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The film opens upon a night at the opera. Young Christine Daae is performing on stage in the chorus when she runs off stage and misses curtain call to see her potential love, Inspector Raoul Dubert. Shortly after, she is asked to see the manager of the opera house where she must face the decision of career and love. As she leaves, Christine meets Erique Claudin, a violinist in the orchestra. Claudin has been released from the orchestra for he has been losing the use of his fingers in his left hand.

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  • The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
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  • The film opens upon a night at the opera. Young Christine Daae is performing on stage in the chorus when she runs off stage and misses curtain call to see her potential love, Inspector Raoul Dubert. Shortly after, she is asked to see the manager of the opera house where she must face the decision of career and love. As she leaves, Christine meets Erique Claudin, a violinist in the orchestra. Claudin has been released from the orchestra for he has been losing the use of his fingers in his left hand.
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  • The film opens upon a night at the opera. Young Christine Daae is performing on stage in the chorus when she runs off stage and misses curtain call to see her potential love, Inspector Raoul Dubert. Shortly after, she is asked to see the manager of the opera house where she must face the decision of career and love. As she leaves, Christine meets Erique Claudin, a violinist in the orchestra. Claudin has been released from the orchestra for he has been losing the use of his fingers in his left hand. Shortly after that, we learn that Claudin has been paying for lessons for Christine. He needs to find money and quickly finishes his opera to sell. At the publishers, he leads that the publisher, Pleyel, has been stealing his compositions. Claudin angers and kills Pleyel. Pleyel’s secretary throws etching acid in his face, disfiguring him. He retreats to the opera house and steals a mask. Meanwhile, Raoul wants Christine to quit the opera and marry him. She is torn and has another man pursuing her, famed baritone Anatole Garron. During one of the performances, Biancarolli is drugged on stage, allowing Christine to finish the performance. She blames Christine and Anatole and wants to press charges. Biancarolli makes the ultimatum that Christine’s performance will not be released in the papers. That night, Claudin sneaks into her dressing room and kills her. Needing to catch the murder, Anatole purposes the idea that they use another actress to bait out the phantom. Raoul goes along with it. Claudin is angered and saws the chain of the chandelier, allowing it to fall. In the chaos, he kidnaps Christine and takes her to his catacombs. Raoul and Anatole go after them to rescue her. To distract Claudin, the rest of the company sings Claudin’s opera. Christine unmasks Claudin seeing his disfigured features. Terrified, she cowers. Raoul and Anatole appear and Raoul attempts to shoot Claudin. Anatole pushes his arm upwards and Raoul shoots at the ceiling causing a collapse. The three escape and the only image left of Claudin is the mask and his violin. The film ends with Christine being celebrate as an excellence singer adored by her fans and ignoring her potential suitors.
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