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Beowulf · 04-06-2006, 02:10 PM

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 Directed by Wallace Worsley)

Deaf and half-blind, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, feared & rejected by the people of Paris, becomes the unlikely protector of a poor gypsy girl.

Lon Chaney, master of disguise, solidified his celebrity with his portrayal of Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer, who is forever cut off from any semblance of a normal life. Although his makeup is certainly horrific, Chaney's role is not really monstrous: he is a lonely human desperately misused by Fate. Chaney's face speaks for him, communicating the tormenting anguish of his soul. While not quite as poignant as Charles Laughton's interpretation 16 years later, Chaney still makes of the role a Silent hallmark which has stood the test of time. IMDB

This is one of my favourite silent films, starring the man with a thousand faces!.

04-06-2006, 02:10 PM	#1479
Beowulf Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cimmeria Posts: 7,162	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 Directed by Wallace Worsley) Deaf and half-blind, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, feared & rejected by the people of Paris, becomes the unlikely protector of a poor gypsy girl. Lon Chaney, master of disguise, solidified his celebrity with his portrayal of Quasimodo, the deformed bell-ringer, who is forever cut off from any semblance of a normal life. Although his makeup is certainly horrific, Chaney's role is not really monstrous: he is a lonely human desperately misused by Fate. Chaney's face speaks for him, communicating the tormenting anguish of his soul. While not quite as poignant as Charles Laughton's interpretation 16 years later, Chaney still makes of the role a Silent hallmark which has stood the test of time. IMDB This is one of my favourite silent films, starring the man with a thousand faces!. __________________ For in each delve and greenwood, far wiser creatures play, and in their veins and sinews, live the gods of yesterday. Be excellent to one another !!!.