The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

★ 6.5 1h 53m IMDb

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.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Cast

Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney as Quasimodo Died 1930 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his chara...
Patsy Ruth Miller
Patsy Ruth Miller as Esmeralda Died 1995 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Patsy Ruth Miller (born Ruth Mae Miller; January 17, 1904 – July 16, 1995) was an American film actress. After being discovered by actress Alla Nazimova at a Ho...
Norman Kerry
Norman Kerry as Phoebus de Chateaupers Died 1956 · Rochester, New York, USA From Wikipedia Norman Kerry (born Norman Hussey Kaiser, June 16, 1894 – January 12, 1956) was an American actor whose career in the motion picture industry spanned over twenty-five years beginning in...
Kate Lester
Kate Lester as Madame de Condelaurier Died 1924 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kate Lester (12 June 1857 – 12 October 1924) born Sarah Cody was an English theatrical and silent film actress born in Shouldham Thorpe, Norfolk, England. Her f...
Winifred Bryson
Winifred Bryson as Fleur de Lys Died 1987 · Los Angeles, California, USA Winifred Bryson (born Winifred Brison; December 20, 1892 – August 20, 1987) was an American actress of the stage and of silent films. Bryson began to perform publicly in 1914, initially in the musica...
Nigel De Brulier
Nigel De Brulier as Don Claudio Died 1948 · Frenchay, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, UK English born Nigel De Brulier (born Francis George Packer) was an actor of the American screen, who began his career during the silent cinema era..

Audience Reviews

CinemaSerf 7/10 Jun 06, 2022
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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