The Climax 1944  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, George Dolenz, June Vincent, Ludwig Stossel, Scotty Beckett, William Edmunds
A psychopath, Doctor Hohner (Boris Karloff), is obsessed with a young opera soprano, Angela (Susanna Foster), whose singing reminds him of the woman in his past who he loved and then killed.
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 The Phantom of the Opera 1943 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance / Musical
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Hume Cronyn, J. Edward Bromberg, Fritz Feld, Frank Puglia, Steven Geray, Jane Farrar, Barbara Everest, Fritz Leiber, Gladys Blake, Nicki Andre
This remake of the 1925 movie is the first talkie version of this story. Claude Rains does a good job as the masked Phantom who comes up from the sewers under the Paris Opera House to coach singer Christine (Susanna Foster). He terrorizes the singers and even drugs and strangles the lead singer (Jane Farrar) to ensure that Christine will be given the lead. When Christine fails to appear on the stage, the Phantom causes a giant chandelier to crash on the audience. Now, the Phantom kidnaps Christine who does manage to remove his mask. More terror ensues during the dark chase beneath the opera house to rescue Christine.
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