Book Vs Movie "The Phantom of the Opera" (1925)

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong><strong>Book Vs Movie</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>The Phantom of the Opera</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The 1910 Novel Vs. the 1925 Lon Chaney Classic</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/_methode_times_prodmigration_web_bin_d6400363-e0b9-3425-9268-234e9988d265.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos had an excellent suggestion for this episode--</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Phantom of the Opera</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">which first appeared in a series featured in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Le Gaulois</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in 1909 & 1910 by author</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux"><strong>Gaston Leroux</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.  Inspired by events that happened at the Paris Opera in the mid-19th Century, including a secret underground lake that was used for firefighter training as well as a chandelier crash that was a source of mystery at the time. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 1911 novel takes place at the</span> <a href= "https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/visits/palais-garnier"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Palais Garnier</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(which still exists) where a “phantom” is causing fear among the workers, singers, and dancers who are creating a production of Faust. Soprano Christine Daae is the lead as her main competition Carlotta is ill.  Victome Raoul de Chagny recognizes Christine as his childhood friend/love of his life and visits her dressing room to rekindle their flame when he overhears her talking to another man. When he enters the room, the man is gone. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christine claim