Phantom of the Opera (1943) - The lair scene

The lair scene from the 1943 remake of the The Phantom of the Opera. Claude Rains & Susanna Foster are stunning.

I just wish they hadn't altered the story so much. I would have loved to see Rains play a more insightful Phantom and a more vindictive, like the Herbert Lom one. Or see him play the Leroux's original Phantom.

Like I said, Rains is loveable though. "Sing, Christine! Sing!"


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[agrnb98]

i like this 1943 version but if i had to choose the best phantom between Lon Chaney and Claude Rains i would choose Lon Chaney. His acting is magnificent and whoever did his makeup for the unmasking scene thumbs up. his face scared the crap out of me. Claude Rains face i wasn't really scared to. but i like both of them because they are wonderful. but i like this version because people are actually talking in this one. if the 1929 version had the people talking i'd be more happy

[StefPhoenixOoORising]

@agrnb98 How many have you seen? I think Herbert Lom definitely comes on third place.

[ZodiacBryan]

@agrnb98 the one with lon chaney came out in 1925, Just saying

[StefPhoenixOoORising]

@ZodiacBryan Yes but the original print is pretty rare and most releases are originally sourced from the 1929 re-release.

[arianlyre]

its the first time I've seen this version. the Phantom is depicted quite nearly the same way Leroux depicted him in the book - insane yet brilliant.

[StefPhoenixOoORising]

@arianlyre I agree that this version managed to capture and illuminate the aspect of that he really was brilliant. You should check out the Herbert Lom version in which he is depicted as the frustrated artist. I still prefer Lon Chaney over these two but Claude Rains and Herbert Lom are close on a shared second place.

Both Lon Chaney and Claude Rains are among my all-time favorite actors and it is imperative that you check out their other films.

[KatyHallow]

For all its flaws, I think that this film has one redeeming factor: Claude Rains. He was such a great character actor during his reign but often played supporting actor rather than leading man. This was a nice change for him. Yes, he was a bit little to pull off the Phantom physically, but his voice is like melted chocolate. I can't help but be a little head-over-heels.

[ilovetruffles99]

@aMgVbros4aetas ah. I see. :)

[aMgVbros4aetas]

@ilovetruffles99 This has to do with a plot point that was eventually dropped. In the original script to the film, Claudin was Christine's father. 

[aMgVbros4aetas]

@agrnb98 you were asking who did Chaney's makeup for the 1925 Phantom of the opera: Lon Chaney did his own make up.

[ilovetruffles99]

@ilovetruffles99 plus, you're coming off as kind of an arrogant douchebag with too much time on his hands (because you're responding to every. single. one.) , you don't want that do you?

[ilovetruffles99]

@Nemesis7293 okay, seriously, I'm reading some of your answers, and I'm asking you to stop it, because you're being a bully. It's not nice. If you can't say it to someone's face, don't say it with the shield of a computer. Please.

[ilovetruffles99]

@Nemesis7293 I didn't see the play before the movie, so I thought the movie was amazing, it actually inspired me to sing opera.

[ilovetruffles99]

I hate how he keeps on calling her child and little one...super weird.

[ilovetruffles99]

@Nemesis7293 why are you responding to everyone in a defensive manner? do you want a fight?

[foxhound900]

Lon Chaney was good but I think Claude Rains had a great voice for the phantom and, sense the original was a silent movie I think Claude Rains was better

[ChrisFiremender]

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP COMMENTING ON MY COMMENT FROM A WHILE AGO,

I MENT HOW CAN A BULLET BRING DOWN AN ENTIRE STABLE CAVE! NOT HIS DAMN FACE!

retards.