Review of Phantom of the Opera (1943) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 13 Dec 1952
The accent is more on musical extravaganza than horror, with endless operatic snippets for Eddy and Foster to warble, making it all a somewhat tiresome waste of Rains' performance.
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This review of Phantom of the Opera (1943) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 13 Dec 1952.
Phantom of the Opera has generally received positive reviews.
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