No matter who portrays Quasimodo or the Phantom of the Opera, the definitive image of each character will always be Lon Chaney Senior's interpretation. Those two roles, those two images, granted Lon Chaney Senior a form of immortality, no one can deny that.
I am a fan of Charles Laughton "Hunchback" film myself. As a kid I remember a local TV station would play the Laughton version on New Years late nights back in the 70's and I would watch after getting back home from parties with my folks.
The Anthony Quinn version of Quasimodo was the model for the Aurora Model kit.
No matter who portrays Quasimodo or the Phantom of the Opera, the definitive image of each character will always be Lon Chaney Senior's interpretation.
ReplyDeleteThose two roles, those two images, granted Lon Chaney Senior a form of immortality, no one can deny that.
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I am a fan of Charles Laughton "Hunchback" film myself. As a kid I remember a local TV station would play the Laughton version on New Years late nights back in the 70's and I would watch after getting back home from parties with my folks.
ReplyDeleteThe Anthony Quinn version of Quasimodo was the model for the Aurora Model kit.