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1925 Lon Chaney Notre Dame Hunchback Card #30 Silent Film Horror Terror RARE ++Spain · 1920s · Chocolates Amatller · Silent Film EraLon Chaney · The Hunchback of Notre DameA scarce Spanish pre-war movie card depicting Lon Chaney as Quasimodo in Universal\'s landmark 1923 film.
Issued in Spain by Chocolates Amatller as No. 30 of Artistas Célebres del Film, Serie A, this early cinema collectible combines a portrait of Lon Chaney with a scene from his celebrated performance as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
LON CHANEY AS QUASIMODOThe Hunchback of Notre Dame · Universal · 1923An early European card documenting one of the defining performances of American silent cinema.The essentials
- Features Chaney as Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
- Artistas Célebres del Film · Serie A · No. 30
- Issued for Chocolates Amatller, S.A., Barcelona
- Portrait and original film-scene format
- Pre-war collectible from the silent-film era
The 1923 Hunchback of Notre Dame
The scene reproduced on the card comes from Universal\'s 1923 production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo. Released in September 1923, the film became a major milestone in Chaney\'s career and established his Quasimodo as one of the defining screen characters of the silent era.
Before The Phantom of the Opera
This card captures Chaney before his equally famous appearance in Universal\'s The Phantom of the Opera in 1925. His transformative makeup and physical performance as Quasimodo helped establish the screen persona that made him one of the most important figures associated with early American horror and macabre cinema.
Spanish pre-war movie card
Rather than an American lobby card or later movie collectible, this is an original Spanish confectionery card issued by Chocolates Amatller of Barcelona. European advertising and chocolate cards from this period form a distinct collecting field, with surviving examples crossing the interests of movie-card, silent-film and pre-war ephemera collectors.
Artistas Célebres del Film
The card belongs to Artistas Célebres del Film, Serie A, and is numbered 30. Its design is particularly appealing: an oval portrait identifies Chaney while the larger image documents him in character, connecting the movie star directly with one of his most historically important films.
Original Amatller advertising back
The reverse carries period advertising for Chocolates Amatller, S.A., with factories listed in Barcelona and Bañolas, together with a short Spanish biography of Lon Chaney. The text specifically discusses his remarkable ability to transform himself for his screen characters.
Condition
Collector referenceActor: Lon Chaney
Character: Quasimodo
Film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Film Year: 1923
Studio: Universal
Card Series: Artistas Célebres del Film
Series: Serie A
Card Number: 30
Issuer: Chocolates Amatller, S.A.
Country: Spain
Era: 1920s · Pre-War
Language: Spanish_gsrx_vers_1828 (GS 10.0 (1828))
