The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) [Silent Movie] 

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Happy 100th Anniversary to one of the greatest horror silent films of all time! 1923 - 2023

Happy One-Hundredth birthday to this film. Its an artistic achievement that holds up so well after a century.

We take for granted with so much in our society. I can't even imagine what it must have been like to be in your 40s or 50s and you go and see your first silent motion picture movie. That had to blow people's minds. The older the viewer is the more mind-blowing it had to have been for that person to watch a silent movie. Silent movies are so fascinating.

I'm impressed with how much personality Chaney was able to put into Quasimodo's body language.

I watched this movie today, September 2, 2023, which is the 100 year anniversary of when this movie was released. Classic movie still looks good a century later 👍

This was realized 100 years ago today

Lon Chaney would be considered a master of emotion among TODAY'S actors. Among his films I feel this one reigns supreme in that. The emotions conveyed are so strong I'm sure people who saw it then had tears running down their cheeks in the dark autorium. Most of his genious came from his childhood & learning to communicate with parents who were both deaf mutes. Ashamed to say I've never read Victor Hugo's novel but it's on my future reading lists!

This movie is now 100 years old!

happy 100th anniversary to this amazing fiilm

Don't mind me, I'm just getting emotional over a 100 year old movie. Joking aside, this movie is fantastic. I first saw it when I was about 16, I'm 30 now and I still love it. The ending makes me cry, I love this take on Quasimodo.

Victor Hugo is a world best writer ever . Everyone should read the book. Lon Chaney has been one of the best silent actor, writer, make up artist. This movie is such a gem if you know and appreciate Silent Motion Pictures

Come September 6th, 2023, this movie will be a century old 🎉

The costumes so late medieval beautiful

A hundred years old

A fascinating movie, really gives the atmosphere of Hugo's medieval Paris. The sets, the costumes and the thousands of extras are just amazing. That's a beautiful thing to watch in old movies, where there's no green screen, but, nonetheless, they always find ways to represent things realistically. I really enjoyed some scenes which were exactly as in the book, like the water Esmeralda gives to Quasimodo, Esmeralda saving Gregoire, Quasimodo rescuing Esmeralda and his attempt to kidnap her. Quasimodo is exactly as I imagined him when reading the book, the movements, the facial expressions and the make-up are perfect; he's hideous, scary, wild, even animal-like, maybe a little childish but, at the same time, he's kind and brave and shows deep devotion and love for Esmeralda. Lon Chaney has done wonderful job with this character! Esmeralda is faithful to the book, too: young, beautiful, innocent, kind, pure and even naive. At the other hand, Jehan takes Claude's place, which means that the character loses a lot. The vilain isn't really deep in this movie, because crucial part of the story is Claude's conflict between the church's beliefs and his lust for Esmeralda• repressing his feelings is what leads him to his destruction and Esmeralda's, too. I guess (I don't know anything, it's just an idea) that they didn't do Claude, so that the church isn't offended. I dislike the romance between Phoebus and Esmeralda because Phoebus isn't supposed to be a gentleman and kind-hearted, but more of a soldier and arrogant, so that there's contrast between him and Quasimodo. It's a pity that a bad character like Phoebus becomes a hero... But I guess romance between a beautiful couple is necessary to increase the audiences. I enjoyed Gregoire's character, he's funny as he's in the book and I'm glad he was in the movie. Gudule was also very convicing, her acting was incredible! The ending is heartbreaking! Loved it!

R.I.P Lon Chaney SR : The Man of a Thousand Faces

This movie is a masterpiece, to this day it still well known and still loved.

Happy 100th birthday to this gem of a movie

Today, 30 august 2023, makes the 100 anniversary of the premieres at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This 102-minute movie was the most expensive production of Universal Pictures ever.

RIP Notre Dame Cathedral. See you restored in a few decades :(

Lon Chaney was SO GREAT!

I wonder how epic this was to audiences when it first came out to see such a climactic ending for it’s time.

You just can't beat the classics.

🧚‍♀️📖 I love so much Victor Hugo 's 📝books stories. He's one of my favorites writers.😍 Really, He was an illuminate to me🕯️

I am reading the Hugo novel now. I love comparing the novel and the old film.

I've seen the 1939 version of the Novel many moons ago, and the animated version, but not this version...I never knew of this adaptation...UNTIL NOW!!

Silent films were so well done, i always loved the true expressions and acting. cgi took over so much..

such a sad, dark ending for Quasimodo :(

Hard to put into words ....😉.... just how good that silent movie was. Definitely a Keeper.

I adore these excellent old movies so much! ❣ The faces of the actors were real and wildly expressive, not a never ending stream of pretty but bland Barbie & Ken beauty contestants.

What a stupendous adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic...

Thank you for posting....classic.

The music at 44:00 is amazing to me

How proverbial.......a great book and a great movie, oh yes!.....but who would have ever thought that nearly 100 years after the making of this film, the Great Cathedral would be burnt nearly to the ground? Some sources say it’s possible to reconstruct Norte Dame, beginning again in 2021, we can all pray! God bless all here! THANK YOU for this wonderful work of art! 🕊💜🙏🙋‍♀️

I ALMOST CRYING WHEN THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME WAS DIE AND BEFORE HE DIE HE DO HIS RESPONSIBILITY ON THE CHURCH TO RING THE BELL'S.

