Phantom of the Opera
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partially visible in these photos,
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inserted into his nostrils,
then pulled taut and hidden by putty.

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According to cameraman
Charles Van Enger,

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the device often caused
significant bleeding.

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Well, it was pretty ghastly.
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And when he was unmasked, so to speak,
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it was a real shock.
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For Carl Laemmle's niece, Carla, who
lived with her parents on the back lot,

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life at Universal was never more exciting
than during the production of Phantom.

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When I was 16 years old, they were
making The Phantom of the Opera,

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and I was chosen
to be the prima ballerina,

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which was quite a big thrill to me.
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Phantom's director
Rupert Julian was also thrilled.

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After ten routine years as an actor
and director with Universal,

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the former Percival T Hayes,
son of a New Zealand pub owner,

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had landed in clover.
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Having replaced Erich von Stroheim
on Merry-Go-Round,

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which had also starred Mary Philbin
and Phantom leading man Norman Kerry,

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Julian was now the studio's star director.
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Dignified, sartorial,
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with an impeccable waxed moustache,
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he was very, very strict -
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and also very mediocre.
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Almost immediately, Rupert
alienated crew and cast alike.

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Phantom cameraman Charles Van Enger
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personally recounted the details
to film historian Rudy Behlmer in 1962.

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The eyes went heavenward,
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and he said that Julian and Lon Chaney,
after the film had started production,

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did not get along at all.
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And, in fact, it got to a point where
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Mr Van Enger was a kind of go-between,
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and the two of them didn't speak.
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With Van Enger the messenger boy,
Chaney sent word to


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