The Point of No Return – Phantom of the Opera

I’m still waiting for a movie that will do justice to the beauty of Leroux’s original story – though some of these are better than others, none of them come close to reaching that point. Which is not to say I want a movie of the musical, because I don’t!!

Phantom of the Opera (1925) with Lon Chaney
Phantom of the Opera (1943) with Claude Rains
Phantom of the Opera (1962) with Herbert Lom
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) with Paul Williams
Phantom of the Opera (1983) – TV movie with Jane Seymour
Phantom of the Opera: A Tale of Madness and Devotion (1987) – Animated
Phantom of the Opera (1989) with Robert Englund
Phantom of the Opera (1990) – TV movie with Charles Dance
Il Fantasma Dell’Opera (1998) with Julian Sands