Terror strikes the London Opera House as a new opera is disrupted by the actions of a deformed specter of the show's past who has an obsession with one of the production's chorus girl.
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Title: The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Herbert Lom | ... | The Phantom (Prof. L. Petrie) | |
| Heather Sears | ... | Christine Charles | |
| Edward de Souza | ... | Harry Hunter | |
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Thorley Walters | ... | Lattimer |
| Michael Gough | ... | Lord Ambrose d'Arcy | |
| Harold Goodwin | ... | Bill | |
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Martin Miller | ... | Rossi |
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Liane Aukin | ... | Maria |
| Sonya Cordeau | ... | Yvonne | |
| Marne Maitland | ... | Xavier | |
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Miriam Karlin | ... | Charwoman (as Miriam Carlin) |
| Patrick Troughton | ... | The Rat Catcher | |
| Renee Houston | ... | Mrs. Tucker | |
| Keith Pyott | ... | Weaver | |
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John Harvey | ... | Sgt. Vickers |
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The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough) steals the life's work of the poor composer Professor L. Petrie. (Herbert Lom). In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petrie breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petrie returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas. Written by Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 August 1962 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
£180,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Runtime:
(Extended Version)Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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The film takes place in 1890 and December 1900. See more »Goofs
Although there is great attention to the music of the opera - it almost sounds like a real Bernard Herrmann 20th century opera - when the conductor turns the page and it is torn, it is only page two of the score. Act I has been going on for a few minutes, probably roughly 20 pages of a standard score, but the conductor is still on page one which is about six bars, or 10 seconds of music. See more »Quotes
The Phantom: I am going to teach you to sing, Christine. I am going to give you a new voice! A voice so wonderful that theatres all over the world will be filled with your admirers. You will be the greatest star the opera has ever known. Greater than the greatest! And when you sing, Christine, you will be singing only... for me.See more »
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In this version of The Phantom Of The Opera, the hideous phantom lurks in the sewers and catacombs of London instead of Paris. And in this third version bits of a real opera by British composer Edwin Astley highlight the musical portion of the film. That's important because in this telling of the tale, the phantom has a singular interest in this particular work.
Stepping into the shoes of Lon Chaney and Claude Rains is Herbert Lom. Because this film is done in flashback Lom is given less of a chance to create his character in the way his predecessors did. Still Lom as he did in Night And The City manages to get across both the poignancy and the evil that he's sunk to. I would also compare his characterization of Professor Petri here with what he did in Flame Over India where he got across sympathy for a character who was a terrorist.
The truly evil one here is Michael Gough who is a classic Victorian rakehell whom if he were slightly of better character and given to a bit of introspection, we could hear some Oscar Wilde aphorisms coming out of his mouth. But his Lord D'Arcy hasn't got any redeeming features whatsover. Kind of like Liberty Valance which also came out in 1962.
The young lovers here are producer Edward DeSouza and Heather Sears the singer that Lom takes an interest in. I looked to see who might have dubbed Sears for the opera sequences and found no credit. If she did it herself, truly remarkable and why didn't that part of her talent be better known.
I saw an edited version of this on YouTube and I'm convinced they involved the end of some characters in a ghastly fashion. I'd like to see a director's cut if possible.