The Phantom of the Opera
Universal Pictures, 1925. Three U.S. title lobby cards, one from the 1929 re-release, matted and framed together. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, and Norman Kerry play prominent roles in the lobby card art promoting the film version of Gaston Leroux's famed 1910 novel. This version of the film is considered the most faithful to the novel in terms of the Phantom's features, with Chaney creating his own makeup which corroborated the description of the Phantom's appearance in the book more than any other film or theater portrayal. The studio successfully kept Chaney's appearance under wraps until the release of the film (likely the reason two of the three lobby cards show Chaney sans makeup), and upon seeing Chaney's visage as the deformed Phantom for the first time, audiences screamed in horror.
21.5 x 42.5 in.; within mats: 10.5 x 13.5 in.
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Universal Pictures, 1925. Three U.S. title lobby cards, one from the 1929 re-release, matted and framed together. Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, and Norman Kerry play prominent roles in the lobby card art promoting the film version of Gaston Leroux's famed 1910 novel. This version of the film is considered the most faithful to the novel in terms of the Phantom's features, with Chaney creating his own makeup which corroborated the description of the Phantom's appearance in the book more than any other film or theater portrayal. The studio successfully kept Chaney's appearance under wraps until the release of the film (likely the reason two of the three lobby cards show Chaney sans makeup), and upon seeing Chaney's visage as the deformed Phantom for the first time, audiences screamed in horror.
21.5 x 42.5 in.; within mats: 10.5 x 13.5 in.
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