The Hunchback of Notre Dame Blu-ray
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Posted July 2, 2021 07:36 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Wallace Worsley's The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), starring Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Winifred Bryson, and Ernest Torrence. The release will be available for purchase on September 28.
Description: 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 star-crossed 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.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: 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 star-crossed 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.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION COMPLETED BY UNIVERSAL PICTURES
- Audio commentary by film critic Farran Smith Nehme
- Booklet essay by film historian Michael F. Blake
- "Life in Hollywood" newsreel
- Lon Chaney home movie footage
- Music by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum & Laura Karpman
- Slideshow of production correspondence
- Slideshow of production stills
