The Darling of Paris (1917)
60 min
This film is a very loose film adaptation of the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo and presumed lost: The wealthy girl Esmeralda is kidnapped by gypsies at birth and becomes, as one might assume, the darling of Paris. She is loved by the bell ringer and former hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo, the wicked surgeon who cares him, and an equally wicked Captain Phoebus.
- Release date
- January 22, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Theda Bara as Esmeralda
- Glen White as Quasimodo
- Walter Law as Claude Frallo
- Herbert Heyes as Capt. Phoebus
- Carey Lee as Paquette
- Alice Gale as Gypsy Queen
- John Webb Dillion as Clopin
- Louis Dean as Gringouier
Crew
- J. Gordon Edwards · Director
- Victor Hugo · Writer
- Adrian Johnson · Writer
- William Fox · Producer
- Phil Rosen · Cinematographer