This silent film is the first screen version of Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. Chaney plays the deformed bell-ringer who is smitten by a beautiful dancing girl persecuted by the wicked Bishop of Notre Dame.

A disfigured outcast from society, Quasimodo shows his humanity by rescuing a fair maiden marked for death. In the star-making gothic classic, the noble hunchback gives his life for the love of a young woman.

The Image Entertainment CAV laserdisc version (Cat. #ID-3544DS) contains the following:
* A remastered sepia-and-blue tinted print of the film.
* A look at the Notre Dame courtyard set.
* A trivia-packed reproduction of the original souvenir
program.
* A gatefold essay by Lon Chaney's biographer, Michael F.
Blake.

DVD Features:

NTSC
Keep Case
Full Frame 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
Additional Release Material:
Additional Audio Footage - Audio Essay - Michael F. Blake, Author
Behind The Scenes
Highlights - ALAS AND ALACK
Text/Photo Galleries:
Galleries - 1. 3-D Stills Gallery
2. Production Shots / Advertising Material Gallery

Distributor Notes: Lon Chaney stars as the gentle outcast Quasimodo in the first film version of Victor Hugo's classic novel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Paris of 1482 was meticulously recreated on the back lot of Universal Studios for this powerful drama that turned Chaney into a screen legend -- now presented in the ultimate special edition of this timeless classic.

Source: Image Entertainment Inc.

Lon Chaney: American Silent Era Actor, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925)
Patsy Ruth Miller: Silent Film Actress
Ernest Torrence: Silent Film Actor
Tully Marshall: American Character Actor

Wallace Worsley: Director 1910s-1920s