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Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Director(s)	Arthur Lubin
Producer(s)	George Waggner, Jack J. Gross (executive uncredited)
Top Genres	Drama, Film Adaptation, Horror, Musical, Romance, Thriller/Suspense
Top Topics	Book-Based, Romance (Drama)

Featured Cast:

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Nelson Eddy
(as Anatole Garron)

Susanna Foster
(as Christine Dubois)

Claude Rains
(as Erique Claudin)

Phantom of the Opera Overview:

Phantom of the Opera (1943) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Arthur Lubin and produced by Jack J. Gross and George Waggner.

Academy Awards 1943 --- Ceremony Number 16 (source: AMPAS)

Award	Recipient	Result
Best Art Direction	Art Direction: John B. Goodman, Alexander Golitzen; Interior Decoration: Russell A. Gausman, Ira	Won
Best Cinematography	Hal Mohr, W. Howard Greene	Won
Best Music - Scoring	Edward Ward	Nominated

BlogHub Articles:

Classics Revisited: The Phantom of the Opera

By Barry P. on Sep 25, 2017 From Cinematic Catharsis

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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

on Oct 3, 2016 From Journeys in Classic Film

Originally published October 28th, 2013 The Phantom of the Opera is a seminal film in horror movie history, and rightfully so.? A technological wunderkind at the time, the movie is a haunting, angelic experience one must witness in their life.? Silent films aren’t my favorite, and the movie ha... Read full article

Phantom of the Opera (1925)

By Amy on Jan 7, 2016 From Random Pictures

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The Masquerade Ball from The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

By Amanda Garrett on Jan 18, 2015 From Old Hollywood Films

Universal Studios recreated the grand staircase from the Paris Opera House for the masquerade ball sequence in The Phantom of the Opera. The sequence was filmed in an early version of Technicolor and features the Phantom (Lon Chaney Sr.) as The Masque of The Red Death from the Edgar Allan Poe short ... Read full article

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Quotes from

Amiot: [Upon hearing about a thief in the opera house] Call the police at once! This must be stopped!
Vereheres: Monsieur, I'm afraid the police can't stop that. It's he.
Amiot: Who?
[VEREHERES begins to make gestures at his nose and chin]
Amiot: Oh, please. Don't start that nonsense again, Vercheres. At your age, you ought to know that there aren't any ghosts.
Vereheres: Monsieur, you are skeptical, but I don't like ghosts. I'm a busy man.
Lecours: What's that?
Amiot: Oh, our brilliant stage manager insists there's a malicious ghost prowling about the Opera. If anything goes wrong, he thinks this ghost did it!
Vereheres: Oh, monsieur...
[to LECOURS, again making gestures to his nose and chin]
Vereheres: He has a long nose, and a big red beard!
Lecours: You make me nervous!

[Christine has left Raoul and Anatole in her dressing room while she greets a crowd of admirers]
Raoul D'Aubert: Would you join me for a bit of supper at the Cafe de l'Opera?
Anatole Garron: With pleasure, monsieur.
Raoul D'Aubert: Think we can get through this crowd?
Anatole Garron: Certainly. After all, who'd pay any attention to a baritone and a detective?

Facts about

Because the war in Europe made it so difficult to track down who had the rights to most operas (coupled with the studio's reluctance to pay the required royalties), all the operas performed in the film were either in the public domain (i.e., copyrights had expired and anyone could use them without paying royalties)) or were based on classical music that was in the public domain. The filmmakers were able to slip in a reference to the opera "Faust" (which featured heavily in the original novel) by having Christine appear in the Marguerite costume as she comes off stage at the end of the film.

The budget was approximately $1,750,000, which included $100,000 to soundproof the still-existing opera stage from Universal's The Phantom of the Opera silent film version

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 13, 1943 with Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster reprising their film roles.

Featured Cast: See Full Cast

Nelson Eddy(as Anatole Garron)

Susanna Foster(as Christine Dubois)

Claude Rains(as Erique Claudin)

Academy Awards 1943 --- Ceremony Number 16 (source: AMPAS)

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