The fourth and most spectacular silent version of Victor Hugo's classic story
Notre-Dame de Paris made Lon Chaney a major star.
Quasimodo (Lon Chaney), Notre Dame Cathedral's horribly deformed bell ringer, is elected king of the Festival of Fools by the people of Paris. After the festivities, Quasimodo's lustful and villainous master, Jehan (Brandon Hurst), orders the hunchback to abduct Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller), a
beautiful gypsy girl. The kidnapping is thwarted by Phoebus (Norman Kerry), a dashing young captain of the guards, and Quasimodo is arrested. After the hunchback is publicly whipped for his attempted abduction of the gypsy girl, she takes ...
Released:
1923
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins