Senate Theater
6424 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, MI 48210
From $12.00
Sat, October 12th, 2024 @ 12:00PM EDT
Silents at the Senate Presents: The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Sat. Oct. 12
Doors – 7:00 PM
Film – 8:00 PM
Tickets - $12
1hr 18min | NR | Horror/Drama | United States
Live Organ Accompaniment by Tony O’Brien
Pre-show tarot card readings
This spooky season Silents at the Senate is proud to present the 1925 adaptation of the world’s most famous gothic romance, The Phantom of the Opera, with live organ accompaniment by theater organist Tony O’Brien!
Silent screen legend Lon “The Man of a Thousand Faces” Chaney stars as the title character. A seemingly supernatural figure, the “Phantom” terrorizes patrons and employees at the Paris Opera House, all in the hopes of furthering the career of Christine, a singer and object of his deranged affections. But the real star just might be Chaney’s self-devised make-up work. Nearly a century on this grotesque tour deforce still represents the pinnacle of cinema—how imagery can creep into our minds, lurk in the shadows, and strike with vengeance when we least expect it.
And to that visual power the Senate will add the unmatched auditory majesty of a Mighty Wurlitzer theater pipe organ, an instrument literally made to accompany a silent film. There is no better way to see The Phantom of the Opera!
The Senate Theater and The Detroit Theater Organ Society is supported by The Michigan Arts and Culture Council and The National Endowment for the Arts
Parking is available in a gated parking lot on Gilbert St., behind the theater.
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