The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Part 2

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Part 2

Agustus 07, 2007
Charles Laughton, Production Code, superstition, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Walter Hampden

We have stories within stories, where Esmeralda is loved by the poet Gringoire, but loves the soldier Phoebus instead. When Phoebus is kille...

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Part 1

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) - Part 1

Agustus 06, 2007
Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Laughton, Harry Davenport, Maureen O'Hara, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Victor Hugo

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1939) has a very literate script as a foundation and from this beginning, taken from the Victor Hugo novel, s...

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Mei 03, 2007
Charles Laughton, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Fredric March, Norma Shearer, Robert Browning, Rudolf Besier, Sidney Franklin, The Barretts of Wimpole Street

“The Barretts of Wimpole Street” (1934) does two things very well. First, it (or rather Rudolf Besier’s stage play which it closely follows...