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Phantom of the Opera

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

1943 • US HMDB

August 12, 1943

Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.

Directors

Arthur Lubin

Horror Romance

Cast

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

Elvira Curci

Biancarolli's Maid

Hans Herbert

Marcel

Kate Drain Lawson

Landlady

Miles Mander

Pleyel

Rosina Galli

Christine's Maid

Crew

Production: Jack J. Gross (Executive Producer) — George Waggner (Producer)

Screenplay: Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay) — Eric Taylor (Screenplay)

Music: Edward Ward (Original Music Composer)

Cinematography: W. Howard Greene (Director of Photography) — Hal Mohr (Director of Photography)

REVIEWS (1)

Marco Castellini

• December 13, 2025

A Parisian musician, horribly disfigured after an accident, takes refuge in the cellars of the Paris Opera. From there, he only emerges occasionally to kill those who try to obstruct his daughter's singing career. One of the first films adapted from Gaston Leroux's story, it has the "limitations" typical of most horror films of that period, namely slowness and the absolute lack of blood scenes, but it was 1943 and one could not expect anything different. A classic.