The Vintage Phantom Archives

A blog dedicated to the history of The Phantom of the Opera musical prior to the year 2000. Also older Phantom films, books, and fan art. Phantom heritage, represent. Updates (at least) 4 times daily!

[dailyphantomhands]

Brad Little (with Marni Raab)

[wamorris56-monstertheater]

'The Phantom of the Opera' 1925. Original Movie Posters.

[phantoonsoftheopera]

Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera Starring Lon Chaney

An original graphic novel of Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera Starring Lon Chaney

Crowdfunding now through October 15 on Kickstarter: "Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera" graphic novel featuring the likeness of Lon Chaney

[phantoonsoftheopera]

85% funded with 19 days to go! Help make this a reality, Phandom - Kickstarter ends 12pm PST on October 15

[oldschoolphantoms]

Happy 100th Anniversary to the Lon Chaney classic! (this particular video - from the 2003 Milestone dvd - features the closest surviving version to the original 1925 theatrical release. The more commonly-available version is actually a silent version of the 1929 re-release)

[oldschoolphantoms]

Steve Harley's unreleased MotN with original Sydmonton lyrics

[ronaldcmerchant]

Herbert Lom-the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1962)

[torontophantom]

There’s magic in the air…

Television commercial, ca. 1992

[therealkaichan]

O. M. G.

We took the costumes to AnimeFriends in Buenos Aires (because doing actual anime cosplay is overrated), and oh god I don’t ever want to carry this dress for a boat trip again, ahaha.

HOWEVER! I love the pictures we got from Ezequiel Mendez from Otaku No Baires and I wanted to show them off!!

I promise this is the last batch of Christine pics I’ll post ever, but I wanted to show these off because this is CRAZY and I LOVE them. My butt looks so cute in the first pic, a shame I couldn’t bring another pic of my backdrapes since those are my pride (I’m unfortunately very very dumb) but they can be seen in my wishing dress tag here.

Christine is therealkaichan  - FB - WC

Erik is varkyrion - WC

[phantomotheoperapics]

Alexander Goebel and Luzia Nistler (SCAN) 1988 Vienna, Austria Credit: Michael Le Poer Trench.

[phantomotheoperapics]

Alexander Goebel, Luzia Nistler and Alfred Pfeiffer (SCAN) 1988 Vienna, Austria Credit: Michael Le Poer Trench.

[torontophantom]

Romantic Legends Live Forever

Ticket advertisement, ca. 1994

Advertisement for tickets to Phantom, from the show programme of LiveEnt’s Show Boat, which performed in Toronto at the North York Centre for the Arts.

[jasonshorrillustration]

Finally finished with the Phantom’s Red Death costume! 

[aikainkauna]

[phantom-media]

A Pre-Tonys show 1988 (First week of June, perhaps?) Has clips from the nominees, but focuses most on Phantom. Has an interview with Michael Crawford and backstage clips of Phantom of the cast changing costumes. Transfer from VHS

[phantomotheoperapics]

Alexander Goebel and Luzia Nistler (SCAN) 1988/1990 Vienna, Austria  Credit: Unknown.

[meghalsey]

The Phantom of The Opera (1989) Dir. Dwight H. Little

The Phantom is real. It has a name. Erik Destler. I know the legend as well as you. He sold his soul to the devil so the world would love him for his talent. The devil had a price. He mutilated his face so terribly, that no one could stand to love him ever again.

And it’s said the only way to kill the Phantom is to destroy his music.

[operafantomet]

Sarah Brightman (left) and Claire Moore (right), West End.