Directed by Wallace Worsley
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)
Gypsy girl Esmeralda is pursued by no less than four men throughout the movie. Her heart, but not her head, apparently belongs to dashing aristocrat Phoebus. However, her adopted father is also interested, and he's got the entire Paris population of the homeless and destitute on his side. Then there is Clopin, who stoops to faked kidnapping and attempted murder to make his case. Finally, there is Quasimodo, the hunchbacked monster to whom Esmeralda makes a friendly gesture and gains perhaps her most fervent admirer. Lon Chaney's performance as Quasimodo is of course legendary, but he tends to disappear for long stretches, replaced by boring romantic melodrama. The bravura finale in the highest reaches of the cathedral is well worth the wait, though.
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