Book vs. Movie: The Phantom of the Opera Film Adaptations (1925, 1943, 1962, 2004)

Before it was the world's most popular musical, The Phantom of the Opera was a novel written by French writer Gaston Leroux in 1909-1910. In this video, we look at how the following four English language film adaptations of Le Fantome de L'Opera compare to the novel:
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Starring Lon Chaney, Sr., Mary Philbin, and Norman Kerry
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Starring Claude Rains and Susanna Foster
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Starring Herbert Lom and Heather Sears
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Starring Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, and Patrick Wilson
Chapters:
0:00 Prologue
0:49 The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
2:34 Phantom of the Opera (1943)
4:34 The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
6:44 The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
9:06 Epilogue
#BytheBook #ThePhantomoftheOpera

[@MyNLR]

I wish they would remake the movie with the Phantom, Christine and all the characters just like they were in the book. Especially the Phantoms monolog at the end with the Persian. Makes me cry every time. They also should have Dimash Qudibergin as the voice of the Phantom at least the singing parts. How fantastic would that be! Sigh..... he would be fabulous as the phantom. Someone make this happen for me please!

[@alainajobe5823]

RIGHT IM SO UPSET NO ONE HAS PREFORMED THAT MONOLOGUE 😭

[@TheStockwell]

No offense intended, but fan fiction would have us watching nothing but sequels, remakes, prequels, and reboots - the same films done over and over, just a little differently. Source: Disney, Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc. 😐

[@AmintaDax]

​@@TheStockwell But that's the point. We never got an adaptation from the original book, besides the 1925 silent movie and to be honest after almost 100 years a reboot would be nice.

[@GarrettBrown-nh5nt]

Well, don't give your hopes up. I'm a college student learning film, and I hope to make the closest adaptation possible.

[@MyNLR]

@@GarrettBrown-nh5nt That's fabulous! I wish you all the Luck. I will be 1st in line.

[@StellaWaldvogel]

1925, hands down. Lon Chaney Sr. was amazing.

[@greghmiel7098]

But the unmasking was from the 1929 re-release. The '25 was quite different

[@CalderTF2]

@@greghmiel7098 It's still Lon Chaney Sr though.

[@chaoticcatastrophes3754]

@@greghmiel7098 The shot of his mask being removed in the supposed silent '29 version (which many just refer to as the Eastman print) is an alternate take shot in 1925. Nobody else played the Phantom. Chaney was never brought back for the sound reshoots in '29 because of his contract with MGM. The only scenes from the sound '29 version in the most common version of the film is a bit of Carlotta and some other minor stuff. Everything with the Phantom is from 1925.

[@alexanderangelo7284]

You're joking right?

[@pinkbeatle2012]

absolutely looked more horrifying than the rest

[@nb_cash]

Lon Chaney is 𝘛𝘏𝘌 definitive Phantom. The 1925 silent horror film version will always be my favorite adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel.

[@carissaap7003]

Ikr its the closest to the novel

[@la_esmeralda444]

Too bad they changed the original beautiful ending for a crap one 😭😭😭

[@karenpinson759]

My favorite will always be the 1990 TV miniseries version starring Teri Polo and Charles Dance. It emphasizes the love triangle over the horror of the Phantom's face. I believe this is the only Phantom of the Opera film where the Phantom's deformed face is never shown to the audience. I adore Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, especially Michael Crawford's voice in the title role. The music just transports your imagination.

[@lymeriatyrell8851]

Yes! 1990 is my favorite

[@xkaraxx776]

where can i watch that?

[@deadeyereaper2080]

@@xkaraxx776 On KZbin, believe it or not. You can watch both Part 1 and Part 2, recommend the 4K AI Restored Version!

