The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Overview
This silent film is the first screen version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. Chaney plays the deformed bell-ringer who is smitten by a beautiful dancing girl persecuted by the wicked Bishop of Notre Dame.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Wallace Worsley - Director
Wallace Worsley, Sr. - Director
Lon Chaney
Ernest Torrence
Patsy Ruth Miller
Norman Kerry
Kate Lester
Brandon Hurst
Raymond Hatton
Tully Marshall
Nigel de Brulier
Harry von Meter
Details
- Format: Blu-ray (Silent Movie)
- Run Time: 110
- Color Format: Tinted
- UPC: 738329255725
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: Not Rated
- Release Date: September 2021
Movie Reviews
Synopsis:
A disfigured outcast from society, Quasimodo shows his humanity by rescuing a fair maiden marked for death. In the star-making gothic classic, the noble hunchback gives his life for the love of a young woman.
Notes:
The Image Entertainment CAV laserdisc version (Cat. #ID-3544DS) contains the following:
* A remastered sepia-and-blue tinted print of the film.
* A look at the Notre Dame courtyard set.
* A trivia-packed reproduction of the original souvenir
program.
* A gatefold essay by Lon Chaney's biographer, Michael F.
Blake.
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