It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

When beautiful, but naïve, understudy Christine finds herself headlining the opera house she becomes an instant sensation, adored not just by the audiences but also by the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who lurks in the darkest recesses of the theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of the classic tale gets its movie debut, and a big, glossy, shiny, singy thing it is too. find out more...