The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Bluray)

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 starcrossed 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.

Audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme | "Life in Hollywood" newsreel | Lon Chaney Home Movie footage | Music by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Laura Karpman | Slideshow of production correspondence | Slideshow of production stills