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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Country of Origin:
USA
Year of Production: 1923
Running Times: 133 mins
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: silent
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Universal Pictures
Producers: Carl Laemmle, Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
SCRIPT
Script: Edward T. Lowe Jr, Perley Poore Sheehan
Novel: Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo
DIRECTION
Director: Wallace Worsley
Assistant Directors: Jack Sullivan, William Wyler (both uncredited)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robert Newhard, Tony Kornman (uncredited)
EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Edward Curtis, Maurice Pivar, Sydney Singerman
MUSIC
1931 Reissue Music: Heinz Roemheld
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: E.E. Sheeley, Sydney Ullman
STUNTS
Stunts: Joe Bonomo, Harvey Parry (both uncredited)
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)
Tully Marshall (King Louis XI)
Harry Van Meter (Mons. Neufchatel)
Raymond Hatton (Gringoire)
Nick de Ruiz (Mons. le Torteru)
Eulalie Jensen (Marie)
Roy Laidlaw (Charmolu)
W. Ray Meyers (Charmolu's assistant)
William Parke Sr (Josephus)
Gladys Brockwell (Sister Gudule)
John Cossar (Judge of the Court)
Edwin Wallock (King's chamberlain)
Harry Holman (fat man)
Robert Kortman (Hook-Hand)
Gene Roth
Helen Broneau (uncredited)
Harry De Vere (uncredited)
Charles Farrell (uncredited)
Cesare Gravina (uncredited)
Al Hoxie (Soldier (uncredited)
Jay Hunt (uncredited)
Gladys Johnston (uncredited)
Eva Lewis (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie (uncredited)
Jane Sherman (uncredited)
Pearl Tupper (uncredited)
PLOT SUMMARY
Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre
Dame Cathedral in Paris, falls in love with the gypsy dancer Esmeralda.
When she is falsely accused of murder and sentenced to be hanged,
Quasimodo and his rivals for her affections hatch plans to save her.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Universal Pictures
Video Distributors: Blackhawk Video; Grapevine Video; Kartes Video;
Kino Video; Republic Pictures Home Video; Sinister Cinema; Vestron Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Republic Pictures Home Video (LV 21933); Image
(ID 7505 DS)
DVD Distributor: Image Entertainment (ID 4669 DSDVD)
AWARDS
2001
Avignon / New York Film Festival, France
Honorary Roger (Kevin Saunders Hayes) – winner (for his new score)
TIMELINE
1923
September
2: USA – theatrical release in New York City, New York
1925
January
19: Spain – theatrical release
1999
January
19: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 4669 DSDVD))
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Der Bucklige von Notre Dame –
Austrian title
Dzwonnik z Notre Dame – Polish title
Der Glöckner von Notre Dame – German title
Il gobbo di Notre Dame – Italian title
El jorobado de Notre Dame – Spanish title
El jorobado de nuestra señora de París –
Spanish title
Nossa Senhora de Paris – Portugese title
Notre Damen kellonsoittaja – Finnish title
Notre-Dame de Paris – French title
Ringaren i Notre Dame – Swedish title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
Big Man on Campus (1989)
The Darling of Paris (1917)
Esmeralda (1905)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1977)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
The Hunchback (1997)
Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
Nanbanji no semushi-otoko (1957)
Notre Dame de Paris (1956)
Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Amores perros (2000)
Coming Soon (1982)
Hollywood (1980)
Jack (1996)
Kingdom of Shadows (1998)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000)
Personality Parade (1938)
Scream Greats, Vol. 1: Tom Savini, Master of Horror Make-up (1986)
The Universal Story (1995) KEYWORDS
book into film; battering rams; cathedrals; gypsies; hunchbacks; paris;
whipping
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