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SILENT FILM - THE HUNTCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME - 1923

  • The Majestic Theatre 3 Factory Street Pomona, QLD, 4568 Australia (map)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1923 American drama film starring Lon Chaney directed by Wallace Worsley and produced by Carl Laemmie and Irving Thalberg. The film was Universal’s Super Jewel" of 1923 and was their most successful silent film grossing $3.5 million, The film premiered on September 2, 1923 at the Astor Theatre in New York, New York, then went into release on September 6. The story is set in Paris in 1482. Quasimoto is a deaf, half-blind hunchbacked, bell-ringer of the famous Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. His master is a man named Jehan the evil brother of Notre Dame's saintly archdeacon Dom Claude. One night, Jehan prevails upon Quasimodo to kidnap the fair Esmeralda, a dancing Roma girl (and the adopted daughter of Clopin the king of the oppressed beggars of Paris' underworld).

Doors and bar open 11am. Refreshments, coffee and tea available. Tickets $15 adults and kids 13 and under free. No need to book get your ticket at the door.