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Stars of the Silent Screen: Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame

on BBC Two England

'The man of a thousand faces' stars as Quasimodo in the first, and possibly finest, version of Victor Hugo 's novel, presented in a specially tinted version with organ soundtrack.
In the reign of Louis XI, the beggars of Paris plan to revolt against the king. But Quasimodo, the deformed and inarticulate bell-ringer of Notre Dame, is more concerned with his hopeless love for Esmeralda, a dancing gypsy girl who befriends the lonely creature.
Screenplay by EDWARD T. LOWE
Adapted by PERLEY POORE SHEEHAN from the novel Notre Dame de Paris by VICTOR HUGO Produced by CARL LAEMMLE
Directed by WALLACE WORSLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor Hugo
Unknown:
Edward T. Lowe
Adapted By:
Perley Poore Sheehan
Produced By:
Carl Laemmle
Directed By:
Wallace Worsley
Quasimodo:
Lon Chaney
Esmeralda:
Patsy Ruth Miller
Clopin:
Ernest Torrence
Phoebus:
Norman Kerry
Jehan:
Brandon Hurst
Gringoire:
Raymond Hatton
Louis XI:
Tully Marshall

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