Lon Chaney stars as the vengeful composer who lives in the catacombs under a Paris Opera house, in what is certainly his most famous and horrifying role. The film was shot in 1923, but was shelved for nearly two years before it was released. Many of the top executives at Universal didn't think that the film would do very well, but they were wrong. The film was a tremendous success at the box office and became the prototype for the Horror film cycle at Universal during the 1930's. The unmasking scene in this film still ranks as one of the most shocking of the Horror genre. The poster has some surface creases, tears, border chips, small holes and some paper loss in the upper left corner. The poster has been professionally restored during the paper-backing process, greatly minimizing these defects. This is a very rare opportunity to acquire a Universal Horror classic that I personally had never seen a copy of until this one surfaced recently.