History Film / TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1923

* PrincessForADay: Phoebus has Esmeralda dressed up like a noblewoman and takes her to a ball, where he introduces her as "Her Highness, Princess of Egypt."

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Esmeralda still rescues Gringoire in the Court of Miracles, but their chaste marriage is eliminated.

* DemotedToExtra: Gringore is pretty much reduced to being Phoebus' [[AdaptationalComicRelief goofy sidekick]], mostly just to keep him in the story.

* DemotedToExtra: Gringore is pretty much reduced to being Phoebus' goofy sidekick, mostly just to keep him in the story.

* DemotedToExtra: Gringore is pretty much reduced to being Phoebus' goofy sidekick

The story follows the original novel insofar as Esmeralda is the focus, and Quasimodo is only a supporting character. The main changes to the plot involve reworking the story into a typical Hollywood romance, with Phoebus and Esmeralda as our leading man and woman. Unlike in the novel, they get a happy ending. This may also be the first adaptation in which Claude Frollo is turned into a DecompositeCharacter to avoid portraying a priest as the villain. In this version, Frollo's negative traits are given to his brother Jehan.

This film is considered to have launched the Franchise/UniversalHorror franchise, although it isn't actually much of a horror film. Call it EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. Notably, Quasimodo never appeared in any subsequent Universal films, the [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 1939 version]] being a production of Creator/RKOPictures. Even so, this film's status as part of the classic horror canon is the reason Quasimodo, usually with a side of AdaptationalVillainy, is occasionally counted as part of the MonsterMash.

This film is considered to have launched the Franchise/UniversalHorror franchise, although it isn't actually much of a horror film. Call it EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.

** Claude Frollo mixes this with DecompositeCharacter. He is a [[GoodShepherd saintly archdeacon]], his villainous role instead given to his brother Jehan. This would be repeated in [[Film/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame1939 the 1939 version]].

The story follows the original novel insofar as Esmeralda is the focus, and Quasimodo is only a supporting character. The main changes to the plot involve reworking the story into a typical Hollywood romance, with Phoebus and Esmeralda as our leading man and woman. Unlike in the novel, they get a happy ending. This may also be the first adaptation in which Claude Frollo is turned into a DecompositeCharacter to avoid portraying a priest as a villain. In this version, Frollo's negative traits are given to his brother Jehan.

The story follows the original novel insofar as Esmeralda is the focus, and Quasimodo is only a supporting character. For the record, Hugo called his novel ''Notre-Dame de Paris'' and hated the hunchback-centric title invented by English translator Frederic Shoberl. Anyway, the main changes to the plot involve reworking the story into a typical Hollywood romance, with Phoebus and Esmeralda as our leading man and woman. Unlike in the novel, they get a happy ending. This may also be the first adaptation in which Claude Frollo is turned into a DecompositeCharacter to avoid portraying a priest as a villain. In this version, Frollo's negative traits are given to his brother Jehan.

''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is an American 1923 silent film based on the Creator/VictorHugo [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame novel by the same name]]. It was produced by Creator/{{Universal}} and starred Creator/LonChaney as Quasimodo. It entered the PublicDomain in 1951, due to Universal failing to renew the copyright.

''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is an American 1923 silent film based on the Creator/VictorHugo [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame novel by the same name]]. It was produced by Creator/{{Universal}} and starred Creator/LonChaney as Quasimodo.

* OrphansPlotTrinket: Esmeralda's necklace, as in the novel.

* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: After Phoebus rescues near the beginning, he plans that she will be just another conquest for him. He brings her to a tavern, where he pulls down her sleeve as an apparent precursor to undressing her. When his feelings for her become serious, he pulls her sleeve back up and offers to take her home.

** Although still portrayed as a womanizer, Phoebus is put in the role of a heroic love interest for Esmeralda. However, in the book, he was a jerk who was just interested in her for sex.
* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: After Phoebus rescues Esmeralda near the beginning, he plans that she will be just another conquest for him. He brings her to a tavern, where he pulls down her sleeve as an apparent precursor to undressing her. When his feelings for her become serious, he pulls her sleeve back up and offers to take her home.

** Phoebus genuinely loves Esmeralda in this version, despite still being portrayed as a womanizer.

''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' is an American 1923 silent film based on the Creator/VictorHugo [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame novel by the same name]]. It was produced by Creator/{{Universal}} and featured Creator/LonChaney as Quasimodo.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Phoebus genuinely loves Esmeralda in this version, despite still being portrayed as a womanizer.