The Dryden will screen The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, U.S. 1925, 90 min., 35mm) with live piano by Philip C. Carli as part of the Silent Tuesdays series.

One of cinema's early horror classics, this expressionistic silent film tells of the deformed outsider who dwells in the murky cellars beneath the Paris Opera House, haunting the theater's patrons. Lon Chaney's portrayal of the phantom is riveting, and the spectacle of his final unmasking remains one of the most frightening moments in movie history.

[source: George Eastman Museum, 2017-Oct-23]