The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Country
Production
Budget
$1 250 000
Box office
$0
Director
Actors
Scenario
Chester L. Roberts
Producer
Irving Thalberg, Carl Laemmle
Camera operator
Robert Newhard
Composer
Artist
Charles D. Hall, Stephen Goosson
Audition
Fred A. Datig
Editing
Maurice Pivar, Edward Curtiss, Sydney Singerman
Whole Team (55)
Whole Team (55)
Short description
In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
What's left behind the scenes
- Preparation for filming took about a year. During this time, a detailed model of Notre-Dame Cathedral was created, approximately 75 meters in height and 50 meters in width.
- Filming took place from December 16, 1922, to June 5, 1923.
- Approximately four thousand extras were involved in the film, for whom appropriate costumes were specially sewn.
- Lon Chaney, who played Quasimodo, initially requested a fee of $1500 per week, which was a considerable sum at the time. Chaney subsequently raised his earnings twice more, reaching $2500 per week. As a result, Universal Pictures wanted to find a cheaper actor for the lead role, but after fruitless searches, they were unable to do so and agreed to the actor’s terms.
- To achieve the image of Quasimodo, Chaney had to spend about an hour and a half in makeup, wear a rubber cushion as a hump weighing 36 kilograms, and put on a flesh-colored rubber suit and corset. To create the appropriate teeth, Chaney wore a special device in his mouth.
- During the scene of Quasimodo's torture, this action was real, although the actor playing the soldier who was flogging Quasimodo tried to hit Chaney over the shoulder.
- A film adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame."
- An adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'.
- Lon Chaney, who played the role of Quasimodo, initially requested a fee of $1,500 per week, which was a significant sum at the time. Chaney later raised his earnings twice more, reaching $2,500 per week. Consequently, Universal Pictures wanted to find a cheaper actor for the lead role, but after futile searches, they were unable to do so and agreed to the actor's terms.
- To fit the image of Quasimodo, Chaney had to spend about an hour and a half in makeup, wear a rubber cushion weighing 36 kilograms as a hump, and put on a flesh-colored rubber suit and corset. To create the appropriate teeth, Chaney wore a special device in his mouth.
- In the scene where Quasimodo is tortured, the action was real, although the actor playing the soldier whipping Quasimodo tried to strike over Chaney's shoulder.
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