[@deadeyereaper2080]

Same here, 1990 version is hands down my favorite and the best among them. It doesn't really help 2004 version due to ALW being accused by Kopit, Richardson, Pink Floyd, Fred Astaire's estate, and many others for plagiarism. ALW's god awful sequel, Love Never Dies is proof that the dude can't write or direct for jack and resorts to picking off ideas from others' work.

[@AzuraTarot]

sorry, but that film absolutely sucked. Everything changed but for the names, and trying to insert a lot of comedy which just ended being silly. Awful.

[@Jaasau]

There is no better version of Webber’s Phantom than the performance at the Royal Albert Hall. Absolutely incredible.

[@alainajobe5823]

AMEN

[@brezzainvernale]

@@alainajobe5823 hi, I don't really understand what you mean, 'amen' is translated in 'so be it'. But I think you wanted to say you think like Jaasau. So do I!😃

[@ThumosTheUnbroken]

@@brezzainvernale in American English at least, "amen" is a closing statement to mean complete agreement with the replied statement

[@MichaelCreech97]

Yes!!! My all time favorite version!!

[@48kmagic36]

Absolutely my favorite. And my favorite Phantom and Christine as well.

[@monsterenergypunk]

While the '04 adaptation has it's... flaws, it has more references to the novel than the original musical, and is on par with the 1925 in its connections to Leroux's novel. With all that said, why they haven't created a true-to-novel film adaptation with modern SFX make-up is so beyond me.

[@jezebelEmoringstar]

Someone will soon! Hopefully

[@user-oi4up2gf6v]

IKR

[@vickinoeske1711]

I just love the beauty of the 2004 movie version with Emmy Rossum.

[@karlaalejandralopezyanes9640]

I also love the 2004 one for its music/songs and for Gerad (he showed off with the character of the ghost)

[@wannabe1me927]

Yes

[@josephcook6442]

Uncultured fool

[@GothicTopicPodcast]

Patrick Wilson was the only one who could sing...that and the woman they got to dub Carlotta.

[@baritonebynight]

Most of the singing was atrocious.

[@1yugioh11]

The 1990 tv miniseries was wonderful and I'm glad it got a mention. For me personally it's the 2004 version that holds my heart.

[@Lurvy1963]

My all time favourite version of The Phantom Of The Opera was the 1925 silent classic featuring Lon Chaney. His makeup for the Phantom was something that was never seen before with audiences back in that day. One of the greatest monster movie makeup jobs ever done.

[@vilandra.]

I love the musical, but the 1990 film adaptation was, in my opinion, the best.

[@kileyw947]

which 1990 version? the Charles Dance miniseries or the Robert Englund movie (the one technically cam out in 89 but most places say 90)

[@vilandra.]

@@kileyw947 The Charles Dance, of course 😁

[@youwillneverknow4111]

@@vilandra. same I love savage Erik the most❤

[@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose]

"My God, this place really is haunted, what is THAT?" I loved Charles Dance Erik's sass in that one, so many great one-liners. (Credit of course Robert Englund's fantastic one-liners as well in the 1989 film).

[@sloeberdoet]

The humor in it. The setting in the real French opera and the real opera singing makes it my favorite but second I prefer the stage version so not much the films.

[@emagneticfield]

In Leroux’s book the Persian tells the main story. In the play and 2004 movie Madame Giry is a blend of the Persian and Madame Giry’s character. I absolutely loved the Madame Giry from the book better. In the book Christine is blond and blue eyed and Meg is brunette and brown eyed. This was changed because Andrew Lloyd Webber wanted the play to be a role for his wife and she was brunette. In the book Erik at the time of the opera house would have been about 55 and the Persian about 62. Christine about 21 and Raoul about 18. Madame Giry about 60. The play and movie changed the ages. Erik about 37, Christine about 18, Raoul 21 and Madame Giry 44. ALW left out the Persian all together. In the book boouque’s death opens the story and the chandelier falling happens in the early third. ALW changed the whole timeline around. The Phantom by Susan Kaye fleshed out Erik’s early life well but falls apart the last fourth of her book.

