Lon Cahney's performance ( and Awesome make-up) made this popular French Novel into a Film Classic....!!! ....The Phantom of the Opera....!!!!
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The old silent classic...
Lon Chaney's extensive ( and very "uncomfortable") make up really brought this Character to Life...
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Lon Chaney..... the "Man of a 1000 Faces"....!!!!
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actually a very Tragic "Love Story"....
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he abducts his "lady Love"...and takes her to his Lair... only to be "rejected" by her....
his horrible visage terrified many a movie goer back in his days....
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far below the grand Paris Opera House he plays at the keyboard.....
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the Basil Gogos Painting....
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A truly Great "Movie Monster"....
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and the Famous "Unmasking" scene....
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Make-up Artist Rick Baker did a great rendition of this Classic Monster....
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