The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923 1h 53m EN

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6.5

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93%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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7.2

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★6.5TMDB · 143🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes★7.2IMDB · 6,902

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wallace Worsley
Writers: Chester L. Roberts, Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Languages: No Language
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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103 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 6

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wallace Worsley, shot by Robert Newhard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Edward Curtiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Lon Chaney and Patsy Ruth Miller and Norman Kerry carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 6

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0014142 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Wallace Worsley directs. Robert Newhard behind the camera. Edward Curtiss cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2103 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Wallace Worsley, shot by Robert Newhard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Edward Curtiss shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Lon Chaney and Patsy Ruth Miller and Norman Kerry carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0014142 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Classified under 8 themes, including "paris, france", "based on novel or book", "rome, italy", "death sentence".

The technical file

Cinematography: Robert Newhard
Editing: Edward Curtiss
Makeup / hair: Lon Chaney
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Status: Released
Budget: $1,250,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.2/10 · 6,902 votes
MPAA: Passed

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination total

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What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-06
★ 7/10
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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