[@anastasiashpit9663]

I'm *SO HAPPY* that you continue publishing videos! I thought you wouldn't continue, but you do! Please, keep going. Your content is *awesome* .

[@belivexangel1]

The 2004 is my favorite version💕 Gerard Butler is stunning💕👏

[@eviejennings3499]

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[@MythopoeicNavid]

When you realise that your entire college campus is an opera: "I must choose between what is an operatic career and a normal semester."

[@RoseBaggins]

Even though the cartoon has its problems, it is the most faithful adaptation and it's my favorite because it's the one that introduced me to the Phantom.

[@aniseadhikari1667]

Yeah but the most faithful live action Phantom of the opera film is the 1925 Lon Chaney film.

[@aileenteo7027]

I love the 1990 version of the Phantom of the opera.

[@stefaniab3791]

Me too, it's also my favourite one, 2nd is 2004, 3rd is 1925

[@josephcook6442]

That was more a "mini-series", based on the Yeston/Kopit musical, but I do too enjoy it

[@sloeberdoet]

Me too. the setting in the French opera; The acting and real opera singing and also the humor in it makes it my favorite.

[@youstinaraouf3749]

2004 and 1990 versions will always be my top and favourites ❤❤

[@bradfordrusso7480]

Without question, my favorite is the 1962 Hammer studios version. It's the most unusual monster movie ever made, because the "monster" (phantom role) is NOT the monster. Professor Petrie is the hero (actually 1 of 3). He is made into the phantom by the evil Lord Ambrose D'Arcy. Played as deliciously wicked, by actor Michael Gough. His sneering arrogance and cruelty is an acting triumph. The music is also sensational. Written by a contemporary composer, yet designed to sound like something from the classical period. Like the brilliant Brahms-esque piece Mr. Spock plays on Flint's harpsicord. In original series "Star Trek" episode "Requiem For Methuselah". Sadly, this Hammer version of "Phantom" was Not well received by American audiences. For 2 major reasons: The hero (Petrie) dies tragically. And, Ambrose is never seen to get his comeuppance. Most interesting is how an extra 15 minutes was filmed and inserted. To make the movie fit into a 2 hour TV time slot (less commercials, of course). The VHS & DVD releases Never include this extra footage. It was an extra-ordinary feat of editing. None of the original actors appeared. There being absolutely NO interaction. Yet the added footage fits into the film Seamlessly.

[@rogerwright9096]

TO ME ,HERBERT LOM WAS THE BEST . HIS VOICE AND ONE EYED MASK MADE HIM FRIGHTENING WHEN I SAW IT AS A CHILD . EVEN NOW, HIS PERFORMANCE CAN NOT BE TOUCHED. A TRUE CLASSIC.

[@merie096]

2004 is hands down my favorite adaptation of the phantom of the opera, while 1943 is my second favorite!

[@ingridaguero6460]

So far the 1943 Christine is my favorite.

[@kylikuykendall5752]

My heart only sees the 2004 film as the story and cannon 😭😂

[@bethhaines6340]

Lon chaney was an absolute genius and a legend,no wonder he was known as the man of a thousand faces the name fits him well

[@taissavaleska8643]

I keep waiting for the adaptation, where Christine will be really Leroux's Christine: you know, blue-eyed blonde, gentle and trusting, kind, fragile, but at the same time strong inside.

[@AzuraTarot]

the version with Teri Polo and Charles Dance portray her that way mostly, although I think they made her FAR too naive and immature at the same time. Sadly, that film sucks as well in every other aspect.

[@frenchjr25]

I find myself wishing Universal would do a restoration of all surviving versions of the 1925 movie.

[@alpyki2588]

As long as they leave out the "talkie" versions, well, talking, that would be a nice idea. Sort of like what they did to Metropolis except Phantom wasn't meant to be that long.

