After traveling around the world for quite some time, Leroux returned to Paris to settle down and become a novelist. However, Leroux landed a job on the daily newspaper, L’Echo de Paris, in 1890 and was thrilled when asked to combine his knowledge of law and love of the theater as a court reporter and drama critic. When Leroux inherited his father's fortune, he immediately squandered it through gambling, which put a dent in his legal education. He studied to become a lawyer at first but had more interest in theatrical arts. Born in a French novel, put into two silent films and a popular Broadway musical, the Phantom has made an impact on the horror world.įrench author Gaston Leroux wrote Le Fantôme de l’Opéra.
The Phantom of the Opera is considered to be one of the oldest classic movie monsters - and one of the creepiest.
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