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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(SEPTEMBER 10, 1923)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This picture is a legitimate example
of movie elephantiasis. It required, apparently, millions of
horses, ten millions of men; it required the construction in
Hollywood of Notre Dame Cathedral plus a large section of old
Paris. All this was done on the Gargantuan scale of which only
cinema directors can conceive. All this would have been futile, as
it so often is with spectacle productions, if the story had not
furnished it with backbone and if Lon Chaney had not provided a
singularly fine performance in the title role. The combination
affords massive and effective entertainment.
It must be said for the benefit of Hugo addicts that the plot is
sacrificed for the sake of a happy ending. This sacrifice seems
reasonable in view of the preponderance of movie addicts over Hugo
addicts.