(1923-09-06 - Premiered 1923-09-02 at the Astor Theatre, New York)
Commentary (Farran Nehme, Blu-ray): • Video
Lon Chaney Jr.'s(!) Quasimodo: • Lizard's Leg and Owlet...
Trailer (Eureka, Blu-ray): • THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE...
Trailer (FlickerAlley, Blu-ray): • The Hunchback of Notre...
Director: Wallace Worsley
Producers: Carl Laemmle & Irving Thalberg
🔔 Based on Victor Hugo's 1831 gothic novel: 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.'
Paris, 1482. The brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen...
CAST:
#LonChaney - Quasimodo
Patsy Ruth Miller - Esmeralda
Norman Kerry - Phoebus de Chateaupers
Kate Lester - Madame de Gondelaurier
Winifred Bryson - Fleur de Lys
Nigel De Brulier - Don Claudio
Brandon Hurst - Jehan
Ernest Torrence - Clopin
Tully Marshall - King Louis XI
Harry von Meter - Monsieur Neufchatel
Raymond Hatton - Gringoire
Nick De Ruiz - Monsieur le Torteru
Eulalie Jensen - Marie
Roy Laidlaw - Charmolue
Ray Myers - Charmolue's assistant
William Parke - Josephus
Gladys Brockwell - Sister Gudule
John Cossar - Judge of the Court
Edwin Wallock - King's Chamberlain
Louise LaPlanche - young Gypsy girl (extra)
Elmo Lincoln
Joe Bonomo (stunt double)
Harvey Perry (stunt double)
Cesare Gravina
*NOTE: This is a modern digitally-colourised version of the original silent B&W film, with added sound FX.
The film was Universal's 'Super Jewel' of 1923, being their most successful silent film - grossing $3.5 million!
"Here then is a picture that will live forever. Chaney's portrayal of Quasimodo the hunchback is superb....a marvel of sympathetic acting. Chaney, in some miraculous way, awakens within us a profound feeling of sympathy and admiration for this most unfortunate and physically revolting human being."
- Motion Picture World
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20 апр 2023
