Opera of the Phantom seemed a more likely title for this rendition.

Plodding, but with a few bright moments.

It has some advantages over the 1925 version just because it uses latest (at the time) technologies very successfully. Lots of good opera singing, and Technicolor looks really good. Story, on the other hand, it average at best. They tried to stuff too much romance and comedy, and the result feels very Hollywood-ish, in a bad way. Leading lady wasn't impressive either.

This rendition provides almost as much opera as phantom, with Eddy and Foster warbling away, oblivious to the crazed antics of Rains, who makes a good monster. The film looks superb under the color lighting of Hal Mohr, who was awarded a cinematography Oscar.

While it could have used more Phantom and less Opera, Lubin's gala Technicolor rendering of Gaston Leroux's timeless terror tale boasts its share of highlights, including the chandelier scene and Claude's disastrous encounter with a crass music publisher.

Entertaining Hollywood grab-bag with music, light comedy, shallow romance and some creepy moments. The elements all undermine each other, but never enough to make it bad, just a bit underwhelming. The three leading men are pretty good, but the leading lady does not match them at all.

Well, talk about guns causing damage.

It's not as expressive as the silent version, but Claude Raines always delivers a good performance.

Pretty, but not great.

Quite good.

One of the better versions. Claude Rains is good as the title character, the songs are fine, and those two supporting doofuses amuse -- like two dogs after the same bone

I'm torn on this one. Claude Rains is great, the Technicolor photography looks gorgeous, but it's just not very engaging. The songs suck. I think a lot of the problems are shared with the silent film - it's a silly story that is reliant on the lead performance.