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The Hunchback of Notre dame (1922)
This second film version of the Victor Hugo novel Notre Dame de Paris
(the first was a Theda Bara vehicle, The Dancer of Paris) was a super-
duper-spectacular as only Hollywood of the 1920s could make them, but
it is never so large that it dwarfs the contribution of its star, Lon
Chaney. As the hunchbacked bellringer Quasimodo, Chaney adorned himself
with a special device that made his cheeks jut out grotesquely; a
contact lens that blanked out one of his eyes; and, most painfully, a
huge rubber hump covered with coarse animal fur and weighing anywhere
from 30 to 50 pounds. While Quasimodo is but one of many interconnecting
characters in the original Hugo novel, he dominates the narrative of
this expensive Universal production. Set in the walled city of Paris in
the 16th century, the story is set in motion when the evil Jehan (Brandon
Hurst), brother of saintly Notre Dame archdeacon Dom Claude (Nigel De
Brulier), orders the dog-like Quasimodo to attempt to kidnap gypsy girl
Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller). Quasimodo is captured and flogged for his
crime, whereupon Esmeralda shows him kindness by offering him water. He
reciprocates when Esmeralda, framed on a murder charge by the obsessed
Jehan (if he can't have her, no one can), is sentenced to be hanged.
Quasimodo grabs a rope and swings down from the towers of Notre Dame,
rescues Esmeralda from the gallows, and carries her into the church,
shouting "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!" Through a series of convoluted plot
twists, Clopin (Ernest Torrence), the king of beggars, leads an army of
the Parisian poor to storm the gates of the cathedral and reclaim Esmeralda.
Quasimodo defends both the girl and his church by tossing heavy objects
and pouring molten lead upon the invaders. This climactic scene was filmed
at night, requiring the services of literally every arc light in Hollywood.
The Notre Dame set (which wasn't quite as large in real life as it seems
on screen) remained standing on the Universal back lot for years after this
film was completed, doing background service in the 1925 Lon Chaney starrer
The Phantom of the Opera. With Hunchback of Notre Dame, Lon Chaney rose
from mere leading player to major star, which led him to even greater
success at MGM, where his reputation as "the man of a thousand faces"
really got a workout. The story would be remade by in 1939 with Charles
Laughton, in 1955 with Anthony Quinn, in 1982 with Anthony Hopkins, and
again in 1996 as a sanitized Disney animated musical.
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AllMovie........:
Genre...........: Drama / Horror
Subs.............: N/A
Xvid @ 480 x 352 - 23.976fps
MPEG Layer3 @ 128 kb/s (64/ch, stereo) CBR 48000 Hz
2pass - Unrated
Sound Mix:Silent
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