Phantom of the Opera
Universal Pictures | Release Date: August 27, 1943 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
Arthur Lubin's elegant 1942 color version of the Gaston Leroux chiller remains one of the best, with a chilling yet poignant Claude Rains prowling a Paris Opera house, wreaking hideous revenge. [20 Oct 1996, p.4]
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Boston GlobeTy Burr
The Phantom of the Opera was never a brilliant movie, but it remains great, ghoulish fun, with Chaney tiptoeing the line between sympathy and shudders. Read full review
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