somewhere I read that one restoration of Lon Chaney's silent phantom of
the opera has the billowing cape tinted red toward the end of the film.
The version I've seen (sorry can't recall which release this was), was
beautifully tinted, but no red cape.
anyone know?

spiritus

somewhere I read that one restoration of Lon Chaney's silent phantom of
the opera has the billowing cape tinted red toward the end of the film.
The version I've seen (sorry can't recall which release this was), was
beautifully tinted, but no red cape.
anyone know?

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somewhere I read that one restoration of Lon Chaney's silent phantom of
the opera has the billowing cape tinted red toward the end of the film.
The version I've seen (sorry can't recall which release this was), was
beautifully tinted, but no red cape.
anyone know?

Not I. But yesterday I was in the offices of Ridley & Tony Scott, and in
their lobby is a massive (probably 5'x5') original poster for the silent
Phantom, featuring just that scene, with a glorious rendering of the
phantom in billowing scarlet cape. I doubt there's any among us here who
wouldn't consider a major felony in order to own that poster. It's just
stupendous.

Here it is (MUCH smaller, of course): http://tinyurl.com/me9npy

On Jul 3, 6:24 pm, spiritus <NoS... at (no spam) mindspring.com> wrote:
somewhere I read that one restoration of Lon Chaney's silent phantom of
the opera has the billowing cape tinted red toward the end of the film.
The version I've seen (sorry can't recall which release this was), was
beautifully tinted, but no red cape.
anyone know?

spiritus

You're probably talking about the Photoplay version of The Phantom of
the Opera. Released by Milestone. Looks like this.
http://www.dinosaur.org/opera/phantom/2005-Milestone%20Phantom%20Set.jpg
Be on the look out for it.