[@frenchjr25]

@@alpyki2588 The talking version (or what survives of it) would absolutely have to be included. That's what "all surviving" means.

[@ryanweeks8186]

I grew up listening to the original Broadway musical version, that will always have a special place in my heart

[@lilliegreenlaw]

Thank you so much for doing this one! I've never seen the Phantom of the Opera, but I recently heard some of the songs from it on my radio and it made me want to watch (and read) it, so this was really helpful!

[@MiyuSawai]

You also left out the 1989 version starring Robert Englund

[@speratum]

...and the 1983 version with Jane Seymour, Michael York and Maximilian Schell. Now that's a creepy one too...and weird...and bad as hell! 😂

[@goddessartemis1041]

And the 1990 version with Charles Dance.

[@serahblair2374]

I LOVE the 1990’s one!

[@beneddiected]

speratum I guess I never heard of that version for a reason

[@MiyuSawai]

@@beneddiected It has some gross disgusting moment and isn't as much of a musical like some of the other film/stage versions, although there are some musical moments/songs in it.Overall, it's one of the darker/scarier versions, next to the black and white silent film. It's also a pretty good and very interesting film version.

[@misslinda772]

My favorite was the 2004 version. I could listen to Gerard Butler sing to Christine all day.

[@hondoklaatu1904]

Thanks for such wonderful videos! I can tell you put a lot of thought and work into them. My favorite phantom embarrassingly enough is the cheesy 1990 tv version with Charles Dance.

[@kileyw947]

Its definetly one of the more down to earth versions with how it shows character and relationships which some of the versions lack in places.

[@Jared_Wignall]

The I love the 1925 film. To me, it’s the best film adaptation of the Phantom of the Opera that’s been made.

[@amytarvin2776]

Thanks for this review! I first saw the black and white silent version when I was is the 7th grade (11yo). Scared me so much! I love the music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. After the terror of the original, I never could fully feel compassion for the Phantom! He was Terrifying!

[@greenmonsterprod]

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" might be a good subject for a future video.

[@grindupBaker]

Did they do a stage musical version of Hound of the Baskervilles same as Phantom of the Opera ?

[@zedmctiernan9309]

I watched that with my nanna at age 8 lol the guy hat burns himself in a fire his screaming on point.🥴

[@willlyon7129]

Or any other gothic horror novels, like Dracula, Frankenstein or The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[@wmbriggz]

always enjoy your posts!!!

[@benjamingrist6539]

You hadn’t posted in a while when I first discovered your channel. I subscribed just in case the channel wasn’t dead. I’m so glad I did. 🙂

[@adrianguth]

I apreciate that you do not include the Dario Argento "adaptation" xD By the way the 2004 is my favourite.

[@ellafischbachbrock2352]

Same the 2004 version will forever be my favorite

[@polyhymnia701]

2004 version is the only one for me ☺

[@AzuraTarot]

understandable. it had great music though xD (Morricone, iirc)

[@kileyw947]

I think this was a very broadend version of all of the aspects of phantom which left out very big considerable ones. I do agree with some points in this video, though I believe others are too broad to address an overall character. I do not think this really discussed the importance of the book, or why it is impactful nor the truth to its story, but rather some movie versions and comparing those to each other. I would highly reccomend to anyone who truly had interest or care in the story to read the novel, though I don't think i would be as well appreciated if you are just infatuated withthe musical. Either way, there are so many other phantoms and so much more to the ones mentioned in this video, from Robert Englund to the animated version and even Love Never Dies. Though they don't relate as much to the novel some versions do portray Gaston Leroux's intentions more than others, but no one has seemed to have understood his intention and the actuality of his characters, that he says are based on real people. If you look to records, though they are hard to find some of the things in his novel correlate with some real life people and events which is very interesting. Even Lon Chaney's version, which is familiar to the book in many ways, hasn't been close to capturing Leroux's characters. Everything else aside, all versions are interesting and unique as well as misunderstood.

