Word: hunchback
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Norman Kerry, 60, dashing hero of silent films (The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame); of a liver ailment; in Los Angeles. In 1939 Kerry enlisted in the French Foreign Legion under the pseudonym Heinrich van der Kerry of Rotterdam, saw action on the Maginot Line, returned to the U.S. in 1941 after the fall of France...
...Neil, president of General Teleradio and new board chairman of RKO Radio Pictures, announced a $15 million deal with C & C Super Corp., which has taken a perpetual lease on 740 RKO features and 1,000 shorts. The features include such old favorites as Gunga Din, Citizen Kane, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Kitty Foyle, Stage Door, Having Wonderful Time, Once Upon a Honeymoon and eight Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals. All the films in the package may now be rented to TV stations for immediate screening across the nation, with General Teleradio getting exclusive rights...
William Cowperthwaite was a competent King Hildebrand. The stiffness and inflexibility of his acting, which might have detracted from another role, provided a strong contrast to Wayne Paton's brilliant performance as King Gama. Paton's portrayal of the irascible hunchback was worthy of Martyn Green, both for its cheerful leering and its precise enunciation. Nell Davenport was equally well cast as Lady Blanche; her voice, however, was not quite equal to the range of the score. Merle Moses, as Lady Psyche, effectively contrasts here susceptibility to Lady Blanche's austerity. Melissa, played by Sally Cameron, displayed a spirit...
...Hunchback of Notre Dame would be like kicking a cripple. But a few mild prescriptions might bring the grotesque old man back to the health he deserves. Charles Laughton is superb in the lead role of Quasimodo, but some of the supporting parts, the photography, and the music fall just short of the excellence such a film must have...
...from spoiling the entire film, the mediocre effects offer a forceful contrast to the great moments in this "Hunchback." Laughton is magnificent at the Feast of Fools and in the pathetic tower sequence with Esmeralda. The crowd scenes are uniformly impressive, and the film in all is more than entertaining...