The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) with Lon Chaney.Caligari), and starred in 1928's Universal horror film The Man Who Laughs. His death in 1930 ended any possibility of his leaving MGM for another studio, and Universal turned their attentions to other actors such as German character actor Conrad Veidt, who had appeared in the 1920 German expressionist horror masterpiece, Das Cabinet des Dr.
It was used for the 1943 remake with Claude Rains, as well as numerous other pictures.Ĭhaney, who was a freelance player at the time of Phantom of the Opera's production, eventually signed a contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and could no longer produce character roles for Universal. The interior of the Opéra Garnier was recreated to scale, and remains one of the longest-standing film sets to this day. And as with the film Hunchback, the sets played an important part in the film. Chaney designed and endured torturous make-up that even exceeded the demands of his previous role as the Hunchback. The lavish production sets rebuilt 15th-century Paris on an epic scale, even re-creating the famed Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.Ī runaway success at the box office, Hunchback of Notre Dame inspired Universal to produce their first true horror film, The Phantom of the Opera, based on the mystery novel by Gaston Leroux. Universal's earliest success in the horror genre was the historical drama The Hunchback of Notre Dame in 1923 starring Lon Chaney in the title role. Universal started out by the name Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP). Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
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The series began with the 1923 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and continued with such movies as The Phantom of the Opera, the Draculafranchise, the Frankensteinsaga, The Mummyfranchise, The Invisible Manfilms, Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, The Wolf Manseries, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon. Universal Monsters or Universal Horror is the name given to a series of distinctive horror, suspense and science fiction films made by Universal Studios from 1923 to 1960. Lon Chaney, Universal's most prominent horror star, as seen in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) You can help the Universal Monsters Database by expanding it or cleaning it up to reach this wiki's quality standards The information in this article is either inaccurate, incomplete, or completely unorganized
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