Phantom of the Opera

1943

Action / Drama / Horror / Music / Romance / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 25K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.4/10 10 9378 9.4K

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Plot summary

Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.

Director

Arthur Lubin Photo
Arthur Lubin

Top cast

Wheaton Chambers Photo
Wheaton Chambers as Reporter
Susanna Foster Photo
Susanna Foster as Christine DuBois
John Roy Photo
John Roy as Actor in Play
Edgar Barrier Photo
Edgar Barrier as Raoul Daubert
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750.1 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.44 GB
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1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by John Chard 5 / 10

Well it's one of the most beautiful Universal

Well it's one of the most beautiful Universal Horror movies out there. Phantom of the Opera is directed by Arthur Lubin and features a collective of writers adapting from Gaston Leroux's novel. It stars Nelson Eddy, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Susanna Foster, Leo Carrillo and Jane Farrar. Music is by Edward Ward and cinematography by W. Howard Greene. The Leroux source material has been adapted a number of times. This version sees Universal update their own 1925 silent version that starred Lon Chaney, and give it a Technicolor make over whilst practically making it a musical picture. Even making it a light comedy in parts! It is undeniably a gorgeous picture, both visually and aurally, for the sets and operatic tunes alone this could never be called a dull movie. But we want horror, it's an horrific tale of murder, disfigurement, disloyalty and unbridled passions, we don't want to be watching a Phantom of the Opera movie where at any moment you expect the cast to start singing "ding dong the witch is dead". Cast are mostly fine as regards the tone of the piece, though Rains barely gets his teeth into the role of the Phantom and comes off more like Zorro or the Lone Ranger. While Lubin and his crew give the whole production a professional polish. But is this horror? No, never, and that's a shame given it's from the torch bearers for classic horror of the 30s and 40s. 5/10
Reviewed by joelgodinho 6 / 10

Visuall beautiful but...

The Phantom Of The Opera is a 1943 adaptation of the classic novel of the same name, directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Claude Rains, Susanna Foster and Nelson Eddy. I think I'm not alone when I say that the best part of this film is the gorgeous and colorful cinematography and beautiful sets and costumes which make this a visually outstanding film however aside from this I think it is very forgettable. The acting is OK and that's really it, even Claude Rains, one of the greatest actors of all time isn't particularly memourable in this film. I'm also not the biggest fan of the movie's tone, it just feels too light hearted and almost goofy, ruining most of the suspense, at least for me. 6.8/10
Reviewed by bobrandt 5 / 10

Too much Opera, too little Phantom

A lot was obviously put into the operatic scenes, which were probably spectacular back in 1943. However, more effort could have been put into displaying the motives and madness of the phantom. The light hearted comedy attempts of the two courters of Christine Dubois seems out of place and takes the final edge of any suspense in the film.

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