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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.

Release Date : 1923-09-06

Language :No Language

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Quasimodo

Original Name : Lon Chaney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Esmeralda

Original Name : Patsy Ruth Miller

Gender : Female

Character Name : Phoebus de Chateaupers

Original Name : Norman Kerry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame de Condelaurier

Original Name : Kate Lester

Gender : Female

Character Name : Fleur de Lys

Original Name : Winifred Bryson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Don Claudio

Original Name : Nigel De Brulier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jehan

Original Name : Brandon Hurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Clopin

Original Name : Ernest Torrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : El Rey Luis XI

Original Name : Tully Marshall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mons. Neufchatel

Original Name : Harry von Meter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gringoire

Original Name : Raymond Hatton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mons. Le Torteru

Original Name : Nick De Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie

Original Name : Eulalie Jensen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Charmolu

Original Name : Roy Laidlaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charmolu's Assistant

Original Name : Ray Myers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Josephus

Original Name : William Parke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sister Gudule

Original Name : Gladys Brockwell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge of the Court

Original Name : John Cossar

Gender : Male

Character Name : King's Chamberlain

Original Name : Edwin Wallock

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Behrle

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Joe Bonomo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Earl Gordon Bostwick

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Helen Broneau

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : C.E. Collins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Jim Collins

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry De Vere

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Woman on Staircase (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise Emmons

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Farrell

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Ferguson

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Max Garnetz

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : John George

Gender : Male

Character Name : Casare Gravina (uncredited)

Original Name : Eva Gordon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Prisoner in Torture Chamber (uncredited)

Original Name : John Gough

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Cesare Gravina

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman at Ball (uncredited)

Original Name : Marion Gray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Haefeli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Herzog

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Crowd (uncredited)

Original Name : Karl Holl

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Alfred Hollingsworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fat Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Holman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Al Hoxie

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited

Original Name : Jay Hunt

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Hurni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul Hurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : John Impolito

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Gladys Johnston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hook-Hand (uncredited)

Original Name : Bob Kortman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby Esmeralda (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise La Planche

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Ethan Laidlaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Eva Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Elmo Lincoln

Gender : Male

Character Name : Priest Escorting Rey Luis XI (uncredited)

Original Name : William Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Eric Mack

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Andy MacLennan

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Albert MacQuarrie

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : George MacQuarrie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Harry Mann

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Alex Manuel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Louis Miller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Townswoman (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothy Mueller

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Part (uncredited)

Original Name : William O'Rourke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Russ Powell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Albert Prisco

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Mabel Richardson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Walter Rodgers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Extra (uncredited)

Original Name : Gilbert Roland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Eugene H. Roth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Lou Salter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Nick Shaid

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Jane Sherman

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Lydia Yeamans Titus

Gender : Female

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Rene Traveletti

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Pearl Tupper

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert Wahlberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Malcolm Waite

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bit Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Fred Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beggar Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Fanny Warren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Original Name : Clarence Wilson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-06

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.