SYNOPSIS: “Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Erique Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed …
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Film Review: The Phantom of the Opera (1925) – Review #2
SYNOPSIS: During a production of Faust, an opera singer named Carlotta, who is portraying the character of Marguerite, is approached by a strange gentleman who forces her to give the role to her understudy, Christine Daae, a woman whom he is in love with. When it comes to light that the man is horribly disfigured, a series of unfortunate events …
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Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: “At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives. What’s his goal? What’s his secret?” (courtesy IMDB) REVIEW: This week I’m extremely pleased …
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