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~17 minutes of The Phantom of the Opera (1925) was originally shot in color, but its survival was uncertain. In the 1970s however, the Bal Masque scene was found in color. In 2020, the Eye Filmmuseum found another 48 seconds of color, totaling 4 minutes of surviving color film.
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For those even remotely interested, the film is still absolutely watchable and enjoyable.
Hadn’t realized the story was that old
Thank you
saw this a few months back, was up there with Scaramouche on my list of great silent films.
These are hand painted color scenes on the film.
They actually still have the set from this movie at Universal Studios, which is pretty great, almost a hundred years old at this point.
And the blu-ray contains 3 versions of the films, this one, included.
I’m sure the chorus was entrancing, but the dancing was a lamentable mess.
I can’t fathom even half of those extras were paid…
that Skull mask is amazing for the time… even now I really dig it.
Some other examples of 2-color Technicolor films from the time:
* [Betty Boop Poor Cinderella (1934)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdlWyazXhsA) (also has an impressive 3D camera move effect at 7:00)
* [The Toll of the Sea (1922)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNPAB0biktc&😉
The movies being only in shades of red and green feels strange for about a minute, but you adjust to it pretty quickly.
mascarade! paper faces on parade !
Huh, no sound. Why so silent, good monsieurs?
Were these hand cranked film cameras? The frame rate seems much lower than 24fps. Why was so little of it filmed in color and the rest in B/W?
Thought that said “Filmnasium” at first and…now I want to go to there.
I hope they make a better version of the ALW version some day.
I always knew about this. It’s looks really good especially for 1925.
Those costumes are wonderful to look at. I love the small details.