Other Titles • Phantom of the Opera • Phantom der Oper (1949) • Das Phantom der Oper (1948)
Synopses for Phantom of the Opera (1943)
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This 1943 version of the horror story is more Technicolor musical than scare piece. Claude Rains plays the unfortunate, masked anti-hero, but he doesn't get the room to showcase a promising and sympathetic performance. Susanna Foster and Nelson Eddy, on the other hand, get plenty of screen time to warble. Well worth a visit just for the look of the film, which won an Oscar for cinematography. --Tom Keogh
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Composer Enrique Claudin becomes the feared "Phantom of the Opera" after he murders a thieving music publisher who has stolen Claudin's concerto. Claudin takes refuge in the Paris Opera House, where his shadowy figure terrorizes the company while promoting the career of a beautiful young singer.
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The Screen's Classic Of Terror!
This spectacular retelling of Gaston Leroux's immortal horror tale stars Claude Rains as the masked phantom of the Paris opera house -- a crazed composer who schemes to make a beautiful young soprano (Susanna Foster) the star of the opera company and wreak revenge on those who stole his music. Nelson Eddy, the heroic baritone, tries to win the affections of Foster as he tracks down the disfigured "monster" who has begin murdering those who resist his mad demands. This lavish production remains a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time.
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