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| Horror 100 No. 75 (New Entry). Back at Universal Studios after six years of working freelance, Chaney was given the leading role in their most expensive movie yet. Up to this point Universal had only produced low budget melodramas and westerns, so a $1.25 million version of Victor Hugo's famous novel was a bit of a gamble, but thanks to Chaney, the film was a great financial success. Chaney's performance is unforgettable. Buried under mounds of make-up, Chaney managed to capture the look of the 'Living Gargoyle', who falls in love with pretty gipsy girl Esmeralda (Patsy Ruth Miller). Chaney must have suffered greatly under all that distorting facial make-up and with a twenty-pound hump strapped to his back. Chaney really lets rip with an incredible animal-like performance, beating his chest, swing from ropes, and throwing chunks of masonary at the villagers milling below the bell tower of Notre Dame. According to Miller, Chaney directed as much of the film as commissioned director Wallace Worsley, which is all too evident in the final product. Although Chaney is magnificent, Worsley's direction was a little slack. 'Hunchback' was a lavish production unlike any other to that time. Many at the time might have been forgiven for thinking this would be Chaney's master performance. Two years later, however, Chaney topped 'Hunchback' with the greatest horror movie of the silent era. |
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