The Phantom of Hollywood is a 1974 American made-for-television horror thriller film and starring Skye Aubrey, Jack Cassidy, Jackie Coogan, Broderick Crawford, Peter Haskell John Ireland and Peter Lawford. It is notable for being one of the last films shot on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer back lot, which was being demolished at the time of filming.Marshall, Kelli (Dec 23, 2014) ""The Phantom of Hollywood" and the Demise of the MGM Film Musical" JSTOR Daily
The film aired on CBS Television, and was originally titled The Phantom of Lot 2. A riff on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera, it was produced and directed by Gene Levitt.
Plot Murders taking place on the back lot of Worldwide Studios turn out to be the work of a disfigured actor who has been living there for years and will stop at nothing to cease the sale of the back lot to developers.
Cast
Production The film was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Gene Levitt as its director, William McGarry as assistant director, and Burt Nodella as the executive producer.
Skye Aubrey (1945-2020) was married to Ilya Salkind from 1976-79. Her mother was Phyllis Thaxter and her father was James T. Aubrey Jr.
Reception Lou Cedrone of The Baltimore Sun found the villain's disguise unconvincing, and felt that the archive footage of MGM films featured was more interesting than the film itself.
See also List of American films of 1974
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