MaryPhilbin — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:MaryPhilbin @settima@zirk.us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:18:45 +0200 The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-man-who-laughs-1928 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" 1690/div div class="img" The Man Who Laughs (1928)/div div class="caption" A hand-painted carnival banner reading "URSUS ye Philosopher presents THE LAUGHING MAN. Don't fail to see GWYNPLAINE who was deserted at ye age of ten on ye night of ye 29supth/sup of January 1690 by ye Villainous Comprachicos on ye coast of Cornwall. This little boy has grown up and is now known as THE LAUGHING MAN". DP: Gilbert Warrenton./div div class="txt" "What a lucky clown you are! You don't have to wipe off your laugh." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #PaulLeni #VictorHugo #MaryPhilbin #ConradVeidt #OlgaBaclanova #CesareGravina #GilbertWarrenton #BookAdaptation #clowns #circus #drama #horror #HumanMarvels #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928)

Jan

29

1690

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

“What a lucky clown you are! You don't have to wipe off your laugh.”

#FilmDuJour #January #PaulLeni #VictorHugo #MaryPhilbin #ConradVeidt #OlgaBaclanova #CesareGravina #GilbertWarrenton #BookAdaptation #clowns #circus #drama #horror #HumanMarvels #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-man-who-laughs-1928 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle + Edward... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6h01 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle + Edward Sedgwick, 1925)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" Gaslights /div div class="img" The Phantom of the Opera (1925)/div div class="caption" An enormous gaslit chandelier dangles over the Paris Opéra audience's heads. DPs: Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller & Charles Van Enger./div div class="txt" Gaslights for the first recorded public street lighting powered by gas, demonstrated in Pall Mall, London, on 28 January, 1807. The introduction of gaslight had a major influence on theatre and opera, including the new Paris Opera (1875), which was lit by no less than 960 gas jets. Thanks to the brilliant light, stage actors could tone down their mannerisms and stage makeup. "Feast your eyes. Glut your soul on my accursed ugliness." ### – The Phantom However, in the dark dungeons under the Opéra lives a pitiful creature, doomed to dwell in darkness. His makeup, provided by The Man of a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney, was both grotesque and eerily real ./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #gaslights #RupertJulian #LonChaney #ErnstLaemmle #EdwardSedgwick #GastonLeroux #MaryPhilbin #JosephCarlBreil #SamPerry #MiltonBridenbecker #VirgilMiller #CharlesVanEnger #drama #romance #horror #SilentFilm #BookAdaptation #USA #1920s/div /section ]]>

The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, Lon Chaney, Ernst Laemmle + Edward Sedgwick, 1925)

Jan

28

Gaslights

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

An enormous gaslit chandelier dangles over the Paris Opéra audience's heads. DPs: Milton Bridenbecker, Virgil Miller & Charles Van Enger.

Gaslights for the first recorded public street lighting powered by gas, demonstrated in Pall Mall, London, on 28 January, 1807. The introduction of gaslight had a major influence on theatre and opera, including the new Paris Opera (1875), which was lit by no less than 960 gas jets. Thanks to the brilliant light, stage actors could tone down their mannerisms and stage makeup.

“Feast your eyes. Glut your soul on my accursed ugliness.”

– The Phantom

However, in the dark dungeons under the Opéra lives a pitiful creature, doomed to dwell in darkness. His makeup, provided by The Man of a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney, was both grotesque and eerily real .

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