Legacy
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In the United States, the film is in the public domain due to Universal's failure to renew the copyright in 1953, and may be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive. It was parodied in the 70's film Phantom of the Paradise and by the Terry Pratchett novel Maskerade.
This film was #52 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments The film was one of 400 films nominated to be on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition). The avant-garde jazz ensemble Club Foot Orchestra has written a new score for the film and performed it live in accompaniment to the film.
Universal would be involved in three more Phantom adaptations. They released remakes in 1943 and 1962, and would distribute the 2004 adaptation of the musical in Latin America and Australia.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
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