The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame ★★★ 1923

The first film version of Victor Hugo's novel about the tortured hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, famous for the contortions of Lon Chaney's self-transformations via improvised makeup. Also available at 68 minutes. 100m/B VHS, DVD . Lon Chaney Sr., Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Ernest Torrence, Kate Lester, Brandon Hurst; D: Wallace Worsley II; W: Edward T. Lowe; C: Tony Kornman, Robert S. Newhard.