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Esmeralda (1922 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Esmeralda' is a 1922 British silent film and an adaptation of the 1831 novel 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' by Victor Hugo, with more emphasis on the character on Esmeralda rather than Quasimodo. It was directed by Edwin J. Collins (who played the hunchback in the previous 1911 film 'The Hunchback' (not to be confused with the novel by Hugo)) and starred Sybil Thorndike as Esmeralda and Booth Conway as the hunchback. The film is considered lost, but extant still photos show a 40-year-old Thorndike who appears to be too old for the role of the young and virginal Esmeralda. This version emphasized romance and melodrama over horror.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 249..
The film was remade again in 1923 as 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Universal Pictures, starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo, in what is considered the classic silent film version.Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 249..
Cast
* Sybil Thorndike as Esmeralda
* Booth Conway as Quasimodo
* Annesley Healy as Claude Frollo
* Arthur Kingsley as Captain Phoebus
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