[@arkinyte13]

I like my Phantom as a deformed killer but that’s my shallow side speaking, he’s truly a tragic character.

[@tonyscheinman3538]

Of the film versions, I have to list them in this order: 1) the 1925 film with Lon Chaney (NO CONTEST WHATSOEVER!) 2) the 1990 TV mini-series with Charles Dance 3) the 2004 film with Gerard Butler (even though I deplore Joel Schumacher's directing, the cinematography and Butler's/Emily Rossum's singing) 4) the 1989 film with Robert Englund 5) the 1962 film with Herbert Lom 6) a tie between the 1943 film with Claude Rains and the 1983 TV movie with Maximilian Schell (although my opinion is that the Rains film was absolutely the WORST) I have not included the 1998 film directed by Dario Argente as I have not seen it.

[@mccringleberrytha3rd]

I’d say the short film animated version from ‘88 is quite close to the original novel too

[@ronstickle4694]

The Herbert Lom version is my favorite! This brings me back to when I was young. I had a horror film book and saw pictures of Herbert as the phantom. I had trouble sleeping thinking about that mask. I watch this one often! I don't think it will ever be matched or better!

[@faith5584]

I love your channel so much, its a fresh idea and I enjoy it immensely. Keep up the great work, I believe you can and will go far.

[@Bananz]

Omg if you cut the mask from the 1943 version in half it’s the mask that Ramin karimloo wore in the 25th anniversary performance

[@unaanguila]

Thanks for sharing!

[@peepeepoopoololus3710]

I actually really liked the review and differences between every movie. I'm definitely subbing

[@mccringleberrytha3rd]

There’s also a tv animated film too! It came out in ‘88, and its pretty close to the original novel also.

[@voltape]

I've not seen them all but I just love that with Teri Polo as Christine Daaé - the miniseries - and Burt Lancaster - greetings from Lima, Peru

[@prodigalson6166]

The 1974 Comedy-Horror-Musical Phantom of the Paradise this movie was scored and starred the Great songwriter Paul Williams,* who portrays a producer who sells his soul to the devil and steals the music of an aspiring artist as well as his voice and his love interest. It could be described as The Rocky Horror Picture Show version of The Phantom of the Opera, although it predates Rocky Horror by a few years. Nonetheless if you are a Phantom of the Opera fan and have a sense of humor I highly recommend checking out the cult classic Phantom of the Paradise. * Paul Williams is best known as the author of the song Rainbow Connection which was made famous by The Muppet Movie in which Kermit the Frog sings it in the opening sequence.

[@barbaraheflin2499]

I like the 1943 version with Nelson Eddy and Claude Rains

[@geoffberesford]

While thoroughly enjoying the other documented versions, I'm still very fond of the 1962 Hammer production and its cast of the day. Herbert Lom is outstanding in the title role, carrying it off convincingly by the sheer weight of his presence, both seen and unseen, and his commanding vocal power.

[@henrique-xf9wy]

Hello, could you tell me in which movie the famous and striking mask with only one side on the ghost's face first appeared? and who was its creator?

[@geoffberesford]

@@henrique-xf9wy If I am understanding you correctly, I believe you are referring to the white half-face mask that was specially devised by the costume designer for Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical version of the tale and which was also featured in the splendid Joel Schumacher film of 2004 that eventually followed in the wake of its success. This fresh style of mask had been an attempt to break away from all that had gone before on the movie screen.

[@henrique-xf9wy]

@@geoffberesford That's exactly what I wanted to know, thanks, so the half white mask first appeared in the musical. and I'm sorry if I couldn't be very clear with the words, it's just that English is not my language

[@thenameosborntremaine1661]

This Phantom's storyline seems to be more fleshed out than some of the other versions.

[@genericduck5985]

Wow, the 40's version looks so charming ❤

[@amytarvin2776]

I think I saw it once…after watching the silent version, I remember thinking the 1943 version was kind of silly.

