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Post by snsurone on Apr 15, 2019 22:09:36 GMT
Victor Hugo's classic novel was filmed twice: first in 1923 starring Lon Chaney, Sr. and again in 1939 starring Charles Laughton--both playing Quasimodo.
Well, today's main news event is the heartbreaking fire that very nearly completely destroyed this historic edifice. Luckily, the main structure was saved, as was the maedeval art housed there. It will probably take decades to repair the damage.
I wish that TCM would air both versions of this movie as a "tribute" to this cathedral.
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Post by OldAussie on Apr 15, 2019 22:32:22 GMT
I think there were quite a few versions - If I remember correctly, Anthony Quinn and Anthony Hopkins have played the title role too. The only one I've seen is 1939.
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Post by snsurone on Apr 15, 2019 23:07:15 GMT
Well, maybe that's true; I really don't know.
Funny thing is I'm Jewish, and I'm fully aware of the suffering the church imposed upon my people. Nevertheless, I adore art and architecture, and it still saddens me to see such a work of beauty as Notre Dame destroyed,
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Post by politicidal on Apr 15, 2019 23:37:24 GMT
They probably will air the Charles Laughton version. That one is on TCM a lot.
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Post by wmcclain on Apr 16, 2019 0:01:06 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 16, 2019 16:10:09 GMT
These are the various film and TV versions as listed on Wikipedia:
Films
- Esmeralda, a 1905 French short silent film - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1911 silent film - The Darling of Paris, a 1917 silent film - Esmeralda, a 1922 British silent film - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1923 silent film starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo, directed by Wallace Worsley, and produced by Carl Laemmle and Irving Thalberg - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1939 sound film starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo and Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda, directed by William Dieterle and produced by Pandro S. Berman - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1956 French film starring Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo and Gina Lollobrigida as Esmeralda, directed by Jean Delannoy and produced by Raymond Hakim and Robert Hakim - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1986 Australian-American fantasy animated film - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1996 animated film by Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale and produced by Don Hahn - The Secret of the Hunchback, an animated film - A Golden Films animated film - A Jetlag Productions animated film - Quasimodo d'El Paris, a 1999 parody film
Television
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1966 miniseries - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1977 miniseries - The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 1982 British-American film - The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo, a 1996 animated series - The Hunchback, a 1997 television film
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Post by snsurone on Apr 16, 2019 20:03:37 GMT
OK, I understand.
I just think that TCM should air at least one version of this classic tale in honor of this timeless landmark.
BTW, there are some buildings whose outer edifices were saved after fires, but were so structurally unsound that they had to be demolished. Pray that doesn't happen to Notre Dame.
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Post by jervistetch on Apr 16, 2019 21:15:55 GMT
Anyone else remember the Aurora movie monster model kits from the 1960's? I had a few of them, including this one. But mine wasn't painted nearly this well and it had reddish colored glue stains all over it. I really sucked at building model kits.
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Post by snsurone on Apr 16, 2019 23:35:52 GMT
Which version of the story do you think is best? I confess, I've only seen the Chaney one.
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Post by louise on Apr 19, 2019 14:27:08 GMT
I quite enjoyed the 1939 version, and the Disney one. Of course, the book has an incredibly depressing ending, so they changed it for both those film versions, don't know about the others.
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Post by snsurone on Apr 19, 2019 17:18:41 GMT
The silent version had a semi-happy ending in that Esmeralda was not hanged. But Quasimodo paid for his loyalty with his life.
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Post by teleadm on Apr 19, 2019 17:45:05 GMT
I read that Amazon have hade a highten sales of the Victor Hugo's novel. It's nce to have a few classics on the book shelves.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 19, 2019 18:16:25 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 19, 2019 20:54:36 GMT
I can't picture Quasimodo without seeing Charles Laughton.
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Post by llanwydd on Apr 20, 2019 16:50:28 GMT
Anyone else remember the Aurora movie monster model kits from the 1960's? I had a few of them, including this one. But mine wasn't painted nearly this well and it had reddish colored glue stains all over it. I really sucked at building model kits. I had some of those too. I didn't always bother to paint them. Putting them together was most of the fun. Quasimodo stayed grey.
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Post by llanwydd on Apr 20, 2019 16:51:37 GMT
I have seen the first two. Chaney is impossible to beat.
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