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Release Date:
27 August 1943 (USA)
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In flaming Technicolor! more
Plot:
This is the story of a disfigured violinist who haunts the Paris Opera House full summary | add synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 2 nominations
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Horror may be muted...but the music is glorious...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nelson Eddy | ... | Anatole Garron |
 | Susanna Foster | ... | Christine Dubois |
 | Claude Rains | ... | Erique Claudin |
| Edgar Barrier | ... | Raoul D'Aubert |
| Leo Carrillo | ... | Signor Ferretti |
| Jane Farrar | ... | Biancarolli |
| J. Edward Bromberg | ... | Amiot |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Lecours |
| Frank Puglia | ... | Villeneuve |
| Steven Geray | ... | Vereheres |
| Barbara Everest | ... | The Aunt |
 | Hume Cronyn | ... | Gerard |
| Fritz Leiber | ... | Franz Liszt |
| Nicki Andre | ... | Madame Lorenzi |
| Gladys Blake | ... | Jeanne |
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Spain:13 |
Netherlands:12 |
Australia:G (cable rating) |
Australia:PG (original rating) |
Finland:K-16 |
Germany:12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:Approved (PCA #9388) |
Argentina:Atp
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The bronze sculpture of Christine Dubois (Susanna Foster) was actually made by co-star Nelson Eddy, who was an accomplished sculptor.
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Revealing mistakes: When Christine takes the mask off from Phantom's face, we see that his scar reaches the low area of his right cheek, even the right eyelid is slightly fallen. But before that during the entire film, we never see a single mark of the scar on the uncover area of the Phantom's face, not even the fallen eyelid through the mask.
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Quotes:
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]
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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]
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
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Soundtrack:
LULLABY OF THE BELLS
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Before writing a film article on Claude Rains for CLASSIC IMAGES (December 2000), I took another look at 'Phantom' to appraise his performance. He's one of those rare actors who can make you feel sympathy when he plays the ill-treated violinist so that you understand why he turns into 'The Phantom'. His performance is just one asset of this handsome technicolor adaptation of the famous story. Why carp about the changes made for this version? It stands on its own as an entertaining melodrama studded with operatic sequences that give it added dimension. Nelson Eddy has never been in better voice and Susanna Foster is certainly up to the demands of her singing role. The comic aspects of the story are a bit overdone and the only weakness of the film is giving Eddy and Edgar Barrier silly routines as they compete for the hand of Foster. Aside from that, this can still be enjoyed as a horror story set against the Paris Opera background. The sets are rich and detailed. Understandably, the film won Academy Awards for color cinematography and color art direction. Edward Ward's haunting score was also nominated and contributes greatly to the overall enjoyment of the film. The horror is muted in this version--but the rich musical highlights are a compensation. Absorbing entertainment.