<I>Silents Please: The Hunchback of Notre Dame</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: Directed by
content: Saul J. Turell, American, 1921 - 1986
label: Written by
content: Saul J. Turell, American, 1921 - 1986
label: Produced by
content: Paul Killiam, American, 1916 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Lon Chaney, American, 1883 - 1930
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: An episode titled "The Hunchback of Notre Dame” from the documentary series Silents Please. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The episode features actor Lon Chaney in the silent film The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Footage from the film accompanies the narration. Additionally, the narrator describes elements of the film's production including makeup and prosthetics used to create the character Quasimodo (played by Lon Chaney).
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
label: Topic
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Silents Please
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.66.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: documentaries
label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 25 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 900 Feet