One of the many dynamite perks to moderating a panel at the Scriptwriters Showcase was taking a free and freaky tour of the Universal studios backlot, which featured a walkabout around the near-sacred site of the Old Europe set, featured in such films as “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1923) with Lon Chaney.

In fact, here is a picture of Lon Chaney as Victor Hugo’s wretched anti-hero: