Headline
Screen Classic: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'
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Publication Date
1924-05-01
- Publication Year
1924
Page
7
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Actors
Lon Chaney
Director
Wallace Worsley
Writer
Victor Hugo (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1923-09-06
Runtime
133 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination.
Rated
Passed
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Summary
The Hunchback of Notre Dame' is probably the most expensive picture ever made, and is now showing at the Coronet Theatre. This is based on a famous story by Victor Hugo. Lon Chaney needed half hour each day to make up as the Hunchback. The other cast members include Ernest Torrence and Patsy Ruth Miller. Plot and production summary included.
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