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The Darling of Paris
Also known as Paris’ yndling in Denmark : {The Hunchback of Notre Dame}
(1917) United States of America
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 [the gypsy queen], John Webb Dillon [Clopin], Louis Dean [Gringouier]
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 (Phil Rosen). Presented by William Fox. / © 21 January 1917 by William Fox [LP10034]. Released 22 January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was edited to five reels and rereleased in the USA by Fox Film Corporation on 16 February 1919. The film was released in Denmark as Paris’ yndling on 25 June 1923. The novel was previously filmed as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1906). The novel was subsequently filmed as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923).
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A gypsy girl with her foster-mother arrive in the French Capital where her beauty attracts the attention of the Apaches, and she becomes a member of their band. Her beauty attracts Claude Frallo, a scientist of note. She repulses him, as she has already fallen in love with Captain Phoebus. During a visit of the gypsy girl in the apartment of the handsome captain, Frallo kills the captain and makes his escape. Upon the arrival of the Gendarmes, Esmaralda is placed under arrest charged with the murder. Esmaralda is subjected to torture to make her confess, but is defiant, knowing that she is innocent. The bell ringer of the cathedral, Quasimodo, who secretly worships the Gypsy girl, becomes her protector. When Frallo visits the prisoner the bell ringer interferes. There is a struggle and the former is hurled from a parapet and killed. Again the girl appears before the tribunal. Put on the rack, she admits the murder of the captain. Just as Esmaralda is to be guillotined, the bell ringer gives the true version of the murder, implicating Frallo whom he killed. Quasimodo, the plucky bell ringer, who was Esmaralda’s protector, and her liberator, becomes her husband.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0928.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Victor Hugo - France: Paris - Hunchbacks
Listing updated: 19 May 2020.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0928; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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