Phantom of the Opera + Live Organ Accompaniment

The second of many screen versions of Gaston Leroux’s famous novel is universally hailed as the best, thanks in no small part to the unforgettable, larger than life performance by the great Lon Chaney, also designer of his own infamously gruesome makeup job. Universal Studios created considerable media hype on the film’s release surrounding the unveiling of the masked phantom and theatres were urged to have smelling salts on hand in case ladies in the audience fainted in horror. See the film in all its melodramatic glory in the opulent surroundings of the Town Hall featuring live organ by Simon Lindley.