I state that the historic piece of history the phantom stage or
Universal Studios Hollywood's Stage 28 set, The paris opera house
theatre,for the Pantom of the opera be rebuilt to its classic eligance.
resons,my reson is to have a mass memory of the film that created the
horror film, and that talented actor Lon Chaney, who braughtthe set to
life there was once a memoreal to him but universal removed it from the
stage, I find this a disrespect to historic film and the studio itself.
and rebuilding this lovely set will bring back the memories of old.
things that can be readded can fill in how they were disrespectfully
tore out as this article explains.
Changes and losses
In 1965, when Alfred Hitchcock used the stage for "Torn Curtain," the
chandelier was taken down for good and placed in storage at the
studio's prop warehouse, where it has since disappeared. Shortly after
the chandelier's removal, the audience seats, curtains and backstage
materials were also dismantled, and a false floor now covers the vacant
area where the audience seats used to be.
In the mid-1940's, a plaque was placed on the stage commemorating the
making of Chaney's classic film. Chaney's son Creighton, "Hunchback of
Notre Dame" co-star Patsy Ruth Miller and several other co-workers
attended the event, but unfortunately the plaque has long since
disappeared. The plaque which is shown in the opening credits of "Man
of a Thousand Faces" was merely a prop for the picture, although James
Cagney and Dorothy Malone did place a commemorative marker on the stage
prior to the first day of filming; but that, too, has disappeared. In
the 1980's, a painting of a rather poor version of Chaney's now-famous
Phantom make-up adorned the sides of the stage, and studio tour guides
used to point out the famous stage to visitors, or occasionally take
some lucky tour guests on the stage, depending on production schedules.
The huge eucalyptus tree which had stood just outside one of the
entrance doors to the stage since 1925 has recently been cut down to
expand the tour facilities, and today The Phantom Stage sits next to
the tour-related effects stages without so much as a whisper from tour
guides about its famous lineage.
please sighn this so we can bring back a famous piece of film history.
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that so many of you still care about the history we have lost at Stage 28. It is exhausting to fight for a memory that others seem happy to overwrite but this support makes the work feel necessary.
3 Comments
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Kevin Wang
17 years ago
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This is ridiculous. That set belongs to history and it is a total shame they let it rot and get torn apart for other movies. Bring it back!
S
Sarah Young
17 years ago
Featured
absolute joke that they got rid of the plaque. lon chaney is a legend and the phantom set is basically where horror started. fix it universal!!
M
Mark Bryant
17 years ago
Featured
Too much history lost here. Really hope they listen.
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I state that the historic piece of history the phantom stage or
Universal Studios Hollywood's Stage 28 set, The paris opera house
theatre,for the Pantom of the opera be rebuilt to its classic eligance.
resons,my reson is to have a mass memory of the film that created the
horror film, and that talented actor Lon Chaney, who braughtthe set to
life there was once a memoreal to him but universal removed it from the
stage, I find this a disrespect to historic film and the studio itself.
and rebuilding this lovely set will bring back the memories of old.
things that can be readded can fill in how they were disrespectfully
tore out as this article explains.
Changes and losses
In 1965, when Alfred Hitchcock used the stage for "Torn Curtain," the
chandelier was taken down for good and placed in storage at the
studio's prop warehouse, where it has since disappeared. Shortly after
the chandelier's removal, the audience seats, curtains and backstage
materials were also dismantled, and a false floor now covers the vacant
area where the audience seats used to be.
In the mid-1940's, a plaque was placed on the stage commemorating the
making of Chaney's classic film. Chaney's son Creighton, "Hunchback of
Notre Dame" co-star Patsy Ruth Miller and several other co-workers
attended the event, but unfortunately the plaque has long since
disappeared. The plaque which is shown in the opening credits of "Man
of a Thousand Faces" was merely a prop for the picture, although James
Cagney and Dorothy Malone did place a commemorative marker on the stage
prior to the first day of filming; but that, too, has disappeared. In
the 1980's, a painting of a rather poor version of Chaney's now-famous
Phantom make-up adorned the sides of the stage, and studio tour guides
used to point out the famous stage to visitors, or occasionally take
some lucky tour guests on the stage, depending on production schedules.
The huge eucalyptus tree which had stood just outside one of the
entrance doors to the stage since 1925 has recently been cut down to
expand the tour facilities, and today The Phantom Stage sits next to
the tour-related effects stages without so much as a whisper from tour
guides about its famous lineage.
please sighn this so we can bring back a famous piece of film history.
Seeing this kind of movement confirms that so many of you still care about the history we have lost at Stage 28. It is exhausting to fight for a memory that others seem happy to overwrite but this support makes the work feel necessary.
3 Comments
K
Kevin Wang
17 years ago
Featured
This is ridiculous. That set belongs to history and it is a total shame they let it rot and get torn apart for other movies. Bring it back!
S
Sarah Young
17 years ago
Featured
absolute joke that they got rid of the plaque. lon chaney is a legend and the phantom set is basically where horror started. fix it universal!!
M
Mark Bryant
17 years ago
Featured
Too much history lost here. Really hope they listen.
This is ridiculous. That set belongs to history and it is a total shame they let it rot and get torn apart for other movies. Bring it back!