[@zacharygriffin2041]

I really enjoy the 2004 film, the Chandelier crash makes more sense as a cover for kidnapping Christine

[@restinmurderface]

Well done. I like the understanding of each time periods and their POTO. I see you as you see them. Amazing.

[@saxongirl2054]

I wish they had cast John Owen-Jones for the 2004 movie, he is the best and so criminally underrated :'( the 2004 movie is probably the reason for the nonsense of making the phantom a young "hunk". John Owen Jones and Katie Hall actually matched the characters and they SHOULD have been the concert cast. John deserved so much better. I so regret have looked up that travesty.

[@psychomantis2485]

As a classic Monster fan, my Favorites are the Lon Chaney, and Hammer versions. Also, I adore the Hammer versions mask.

[@awesomey2j305]

you're doing amazing job🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@winryrockbell539]

I LOVE 2004 version!

[@lifeofbekahh]

phantom of the opera is my favorite musical and book, love learning about the history 😊

[@bethhaines6340]

Lon chaney,the man of a thousand faces,he was such a genius,an absolute legend

[@bethhaines6340]

I really enjoyed that it was very interesting thanks

[@bookworm3756]

I've seen all except the Hammer one. I think my favorite is the BBC miniseries!

[@matane2465]

There's also the 89 version starring Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund as the Phantom.

[@finncullen]

My favourite part of the 2004 movie is the caption showing the main part of the story happens in 1870 - a year when Paris was under a crippling artillery siege by the Prussian army and the citizens were starving, and five years before the opera house even opened.

[@primusfan87]

I’ve only seen the Lon Cheney black and white silent movie and I’ve also listened to the Musical

[@mayraxiomara6166]

The one with Gerard Butler is my favorite version, I love it.

[@eviejennings3499]

yeeeeees

[@NoxLegend1]

Christine in 2004 is just about perfect. Her expressions, especially when OG reveals certain feelings, she never quite reveals what you want her too, she is just in stasis in a non specific innocent expression. As if she was in a state of purgatory. I wonder if that was intended.

[@jessicaglen3696]

Anthony D.P. Mann’s 2014 “ A phantom of the opera”

[@clarinha1226]

I never read the book, but have seen the musical and a couple movies. I loved the version with Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum.

[@dashinvaine]

Gosh, the Phantom has suffered nearly as badly as Dracula, with many films being made that wildly deviate from the literary source material. In both cases we are still waiting for a truly faithful adaptation to bring the book to life.

[@kathymetzger5862]

I saw it on stage at The KCFTA loved it better than all of the movies

[@stargirl7646]

That 1920’s reveal gave me nightmares!

[@brianmelendy1194]

There is also a 1990 version starring Robert Englund as the phantom. Pretty good but different still. Lots of violence and gore.

[@vidimur1977]

CHANEY FOREVER!

[@leynisitepu]

I apoligize im still new, but what is chaney?

[@stargirl2477]

@@leynisitepu I believe the comment above was referring to Lon Chaney, who played the Phantom in the 1925 version. He was a really good actor, known for doing his own makeup for whatever role he was in, using all sorts of ways to make each role he was in unique and sometimes damaging. He was also born to deaf parents, which helped him add something extra to his performances, i.e. communicating via his hands in the roles he played or using more facial emotions to get the emotions across.

[@willlyon7129]

Will you be doing other gothic horror novels like Frankenstein, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, or Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?

[@grindupBaker]

Or a Justin Bieber concert.

[@willlyon7129]

@@grindupBaker You're an imbecile.

[@cursedcancersurvivor]

Hunchback is not a Gothic Horror.

[@aniseadhikari1667]

For Dracula, include the 1931 Bela Lugosi version, the 1958 Hammer version starring Christopher Lee, the 1979 John Badham version starring Frank Langella and of course the 1992 Francis Ford Coppola version.

