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House
The first and still the best version of the story. Made when The Phantom was a horror story rather than a weepie romance, everything from Lon Chaney's performance to the amazing Gothic design and directorial set-pieces is classic
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The Man Who Laughs (1928)

The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Rating: ★★★★
Sep 11, 2009Historical Horror/Man With a Frozen Grin
Adaptation of a Victor Hugo historical novel about a man with his face surgically altered into a grin – an image that later inspired Batman’s The Joker. This has clearly been intended to imitate Lon Chaney’s grotesque performances of this era and is exquisitely made by the great Paul Leni
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