French author Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera was released in 1910, based on rumors he'd heard about the Palais Garnier, the Paris opera house, one about a fire in the roof of the opera ...
"The picture is one of the best ever shown in Memphis, barring none," raved a movie reviewer credited as "A.M.D." in the Feb. 2, 1926, edition of The Commercial ...
OGUNQUIT, Maine — It was a film considered so frightening when first released that theaters were advised to have doctors standing by in case moviegoers fainted. It was the original big screen ...