They called Lon Chaney 'the man of a thousand faces', and one of his best was the skull-like monstrosity he devised for this silent classic.
The moment when young soprano Christine (Mary Philbin) unmasks the shrivelled visage of her protector/ kidnapper has never lost its power to shock. Equally impressive is the Phantom's entrance during a masked ball - this print presents the scene in two-colour Technicolor with the Red Death costume making a bloody impact.
