The Phantom of the Opera still used for training firefighters. The mysteries that Leroux uses in his novel about the Phantom are still mysteries. "The Phantom of the Opera"'s origins came from Leroux's curiosity with the Phantom being real. In the prologue he tells the readers about the Phantom and the research that he did to prove the truth of the ghost. His findings connected the corpse from the opera house to the Persian phantom himself. The claims from the prologue of his novel were ones that Leroux held onto even up until his death in 1927. In Paris in the 1880s, the Palais Garnier
The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) for night scenes, green for mysterious moods, red for fire, and yellow (sunshine) for daylight exteriors. In 1998 "The Phantom of the Opera" was added to the United States National Film Registry, having been deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". It was included, at #52, in Bravo's "100 Scariest Movie Moments". It is listed in the film reference book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die". In the United States, the film is in the public domain because Universal did not renew the copyright in 1953. Explanatory notes Citations The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) The Phantom of