[@aniseadhikari1667]

I’ve never heard of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

[@Roxette818]

I wish someone would make a series about the Phantom’s life before he haunted the opera house. His adventures in Persia and India and his childhood and how he gained all his skills. Could be like Vampire Hunter D.

[@melissamedinaquiles9396]

neat video

[@Davidmooncross1996]

the 1943 version 😍

[@eringassner5663]

It would be cool to do a "Frankenstein" video!

[@grindupBaker]

They could do it either as a recorded video or an Alive one.

[@willlyon7129]

Or Dracula.

[@theforceofthephantom7473]

i saw the Venetian version in las vegas, and the guy who play Piangi is actually my vocal coach, Larry Wayne Morbit

[@stargirl7646]

Wow these movies are SO different lol!

[@catspawgardner3213]

I like the version where Christine chooses neither of the men in the end she choose her career. I had no idea Christine was originally a blond.

[@richardimon468]

There were two other movies: The Maximilian Schell and Jane Seymour (1983 TV movie) & Robert Englund's version in 1986. Both shared ideas from these films mentioned here. There are also some versions that are foreign (Italian?) as well that show a non disfigured phantom.

[@AzuraTarot]

you probably mean the trash film with Julian Sands and Asia Argento. Wonderful music and singing, but otherwise unwatchable.

[@theartistrytwins6050]

Loved your video. I really have a top 3: 1925 because this one has the most adaption of the book. And I love Lon Chaney!! Such a shame that they changed the orginal end where Erik dies of a broken hart, into the mob scene. 2004 is just stunning and really my 2th favorite. Love the music, acting and the overall way they made it. And 1990 gives such a different beautifil perspective on the relationship between Erik and Christine. And how it al started. Charles Dance makes a wonderful Phantom.

[@ameliachastain5186]

Getting ready to cry

[@madman666alive4]

What's the best Phantom Of The Opera? The song by Iron Maiden

[@Cassandra4000]

Left off also the 1983 version with Jane Seymour and the 1989 version with Robert Englund.

[@michaelmacleod6517]

For film: The 1925 version. For performance: The 25th Anneversary version.

[@neriahd.taylor3907]

The the 1940's was my favorite

[@wwshd5393]

They just don’t care about the phantom being grotesque do they. It’s just like, burn his face a little. That’s fine, yeah that’s good

[@bethhaines6340]

I just love poto,its so tragic and so beautiful

[@cadeevans4623]

My favorite phantom of the opera is the 2004 version with Gerard butler it's the best one in my opinion but I also liked the claude rains version to

[@katiehickey4539]

How about uploading the Oldest to Newest Stage Adaptations of the Phantom of the Opera from 1949 to 2010?

[@isocore7793]

Rouhl doesn't even do anything in the book, the Persian essentially carries him through the whole rescue of Christine. Even then they don't succeed, Christine saves them. I didn't really see it as Christine saving everyone with her compassion, I saw it as the Phantom being capable of goodness even though he got twisted up with pain. I didn't even look at it that way, I really like that take on it.

[@dantemaritato]

Honestly the farther from the book the more entertaining but the book is great

[@kimberlywong5917]

1990 and 2004 were my favorite

[@unkown-yd7ch]

Gotta say the 2004 one is my fav❤️

[@grindupBaker]

But what about the musical that I saw with the Missus ? That was very exciting too.

[@jessicaglen3696]

Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s revenge made in the 1980s

[@AntoinettexKitten]

I wish there was an adaptation with the actor who played the leper in It

[@lauravokey3193]

My favourite is the 2004 realessd

[@themoonchild7302]

Phantom fans!!! I need help 😭I grew up with a version that like- it was on a stage- really poor quality so not the Albert Hall one- there was a scene where she was trying to run from the phantom but she like- kept running back into him, it was really weird, she couldn’t escape him

[@sundus928]

Must be Ken Hill's Phantom.