Question: when was the original phantom of the opera movie made
Answer: The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of Gaston Leroux 's 1910 novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra , directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney in the title role of the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House , causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he `` loves '' a star .