These are some pictures from Lon Chaney's Phantom movie. Please, do not take these photos without my permission.

Some of them shows some of the scenes which were not released on cinemas due to a change of mind of the director: the graveyard, the return of the Red Death to the cellars, and of course, the last scene where Erik died of love.,

Some photos taken in the movie recording:

All the signatures of the cast:

Did you know Leroux wanted a sequel for this movie? When Gastón Leroux saw Erik disappear  under the waters of the Seine instead of dying in the Opera cellars, alone, Leroux's imagination went to work again and the result was a sequel called "The Return of the Phantom". The rights were eventually bought from Leroux's widow in 1929. It said that it could be also a joke by Leroux that was taken seriously... The plot was: While Christine and Raoul are on a train taking hem away from Paris and the Opera to live in a quiet life, the Phantom's body washes up on the shores of the Seine. It is found by the Persian, who discovers it is not Erik. Erik was still alive! The Persian goes back to the Phantom's hideout to discover that all of Erik's clothes, music and instruments are gone. The Persian begins to search for Erik. It appears that Erik s leaving clues purposely leading the Persian out of the country. Christine and Raoul are living happily in Madrid, where he is on leave from his post with the military to attend Christine's premiere at the Opera house in Madrid. Meanwhile the Persiantracks on Erik to Madrid and finds out that Erik put his cape on one of the unfortunate mob members during the confusion  the steps at the river bank and escaped underwater using his reed.