This is one of my favorite Lon Chaney movies. Check out The Unknown. No actor in his era or today can come close to his talent and his acheivements. No special effects only make up and raw talent. He made 157 movies and 100 of those are lost. He died too young and rarely gave interviews.

I find it sad that Esmeralda's biological mother died before she even get to see her and love her😯

I love old silent films

this is very good quality film. Seen others that were deteriorated.

Loved this since i was a kid, what a classic

it's weird how jehan took frollo's place here where he was completely written out in a lot of other versions

1:16:34 is the part from the song video "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cindy Lauper in the minute 1:52 :D

Homie is dying and she just doesn't give a fuck. Lol

Seven years later, the little child in the Little Rascals' "School's Out" would tell his teacher Miss Crabtree, when she asked who was the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the kid replied, "Lon Chaney". It was a seven-year-old movie at that time. No rerun on tv. No late movie. No DVD player. Does that just perplex anyone else the same way?

Lon chaney sr did his own stunts and makeup so extraordinarily

I wish someday an accurate adaptation of the book gets made. But this is quite great too.

A very good movie I really enjoyed this film.

Hear because of Angry video game nerd.

I prefer the ending in the novel. It has a tragic and romantic quality. I have never seen the Disney version but I imagine it strays even farther from the Victor Hugo story.

Scott's placement in a crime Laurie's rhyme...

Of course there are now much better looking transfers of this film available but I like the score on this one the best.

What scores were used in this version? I love the music around 32:32 when Quasimodo is being sentenced

Cool Movie!

This film needs a masters of cinema or BFI blu Ray release.

8:00 did this scene where his climbing down and stuff use a stuntman? This is so astonishing.

RIP Lon Chaney 🥺💋⚘

99 years old

Lon Chaney, Sr. at Universal Studios.

Happy 100th birthday

the fact that this is a black and white movie tells me that the parkour Lon Chaney wasn't done on a green screen, and that is terrifying to watch because i cant see any wires or protective equipment. Also, unrelated note: how did the filming crew get permission to film these stunts on the Notre Dame Cathedral?

Does anybody know the name of the flute music in the beginning????

Happy Halloween 🦇

Happy 100th anniversary.

Lon Chaney, L'homme aux mille visages 💖

1:16:26 My favorite moment of the film

Lon Chaney made many unforgetable characters.Quasimodo was one of then.Ugly but a very good man who is safe by Esmeralda by naps and when Esmeralda it´s accused to murder when actually was innocent Quasimodo save her. Has another versions movies and takl.Chaney it´s the most convincing Quasimodo.Patsy Ruth Miller of course was a unforgetable Esmeralda. Quasimodo it´s a case of ugly person but with a good heart and person.

Lon Cganey was an excellent acror in all that he sid in movies

This beats the milleniel Disney computer-animated version any day! But, then, the originals are always better than the remakes!

My favorite movie

I'm gonna see this at the zeiterion in new Bedford in the theater it's this year's movie. October 30th they'll only play it once

He wasn't a real Modo; he was a Quasimodo.

1:31:59 that soundtrack is violence by Ralph Carmichael (from the blob 1958)

The first universal monsters

Some scenes so like french revolution like 10 king lois later in middle ages form

99 years ago

Lástima que sea cine mudo y no tenga audio para escuchar sus diálogos. O aunque fuera un narrador.

This version of Quasimodo scared me as kid.

Is the soundtrack original?

© 1923 Universal Pictures

greek subtitle please

One of the oldest feature film classics And it has an attempted rape scene By a high ranking priest Wow

laurie's sherman

Divide Clode Frollo into two characters made it less appealing personally I think, his inner conflict disappeared then.

finalmente lembraram da véa gudule

Lon chaneys greatist role Quasimodo

Weird Victor Hugo was born on my mother's day of birth and died on my grandmother's 🤔

It's silent I bet I can fuck this up real good

Marie wise of damsel

The untold dark side of Captain Phoebus. Apparently, he did love Esmerelda, but he also cheated on another woman and I really do think that the Hunchback of Notre Dame book was not originally intended for children as well.While the Disney version is very good it seems to pale in comparison to the book and even the 1923 silent film. If the Disney version stayed more true to the original book it would have revealed that it was actually Quasimodo who loved Esmerelda more and not Phoebus. It is also possible as well that there would have been no need for a sequel if Quasimodo and even Esmerelda died in the 1996 version similar to the 1923 version or at least keep part 1 without needing to add a part 2. Also, not all fairy tales have happy endings and this applies to real life as well.

28:02 she favors Celine Dion

Brazil ? 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

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egor hahaha ;)

5:12

The New Hunchback of Notre Dame

I saw this movie on Hulu for a homework project, and I hated it

Omg moovies with no sounds are WIERED

01:15:38

Victor Hugo needed to chill. There are too many damn characters in this. Is it any wonder that Disney cut so much shit out?