3 Movies Starring Norman Kerry

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1923-09-06

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3289 Reviews)

Director:

Wallace Worsley

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Victor Hugo

Perley Poore Sheehan (adaptation)

Edward T. Lowe Jr. (scenario)

Fullplot:

Clopin bought Esmeralda from the gypsies when she was young. Dancing in the square at the festival, Esmeralda is spotted by Jehan, the evil brother of the good archdeacon Claude Frollo. When he sets Quasimodo out to kidnap Esmeralda, Phoebus, Captain of the Guards, rescues her and captures Quasimodo. The courts sentence Quasimodo to be flogged, and the only one who will give him water while he is tied in the square is Esmeralda. After Clopin forces Esmeralda to leave Phoebus at the ball, she sends a note to Phoebus to meet her at Notre-Dame. In the garden, Phoebus is stabbed in the back by Jehan. Esmeralda is accused of stabbing Phoebus, convicted by the courts and sentenced to hang. When Esmeralda again rejects Jehan, he tells her that Phoebus is dead, even though it is not true. Clopin, Phoebus and Quasimodo all try different ways to save Esmeralda.

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1925-11-15

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (11396 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Gaston Leroux (from the celebrated novel by)

Fullplot:

At the Opera of Paris, a mysterious phantom threatens a famous lyric singer, Carlotta and thus forces her to give up her role (Marguerite in Faust) for unknown Christine Daae. Christine meets this phantom (a masked man) in the catacombs, where he lives. What's his goal ? What's his secret ?

The Unknown

The Unknown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1927-06-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

63 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (4993 Reviews)

Director:

Tod Browning

Cast:

Writer:

Tod Browning (story)

Waldemar Young (scenario)

Joseph Farnham (titles)

Fullplot:

Alonzo is an armless knife thrower and gun shooter for a circus---or so he appears. He is actually a burglar with his arms intact. He and his accomplice, Cojo (a little person), are hiding from the police, and Alonzo views his disguise as perfect, especially since it keeps from view an unusual deformity of his left hand that would immediately give him away as the burglar. Nanon, the daughter of the circus owner, is the target in his act. Although Alonzo is in love with her, Nanon's father despises him. Nanon is attracted to Malabar, the circus strong man, but she is also repulsed by his uninhibited sexual advances and desire to touch and hold her. Apparently her phobia extends to the touch of any man. Alonzo feeds her fears in the hopes that Nanon will fall in love with him since he is "armless." Because Zanzi discovers Alonzo really has arms, Alonzo kills him, but Nanon witnesses the killing without seeing Alonzo's face; however, she does see the telltale deformity of his left hand. As Alonzo continues to plot to steal Nanon away from Mirabar, Cojo makes him realize that she will hate him once she discovers he has arms---and the deformity showing that he is her father's murderer. Alonzo decides to have his left arm amputated, which he succeeds in doing through blackmailing a surgeon. He thinks Nanon will forgive him for hiding the fact that he has ONE arm. While Alonzo is recuperating from the surgery, Nanon gets over her fear of being touched and falls completely in love with Mirabar. Discovering this upon his return, Alonzo hatches a scheme to kill Mirabar as he attempts his latest, most daring stunt. Although the stunt goes horribly awry, it is Alonzo who gets killed.

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