The 100th birthday of the silent "Phantom" film, starring master of disguise Lon Chaney in his most famous — and horrible — ...

“His eyes are ghastly beads in which there is no light – like holes in a grinning skull! His face is like leprous parchment, yellow skin strung tight over protruding bones! His nose – there is no nose ...

"The picture is one of the best ever shown in Memphis, barring none," raved a movie reviewer credited as "A.M.D." in the Feb. 2, 1926, edition of The Commercial ...

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Since 1925 The Phantom of the Opera has terrified men, women, and children. When the film was first released, it caused moviegoers to faint in the cinema due to the delicate sensibilities of 20th ...

The silent horror film The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney and directed by Rupert Julian, was released on this day in 1925. Chaney did more than merely play the titular Phantom, he designed ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. JACKSONVILLE —Get into the Halloween spirit with a nerve-rattling silent horror film. "The Phantom of the Opera," the first screen adaptation of the ...

The Phantom of the Opera (1925) is one of Lon Chaney’s greatest film achievements. Chaney, who was one of the great artists of silent films, was interested in makeup and roles that required physical ...

The Batman villain Clayface draws inspiration from Universal Monsters legends Lon Chaney, Sr. and Boris Karloff. The episode "...And Be a Villain" in Batman: Caped Crusader delves into the complex ...

F. Murray Abraham in "Amadeus" (Credit: Dick Smith); Lon Chaney in "The Phantom of the Opera" (Bettmann Archive); Gary Oldman in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (Columbia Pictures) March is a busy month for ...