The hunchback of Notre Dame [videorecording] / Universal Pictures ; script, Perley Sheehan, Edward Lowe, Jr. ; director, Wallace Worsley.
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FilmPublisher number: ID3046DSDVD | Image EntertainmentSeries: Blackhawk Films collectionPublication details: Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2007], c2006.Edition: Ultimate edDescription: 1 videodisc (117 min.) : si., col. tinted ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - At head of title: Carl Laemmle presents Lon Chaney
- Hunchback of Notre Dame (Motion picture : 1923).
- Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 -- Film adaptations
- Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral) -- Drama
- Bell ringers -- Drama
- Deception -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- Esmeralda (Fictitious character) -- Drama
- People with disabilities -- France -- Paris -- Drama
- Quasimodo (Fictitious character) -- Drama
- Paris (France) -- Drama
- Photography, Robert S. Newhard ; editors, Sydney Singerman, Maurice Pivar, Edward Curtis ; art directors, E.E. Sheeley, S. Uliman ; music, Orchestral Score.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
"Includes 3-D glasses"--Container.
"Special content of this edition ©1991, ©1996, ©2006 ... DVD packaging ©2007 ..."Disc label.
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1923.
Remastered from an original tinted print in 1991 by Film Preservation Associates.
Special features: New symphonic score compiled by Donald Hunsberger, adapted and conducted by Robert Israel (recorded in Europe in digital stereo.); insert essay and optional audio essay through the film, both by Michael F. Blake, author of two books on Lon Chaney; facsimile reproduction of 20-page original souvenir program; gallery of original 3-D stills; extensive gallery 2-D stills, including production shots, scenes and advertising materials; excerpt from Alas and Alack, a 1913 Universal film in which Lon Chaney plays two roles (one of them a hunchback); behind-the-scenes footage of Lon Chaney out of makeup on the Hunchback set.
Title from container.
Photography, Robert S. Newhard ; editors, Sydney Singerman, Maurice Pivar, Edward Curtis ; art directors, E.E. Sheeley, S. Uliman ; music, Orchestral Score.
Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Ernest Torrance, Tully Marshall.
Set during the reign of Louis XI. Clopin bought Esmeralda from the gypsies when she was young. Dancing in the square at the festival, Esmeralda is spotted by Jehan, the evil brother of the good archdeacon Claude Frollo. When he sets Quasimodo out to kidnap Esmeralda, Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, rescues her and captures Quasimodo. Quasimodo is sentenced to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. After Clopin forces Esmeralda to leave Phoebus at the ball, she sends a note to Phoebus to meet her at Notre-Dame. In the garden, Phoebus is stabbed in the back by Jehan. Esmeralda is accused of stabbing Phoebus, convicted by the courts and sentenced to hang. Clopin, Phoebus and Quasimodo all try different ways to save Esmeralda.
Not rated.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo. (music), mastered in High Definition, NTSC.
Silent film with orchestral score, sound effects and English intertitles. Special features in spoken English.