The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Fri., April 23, 7:30 p.m., free, First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, 201 S. 21st St., 215-567-0532, fpcphila.org.

by Sam Kaplan

[ never break the chaney ]

Lon Chaney — the Man of a Thousand Faces and dad of Wolf Man Jr. — took on Victor Hugo in 1923 to play Quasimodo in the 1923 silent adaptation of The Hunchback of the Notre Dame. Andrew Senn, music director at the First Presbyterian Church, will provide the ambiance by accompanying the film on organ. Senn says, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame takes place in this big Gothic building, and we're in a big Gothic building, so it just sort of made sense."