Hunchback of Notre Dame

Sunday, November 30, 2014, 12:50 am — The Hunchback of Notre Dame, 1939 has ended … Edmond O’Brien’s first film … Once again I marveled at how young and lovely he was … Just as I had during high school …
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… with Maureen O’Hara …
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… and once again struck by the poignancy of Charles Laughton’s last line … “Why was I not made of stone – like thee?” … and the plaintive, yearning violins …
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