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| The Phantom of the Opera (1929 re-release) | 
 enlarge | Directors: Rupert Julian, Laemmle, Ernst
Actors: Lon Chaney, Olive Ann Alcorn, Joseph Belmont, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Roy Coulson
Studio: Image Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $12.31
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Avg. Customer Rating:  117 reviews
Sales Rank: 51062
Format: Black & White, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 92
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: D4097D
ISBN: 6305075417
UPC: 014381409727
EAN: 9786305075417
ASIN: 6305075417
Theatrical Release Date: November 15, 1925
Release Date: October 15, 1997
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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Description
Chaney is Erik, the horribly disfigured Phantom who leads a menacing existence in the catacombs and dungeons beneath the Paris Opera. When Erik falls in love with a beautiful prima donna, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his lair.
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 Nothing Like an Original May 21, 2008
First if you are not a fan of the silent move era, or don't think you can sit through a silent movie, don't get this version. However if you can appreciate a classic this is definitely worth adding to your collection. The Phantom of the Opera is one of my favorite stories and I have four of the major film versions of the story. This one is one of my favorites. There is a lot to be said for a movie that can convey the same emotions as a movie that has more effects and dialogue that is acted out by well rehearsed actors.
 The classic! No speech but just pure music! great for a black and white movie night. April 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is what I expected! back to the classics of old theather. The whole movie is in black and white, with no sound but just background music. The dialog is done by stills frames of words written on the screen. A true classic.
Congratulations, a treasure material ! January 21, 2008
Congratulations for this material !
One can appreciate the differences between one and other version of this remarkable film. It was a good idea to save delete scenes from the original and ancient film. It is a great treasure !
Definitive edition of an influential classic December 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Phantom of the Opera - The Ultimate Edition (1925 Original Version and 1929 Restored Version)
When buying silent movies, it really is true: you shouldn't be fooled by cheap imitations. It's easy for fly-by-night companies to release cheap copies of copyright-free films, but what do you get? You get terrible visual quality, no score (or worse, a dreadful score composed of random copyright-free music), and missing or disordered footage.
Image's Ultimate Edition of "The Phantom of the Opera," on the other hand, contains two versions of the film (the original and the more commonly seen 1929 re-release), appropriate soundtrack options, commentaries, high visual quality (on the restored 1929 version), and beautiful restoration of the famous color sequences. Carl Davis, composer of so many great silent film scores, has done marvelous work for this film as well. All of these qualities come together in this edition to make watching "The Phantom of the Opera" an engrossing, thrilling experience once more, just as it must have been for original audiences.
The most comprehensive Chaney Phantom set August 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Lon Chaney's realization of the deformed Eric is one of the great icons of horror cinema. This DVD set offers the most complete offering of all known versions of the film. The image quality of the 1929 restored version is quite good, but sadly that version is inferior to the 1925 version in almost every other way. For instance the images are from a different camera angle than the original and always less effective. Also, The story line is jumbled up.
The DVD offers still image recreations of the two premiere versions of the film through which a dedicated fan can track the creative development of the picture.
My chief misgiving is that no one has attempted to restore the original 1925 version of the film. The DVD uses a version from the only surviving 16mm print, but the quality of that print is appallingly poor. It is full of countless scratches and other blemishes. Imagine if the only copy of Citizen Kane looked like someone scrubbed every frame with steel wool. Why hasn't a film historian restored the 1925 phantom, the only true version? This disc should have done that rather than giving us a pristine B version and a decrepit A version.
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