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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
- Original title
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $1,250,000
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Jun 6, 2022 · via TMDB
I reckon that this has to be the saddest of all love stories ever written - in any language! Although top billing goes to the pathetically grotesque Lon Chaney as the bell-ringer "Quasimodo", I think the plaudits must go to Patsy Ruth Miller as the persecuted gypsy "Esmerelda" in this 1923 adaptation of Victor Hugo's story. The score is hauntingly effective as both battle prejudice, jealousy and enmity from high and low society; with plots for revolution against the rather despotic rule of Louis XI never far from the theme. Chaney's make up is not great, even by the standards of the day, and it would not look out of place in a "Tarzan" film, but that matters little to the wonderfully evocative efforts from director Wallace Worsley to enshrine this classical story of lust, power and sadness to film, with a narrative that emphasises more of the emotional aspects of the story than many of it's successors. Particularly effective is the use of light and staging (partly Parisian, partly Californian) too. 2¼ hours may look long, but this positively flies by - rarely, if ever, making you want it to hurry up. Great stuff.
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Lon Chaney
Quasimodo
Patsy Ruth Miller
Esmeralda
Norman Kerry
Phoebus de Chateaupers
Kate Lester
Madame de Condelaurier
Winifred Bryson
Fleur de Lys
Nigel De Brulier
Don Claudio
Brandon Hurst
Jehan
Ernest Torrence
Clopin
Tully Marshall
El Rey Luis XI
Harry von Meter
Mons. Neufchatel
Raymond Hatton
Gringoire
Nick De Ruiz
Mons. Le Torteru
Eulalie Jensen
Marie
Gladys Brockwell
Sister Gudule
John Cossar
Judge of the Court
Edwin Wallock
King's Chamberlain
Joe Bonomo
(uncredited)
Helen Broneau
(uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Old Woman on Staircase (uncredited)
Charles Farrell
(uncredited)
Al Ferguson
(uncredited)
John George
(uncredited)
Eva Gordon
Casare Gravina (uncredited)
John Gough
Prisoner in Torture Chamber (uncredited)
Cesare Gravina
(uncredited)
Alfred Hollingsworth
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Harry Holman
Fat Man (uncredited)
Al Hoxie
Soldier (uncredited)
Jay Hunt
(uncredited
Paul Hurst
Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Hook-Hand (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw
(uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
(uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
(uncredited)
Harry Mann
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Russ Powell
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Albert Prisco
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Walter Rodgers
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Gilbert Roland
Extra (uncredited)
Lydia Yeamans Titus
(uncredited)
Malcolm Waite
(uncredited)
Clarence Wilson
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
Sculptor
Lon Chaney
Makeup Artist
Virgil Miller
Cinematography
Carl Laemmle
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Joe Bonomo
Stunt Double
Harvey Parry
Stunts
Robert Wyler
Assistant Director
William Wyler
Assistant Director
Lon Chaney
Co-Director
Wallace Worsley
Director
Eddie Barry
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Carl Laemmle
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Irving Thalberg
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