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She hears his voice.
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I hear
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your voice.
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The Phantom of the Opera was one
of Terence Fisher's most polished films.
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Films and Filming pronounced it
the best thing Hammer had yet produced.
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But it was not well-received
at the box office.
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He did a good job, but it wasn't a job
that the public wanted.
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In the years following
Lon Chaney's original Phantom,
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Universal monsters
frequently spent a night at the opera.
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The Phantom stage has been
in active use for the last 75 years.
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And few audiences realise
how many other famous scenes
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have been shot in the very shadow
of the chandelier...
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You should have seen the blood.
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...how many thoroughly modern Phantoms
have held a season pass to box five.
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Raspberries.
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My God, it's Muzzy!
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But audiences give
few raspberries to the Phantom.
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And this timeless fable of the fallen angel,
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told so many times,
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will continue to be retold.
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Through Beauty's compassion,
the Beast will always be redeemed.