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FEBRUARY 1925
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One of the big pictures of nineteen-twenty-<five.
Universal studios, at the present time, have a decidedly Parisian atmosphere. To the casual observer it is as though the outstanding landmarks of the French
gossiped together in those cafes, thronged those streets, and rilled the vast tiers of the Opera House to overflowing.
The
Phantom in his
boat. As Lon Chaney
plays him he is the most
terrifying thing in Los.
Mary
Philbin
commences
an adventurous ride
capital had been miraculously transplanted— lifted up bodily from their original surroundings and deposited pell mell at Universal City.
On entering the studio gates the first thing that greets the eye is the great Cathedral of Notre Dame, built especially for the filming of The Hunchback. Wandering curiously past this, one comes upon a massive replica of the famous Paris Opera House, and all around it a maze of Parisian streets, well-known cafes and other buildings. Now they are all deserted — empty shells with no sign of life or movement in them — but a short time back fashionable crowds
Mary Philbin and Norman Kerry.
Above : The complicated steel work foundation for the Paris Opera Hotisc sets. •
Gay revellers nightly gathered here, and in their midst a little group of people worked out an eerie drama to its eerie ending. " Christine Daae,"' the beautiful opera singer, " Raoul de Chagny," a young French nobleman, and one known as the " Phantom Erik " — these were the principal players in the great drama. At the last name .those versed in the superstitions of the Opera House shudder involuntarily, for of the terrible and sinister figure of " Erik " none can think without a feeling of horror difficult to suppress.
Stalking through the riotous crowds, striking a chill to the hearts