The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)

Directed by Wallace Worsley. The supporting cast includes Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Nigel de Brulier, and Brandon Hurst.

The screenplay was written by Perley Poore Sheehan and Edward T. Lowe Jr. —based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel.

All the existing prints (copied from 16mm sources) are missing at least 15 minutes of footage that was in the original 1923 35mm release print.

Now the moon is almost hidden

The stars are beginning to hide

The fortune-telling lady

Has even taken all her things inside

All except for Cain and Abel

And the hunchback of Notre Dame

Everybody is making love

Or else expecting rain

And the Good Samaritan, he’s dressing

He’s getting ready for the show

He’s going to the carnival tonight

On Desolation Row

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The Unknown, with Lon Chaney. 1927. I set this to play with Rough and Rowdy Ways —

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Unrelated to this, I recently came across this old painting of mine — It was based on a photograph that

Patti Smith

had posted somewhere.

Here are two photographs of the painting. The original photograph by Patti Smith had a photograph of her daughter

Jesse Paris Smith

within it I think. Either way, I liked how this was a photograph of a painting of a photograph of a photograph.

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The Bob Dylan — Point Blank exhibition is still on display at Halcyon Gallery, London. Until 6th July. I recommend the Point Blank (Quick Studies) book if you can get hold of a copy —

I noticed on the Halcyon Gallery Point Blank page that they used this photograph of Bob Dylan — It’s by Howard Alk. From 1981. It’s also in the Trouble No More, Bootleg Series booklet.

I know that there are a lot of good photographs of Bob by Howard Alk — quite a few in the Trouble No More, Deluxe Edition booklet. He worked with Bob on the film Renaldo & Clara. Either way, I had seen this photograph of Bob in the window there pop up here and there over the years — This following photograph I haven’t seen as much though (I maybe did see this many years ago, but maybe a low resolution version).

I really like this photograph.

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Best wishes,

nm.

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