2012-10-14

The Phantom Of The Blog

I just finished reading Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera.

I give it the big T.C. A-Okay!

My first encounter with the story is not with the novel but the 1925 silent movie starring Lon Chaney. Gothic and scary. Like the novel intended.

It was awesome; although it didn't go exactly as the novel did. If memory serves me correct, Erik is killed by an angry mob in the film whereas he dies of a "broken heart" in the novel.

Interestingly, it's not the novel that captivated people as sales of the book remained poor. It was Broadway.





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