Abominable Auditorium: As with the original novel, the Opera House in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) is essentially the eponymous villain's personal playground, dotted with secret entrances and chambers allowing the resident opera ghost to spy on everyone.Soon after the new owners of the theater get a letter from the Phantom himself, saying that if they don't let Christine sing in the next production instead of Carlotta, they'll regret it. Part of the reason she's reluctant is the mysterious voice, coming from behind the walls, telling her that she will be the greatest opera singer ever. Raoul wants Christine to leave the theater world and marry him, but she's reluctant.
Meanwhile, a nobleman named Raoul comes to see his old girlfriend, Christine, the understudy to prima donna Carlotta. Joseph Bouquet, a stagehand, tells the terrified chorus girls of a "living skeleton" who lurks in the theater's depths. A mysterious figure in cloak and hat is sometimes seen in Box Five. In fact, the legend of the Phantom of the Opera is well known. After the papers are signed, the old owners mention in a faux-casual aside that the new owners may hear of a ghost. The Paris Opera House has come under new ownership.
The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 film directed by Rupert Julian, starring Lon Chaney as the Phantom.
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