Plot Synopsis:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) is a million-dollar super-production of Victor Hugo's famous novel, presented in a 4K restoration by Universal Pictures. This epic adaptation recreated the Paris of 1482 complete with its own Notre Dame, and it established Lon Chaney as a monstrously sympathetic superstar. Chaney stars as Quasimodo, the mocked and vilified bell-ringer of Notre Dame who selflessly protects the star-crossed street performer Esmerelda (Patsy Ruth Miller), who is in an ill-fated love affair with the dashing Captain Phoebus (Norman Kerry). Chaney created the legendary makeup himself, and gave a performance of enormous sensitivity and pathos, launching him into Hollywood immortality.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION COMPLETED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- Audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
- Booklet essay by film historian Michael F. Blake
- "Life in Hollywood" newsreel
- Lon Chaney home movie footage
- Music by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Laura Karpman
- Slideshow of production correspondence
- Slideshow of production stills