The Phantom of the Opera (1925): Classic Movie Review What is the price of fame? According to this 1925 silent classic staring Lon Chaney a deal with the devil…no, no, no that’s Faust; I mean a creepy Phantom. Please excuse…
Read more →September 5, 1901: William McKinley, the first U.S. president to be captured on film, is shown at the Pan-American Expo in Buffalo, one day before his assassination. September 5, 1916: In response to the outcry over The Birth of a…
Read more →September 1, 1902: A milestone in the evolution of the cinema is marked with the release of George Méliès’ fantastic Voyage to the Moon. August 28, 1912: “King of Comedy” Mack Sennett leaves Biograph and forms Keystone Film Company with…
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Today’s guest post was submitted by MovieFanFare reader Cam Wilson: I believe that this is the finest of the Universal silent horror films. There is no question in my mind that this 1925 version of Phantom of the Opera still contains the…
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Since the beginning of motion pictures, there have been directors and actors whose creative collaborations have provided filmgoers with some of the screen’s most magical moments: Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich, John Ford and John Wayne, Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune,…
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