sep 2, 1923 - Hunchback of Notre Dame

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - poster 1923.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Wallace Worsley
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Uncredited:
Lon Chaney
Irving Thalberg
Screenplay by Edward T. Lowe, Jr.
Perley Poore Sheehan
Based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
Starring Lon Chaney
Patsy Ruth Miller
Norman Kerry
Nigel de Brulier
Brandon Hurst
Music by Cecil Copping
Carl Edouarde
Hugo Riesenfeld
Heinz Eric Roemheld
Cinematography Robert Newhard
Tony Kornman
Virgil Miller
Stephen S. Norton
Charles J. Stumar
Edited by Edward Curtiss
Maurice Pivar
Sydney Singerman
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
September 2, 1923
Running time
102 minutes

117 min (Director's cut)
98 min (cut edition)
Country United States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
Budget $1,250,000 (estimated)
Box office $3.5 million (worldwide rentals)[1]

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American romantic drama film with horror elements starring Lon Chaney, directed by Wallace Worsley, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg. The supporting cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Nigel de Brulier, and Brandon Hurst. The film was Universal's "Super Jewel" of 1923 and was their most successful silent film, grossing $3.5 million.[1]

The film is based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, and is notable for the grand sets that recall 15th century Paris as well as for Chaney's performance and make-up as the tortured hunchback Quasimodo. The film elevated Chaney, already a well-known character actor, to full star status in Hollywood, and also helped set a standard for many later horror films, including Chaney's The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. In 1951, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre_Dame_(1923_film)

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