The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 | 113m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Lon Chaney, Wallace Worsley |
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| Writer: | Victor Hugo, Perley Poore Sheehan, Chester L. Roberts |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Sep 06, 1923 |
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| Director: | Lon Chaney, Wallace Worsley |
| Writer: | Victor Hugo, Perley Poore Sheehan, Chester L. Roberts |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Horror |
| Keywords | paris, france, based on novel or book, death sentence, black and white, silent film, hunchback, notre dame cathedral, roma |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,250,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lon Chaney | Quasimodo |
| Patsy Ruth Miller | Esmeralda |
| Norman Kerry | Phoebus de Chateaupers |
| Kate Lester | Madame de Condelaurier |
| Winifred Bryson | Fleur de Lys |
| Nigel De Brulier | Don Claudio |
| Brandon Hurst | Jehan |
| Ernest Torrence | Clopin |
| Tully Marshall | El Rey Luis XI |
| Harry von Meter | Mons. Neufchatel |
| Raymond Hatton | Gringoire |
| Nick De Ruiz | Mons. Le Torteru |
| Eulalie Jensen | Marie |
| Roy Laidlaw | Charmolu |
| Ray Myers | Charmolu's Assistant |
| William Parke | Josephus |
| Gladys Brockwell | Sister Gudule |
| John Cossar | Judge of the Court |
| Edwin Wallock | King's Chamberlain |
| Fred Behrle | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Joe Bonomo | (uncredited) |
| Earl Gordon Bostwick | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Helen Broneau | (uncredited) |
| C.E. Collins | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Jim Collins | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Harry De Vere | (uncredited) |
| Louise Emmons | Old Woman on Staircase (uncredited) |
| Charles Farrell | (uncredited) |
| Al Ferguson | (uncredited) |
| Max Garnetz | (uncredited) |
| John George | (uncredited) |
| Eva Gordon | Casare Gravina (uncredited) |
| John Gough | Prisoner in Torture Chamber (uncredited) |
| Cesare Gravina | (uncredited) |
| Marion Gray | Woman at Ball (uncredited) |
| Charles Haefeli | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Fred Herzog | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Karl Holl | Man in Crowd (uncredited) |
| Alfred Hollingsworth | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Harry Holman | Fat Man (uncredited) |
| Al Hoxie | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Jay Hunt | (uncredited |
| Arthur Hurni | (uncredited) |
| Paul Hurst | Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited) |
| John Impolito | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Gladys Johnston | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Bob Kortman | Hook-Hand (uncredited) |
| Louise La Planche | Baby Esmeralda (uncredited) |
| Ethan Laidlaw | (uncredited) |
| Eva Lewis | (uncredited) |
| Elmo Lincoln | (uncredited) |
| William Lloyd | Priest Escorting Rey Luis XI (uncredited) |
| Eric Mack | (uncredited) |
| Andy MacLennan | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Albert MacQuarrie | (uncredited) |
| George MacQuarrie | (uncredited) |
| Harry Mann | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Alex Manuel | (uncredited) |
| Louis Miller | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Dorothy Mueller | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| William O'Rourke | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Russ Powell | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Albert Prisco | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Mabel Richardson | (uncredited) |
| Walter Rodgers | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Gilbert Roland | Extra (uncredited) |
| Eugene H. Roth | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) |
| Lou Salter | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Nick Shaid | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Jane Sherman | (uncredited) |
| Lydia Yeamans Titus | (uncredited) |
| Rene Traveletti | (uncredited) |
| Pearl Tupper | (uncredited) |
| Robert Wahlberg | (uncredited) |
| Malcolm Waite | (uncredited) |
| Fred Walker | Bit Role (uncredited) |
| Fanny Warren | Beggar Woman (uncredited) |
| Clarence Wilson | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Lon Chaney | Co-Director, Makeup Artist |
| Harvey Parry | Stunts, Visual Effects |
| Eddie Barry | Lighting Technician |
| Carl Laemmle | Presenter |
| Wallace Worsley | Director |
| Victor Hugo | Novel |
| William Wyler | Assistant Director |
| Robert Newhard | Director of Photography |
| Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| Maurice Pivar | Editor |
| Friend Baker | Visual Effects |
| Perley Poore Sheehan | Adaptation |
| Hans Dreier | Set Decoration |
| Charles D. Hall | Assistant Art Director |
| Guy B. Baird | Carpenter |
| Edward Cronenweth | Assistant Camera |
| Harry D. Brown | Lighting Design |
| Karl Gotham | Lighting Technician |
| George Merhoff | Lighting Technician |
| Arthur E. Shadur | Electrician |
| Wayne West | Lighting Technician |
| Zan | Wigmaker |
| Elmer Sheeley | Art Direction |
| Sidney Ullman | Art Direction |
| Chester L. Roberts | Writer |
| Gordon Magee | Costume Supervisor |
| Tony Kornman | Cinematography |
| Charles J. Stumar | Cinematography |
| George M. Stallings | Production Manager |
| Jack Sullivan | Assistant Director |
| Stephen Goosson | Assistant Art Director |
| Finn Froelich | Sculptor |
| Jack Freulich | Still Photographer |
| Bert Kohler | Lighting Technician |
| Fred Sealock | Lighting Technician |
| Eric van Meissel | Lighting Technician |
| Edgar Stein | Production Assistant |
| Sydney Singerman | Editor |
| Edward T. Lowe Jr. | Scenario Writer |
| Stephen S. Norton | Cinematography |
| William Koenig | Unit Manager |
| James Dugan | Assistant Director |
| Bud Barner | Lighting Technician |
| Henry Freulich | Still Photographer |
| Soldier Graham | Lighting Technician |
| Earl Miller | Lighting Design |
| Cliff Shirpser | Assistant Camera |
| Charlotte Woods | Continuity |
| Archie Hall | Technical Supervisor |
| Fred A. Datig | Casting |
| Virgil Miller | Cinematography |
| Robert Wyler | Assistant Director |
| Charles Gemora | Sculptor |
| Joe Bonomo | Stunt Double |
| Albert Conti | Production Assistant |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Irving Thalberg | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 9 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 8 |
| 2025 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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Geronimo1967
7.0
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 adaptatio ... n 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.
Jun 06, 2022