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The Darling of Paris
Also known as {The Hunchback of Notre Dame}
(1917) American
B&W : Six reels
Directed by J. Gordon Edwards

Cast: Theda Bara [Esmeralda], Glen White [Quasimodo], Walter Law [Claude Frallo], Herbert Heyes [Captain Phoebus], Carey Lee [Paquette], Alice Gale [gypsy queen], John Webb Dillon [Clopin], Louis Dean [Grin Gouier]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Adrian Johnson, from the novel Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo. Cinematography by Philip E. Rosen. / © 21 January 1917 by William Fox [LP10034]. Released 22 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was edited to five reels and rereleased in the USA by Fox Film Corporation on 16 February 1919.

Drama: Historical.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0928.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Keywords: Authors: Victor Hugo - France: Paris - Hunchbacks

Listing updated: 24 September 2004.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0928.