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Phantom of the Opera (1913)

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I saw some other reviews, and they advised to stay away from this product. I have bought hundreds of movies off of online stores, and I find that Amazon still has the best out there, even when their own reviews don't reflect the nature of the product.

I watched this title last night, had no problems. My Blu-ray player up-plays all DVD's so it looked much better. This was a great purchase even though the price was a little steep.

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This is the first film of the Phantom of the Opera from 1913. This is not the musical, as originally phantom of the opera was a book. The Greatest part of this movie is the ending. I won't give it away, but the books ending and the movies ending are entirely different. Although it made a wonderful book, this first stab takes a little motivation to get through, but it is well worth it.

Glad to see I could still find this out there.

Once you have seen the musical version or if you have seen the other two re-makes of this enchanting book, then you will know that this movie is probably the worst of them all. Not only is it bad, and horrible cinematography, but it actually has many mistakes from the books.

I showed this and other versions to my English class that recently completed reading 'The Phantom of the Opera". To be honest, it is very hard to watch.

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One of the original Phantom of the Opera movies, where singing is not the main feature. This is a great feature film where the ending is a little bit messed up (not going to spoil it)This is a great remastered version from the original film, taking for granted that it is almost 100 years old. A great buy if you want to see the book, and not the musical.

I rated this ITEM low, only because it was an edition that was older than I expected. It was made in 1913 and was a silent film in CD form. The seller was exceptionally kind and understanding with my request to return it, and has offered me a full refund. I have all good things to say about the seller, but this particular edition of the Phantom is not entertaining.

This Item is listed with the cast as being that of the 1943 Technicolour Phantom with Claude Rains. IT IS NOT! This is a rather poor copy of the 1925 Lon Chaney version. PLEASE get your facts straight! I already own the Lon Chaney version, and I wanted the Rains. I mean, for pete's sake, you even got the DATE wrong!...for BOTH editions. Pay attention, please (lol).

In ordering a bunch of different versions of Phantom of the Opera, I came across one labeled very differently from any of the ones I'd encountered before. This DVD is labeled with Nelson Eddy as the actor and 1913 as the date in which it was made. Assuming the seller was simply confused, I decided to get it anyway in the hopes it would be something completely new and different to help me with the project I was working on.

Before I even open the package, I can tell that this DVD's packaging ALONE is so bootleg that it's both hilarious and depressing. There wasn't enough love to even make it look halfway decent. The whole cover is obviously a low-quality printout on regular-grade paper, and it's not even cut evenly to fit the case correctly. The front cover is obviously badly manipulated in photoshop (or possibly even Microsoft paint, it's that bad), and the back cover tells me that this is copyright of "A2ZCDS.com", along with what I can only call a ballsy declaration of Federal copyright law forbidding unauthorized reproduction. The blurb on the back is full of unnecessary question marks and an outrageous font, unsuitable for a serious DVD.

Upon opening the case, I find no filler notes or even a scene listing. The case is empty with the exception of one lonely and depressingly bad looking DVD. The graphic is badly centered on the disk, everything is pink, and the entire print job is streaky. I'm dubious to put this disk in my DVD player because I doubt whether it will even work, so I try it in my computer. The title menu loads, and it's shivering and shaking like a chihuahua with pneumonia. It gives me the following options: Play Movie, Scenes, Other Titles, and Introduction.

I decide to check out the extra features first. Both "Other Titles" and "Introduction" are adds for this "A2ZCDS" company, boasting how they have lots of "Timeless Classics", and they begin naming off actors and titles from the early movie days. I try watching the movie to find, to my amusement, that is in fact the Lon Chaney 1925 silent film version, which in no way lives up to the original description telling me that this was Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster in 1913. The film quality is even more revolting than it usually is for this 1925 film, as it is pixelated and the screen continues to jiggle as if that aforementioned sick chihuahua were now having a seizure. I didn't bother to watch all the way through the film.

In summery: Bad, bad bootleg that shamelessly sells it's company like it's something awesome. It would be funny if I hadn't actually paid for it. Don't buy this.

Do NOT order this product if you think you are getting the Nelson Eddy version. SEE the other reviews for the fact that this list of characters is not correct. Instead order the 1943 listed version which is supposed to be correct.