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- Visiting Christine at her boarding house, Harry finds an old draft of the opera he produced. It was written by Professor Petrie, a former boarder who was supposedly killed during a fire at the press that was to print his music.
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Professor L. Petrie is the main character of The Phantom of the Opera (1962). Loosely based on Erik (The Phantom), this Phantom shares similarities with the Lon Chaney rendition as well as the Claude Rains rendition. He died after saving Christine Charles by pushing her out of the way of the...
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Professor L. Petrie. Title/Occupation. Composer/musician (formerly) Phantom of the Opera. Status. Deceased. Relationships. Christine Charles (Student/brief friend) Harry Hunter (Brief friend) Ambrose D'Arcy (Arch-enemy) The Dwarf (Servant)
- Phantom of the Opera (1962)
- Deceased
- Professor L. Petrie
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Professor Petrie is the main anti-hero of Terence Fisher's The Phantom of the Opera. A composer who's work was stolen, Petrie stalks the London Opera House with the intention of sabotaging the opera, but then develops an interest in Christine Charles, whom he sees as the perfect singer.
Films: Phantom of the Opera (1962) Alias: The Phantom. Type: Natural. Location: Haunted Home. Height/Weight: That of an average human. Affiliation: Neutral, leaning on Good. Summary: Well, we couldn't get Erik on the line (mainly because of that mob, but whatever), but we got this guy instead. And we suppose that's good enough for a "Phantom of ...
The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough) steals the life's work of the poor composer Professor L. Petrie. (Herbert Lom). In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petrie breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petrie returns to terrorize a ...
Professor Petrie's life's work, which includes several concertos, a symphony, and an entire opera about Joan of Arc, are clearly and cruelly stolen by D'Arcy who is incompetent in everything except for the pursuit and abuse of power over others.
He reveals to the two that he is in fact a former music professor named Petrie, whose compositions—including the opera—were plagiarised by Lord d'Arcy, to whom he had gone for help with getting them published.
