Scene from The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939

Scene from The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939
Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara

[@johngiovine8792]

This is perhaps of the most truly heartbreaking and yet tender movie scenes ever. So finely played by two of the screens best.

[@valoriebritton2047]

Agreed!

[@rickymay4096]

A simple act of compassion by the woman he tried to carry off (under Frollo's direction), and his life is forever changed. Such a beautiful scene.

[@barbaramorgan3488]

L

[@chrisgross5409]

Wow- look at Laughton’s face when she is there. SO many expressions and feelings are shown to us in just a few moments. Incredible acting.

[@brandonallen3289]

Laughton was great actor no doubt about it.

[@ployshihashick8240]

The epitome of acting.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

I agree. You should watch his films many times to get the subtlety of his acting. Greatest actor ever, it seems to me.

[@ployshihashick8240]

This has to be the most poignant scene in the history of film. Without even uttering a word, Laughton's performance here should be the measuring stick for the art of acting.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

I agree. Great point.

[@RowanH-tb1rv]

Me: oh this is bad. This is really bad. Queen Celestia: that's just like Jesus um... k rool wake up! King k rool: huh? What? Quasimodo: water! Water! Water! Water! Water!

[@nycava0520]

This scene always makes me cry. It doesn’t take much to be kind.

[@edwardpaddock2528]

and yet, almost no one ever is.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@edwardpaddock2528few are, very few. And sometimes you find that the ones who are kind, are not.

[@BJones-c6y]

Harsh meatballs makes me cry too

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@BJones-c6y What the hell does this mean?

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Megint egy értelmetlen kommentet emelnek ki. Az ítélőképességük hiányos.

[@ThatGothicChick]

Even under all of that heavy makeup, Charles Laughton's expressions are just exquisite. Such a beautiful scene.

[@bellamovie2]

Such a beautiful tender scene It shows that even though Esmeralda was scared of Quasimodo after that attempt kidnapping, she still has compassion and sympathy for him and feel the goodness inside him😭❤️

[@MartinSage]

This has to be Laughton’s finest performance ever. Absolutely amazing!

[@brandonallen3289]

Maureen O'Hara was only 19 here. What a beautiful woman she was.

[@lianasoares8052]

19? Damn, people really be looking beyond their years back in the day. I never knew why.

[@xavierbeurre8064]

@@lianasoares8052 it's the clothes and the hairstyles. It gotten even worse in 50s when a lot of the girls were wearing that short helmet style haircut. 20 something year olds looking 40 lol.

[@leebennett1821]

Did she serve in Vietnam??

[@bellamovie2]

Same thing with Esmeralda who is 16 years old but she's like a grown beautiful woman in the book

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@leebennett1821 ???

[@Kruella_DeVille]

I haven’t seen this movie in 40 years & I still randomly yell out “Water!” from time to time

[@verkaforever]

The part where Quasi begs for a drink is heartbreaking, both here and in the original novel.

[@JoshBG20]

The way the music plays @0:32 gives me Goosebumps. OUTSTANDING

[@loge10]

The genius of Alfred Newman...

[@U38V]

Charles Laughton, el mejor Quasimodo de la historia del cine. Jamás ningún actor lo pudo igualar y menos superar. Excelente!

[@johnlawlor7854]

Even the music is so perfectly married to this scene that it actually becomes part of the cast.

[@Shannonbarnesdr1]

seen many versions of the hunchback over the years, this is one of the best, Charles played so well and the costuming and makeup was very well done, even by todays standards,, and Maureen O'Hara was such a stunning dignified beautiful woman

[@marypapak5759]

This was definitely the best version, you have two Academy Award winning actors here, which is why people are so very moved by the original movie❤️

[@jamesbobo]

@@marypapak5759 One minor correction, this is not the original movie. In the mid 1920's, Lon Chaney played The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Not one of the best, the best.

[@goprodog4304]

I saw this as a kid and I was heartbroken by the idea that adults can be cruel. Little did I know :(

[@richardrichlan9638]

So well acted and yet not a word spoken

[@U38V]

Charles Laughton, the best Quasimodo in the history of cinema. No actor could ever equal him, much less surpass him. Excellent!

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Spot on!

[@Drums_of_Liberation]

Tom Hulce begs to differ. This performance is amazing, but let's not pretend that Disney's Quasimodo despite the inaccuracies to the book isn't any less iconic.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@Drums_of_Liberation Of course,it's less iconic. I think you have to be American to pretend that Disney is comparable to the Laughton Quasimodo or Disney's film equals that Hunchback of Notre Dame.

[@comoyoko]

Oh my stars! I was 4 years old when I watched this… even though I watch all the Universal pictures all the time and Sherlock Holmes and all the other wonderful films of the 1930s… why did I neglect this one for so long… it truly gives me goosebumps to see this kind of acting and filmmaking. I’m now 44 😢

[@lianasoares8052]

Him screaming "water" is disturbing & heart-breaking to hear while he's slowly rotating. 💧💦💔

[@papikito]

timeless...masterpiece....

[@abumulla4606]

They knew how to make movies back then... Indeed,old is gold!!

[@meganlutz7150]

Absolutely!

[@abumulla4606]

@@meganlutz7150 I love Chaplin movies...

[@thingfish000]

Victor Hugo was and remains a giant in literature.

[@lianasoares8052]

I like how Quasimodo’s face softened when he realized it was water. 💧💦

[@chriswhite6610]

One of the greatest movie scene,s ever beauty and the beast.

[@joetursi9573]

Greatness in his performance and she was incrediblly beautiful at just nineteen.

[@lianasoares8052]

The woman playing as Esmeralda also played as the the twins’s mother in The Parent Trap (1961). 👩🏻👯‍♀️👨🏻

[@billbright1755]

Breathtaking beauty.

[@anniebananie3421]

I still cry, every time...

[@jacquelinenguyen759]

MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidtercero2]

MAGNIFICO !!!!

[@bnb7094]

how'd they get the footage of how my parents met !?!

[@claudiamazza7231]

Magistral.

[@aidacailar1126]

Just like Jesus in the cross. Later he will help her back…really shows the power of compassion

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

on the cross

[@angelmoisesgerardopineda6132]

Great Actress Maureen O'Hara

[@Michaelneiss]

This is what the craft of acting can accomplish - entirely without CGI and super heroes!

[@gordonbartlett1921]

But that's exactly what missing in the film -- CGI, quick cuts, and men in capes. If only it were made today maybe we'd get the 10 year olds to watch it.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

CGI and Super Heroes undermine the quality of cinema. Tiresome.

[@jerryblair6995]

What a classic Charles Langton as Ouismodo .Lon Chaney was the first to do it.The Man of a thousand Faces. But this one Langtons greatest roles as kids we loved to watch it.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Laughton, Quasimodo

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Laughton

[@ChrisPrime-g2r]

You know the water guy looks just like Sean in Palmdale

[@chefbanjo8139]

I have to wonder if the scene between Ben-Hur and Jesus was inspired by this scene.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Interesting.

[@franward-jones7496]

Laughton and Ustinov …. They were both incredible (just wanted to add Ustinov, I know he’s not in the film!)

[@LATVERIAN1]

Back during a time where HELLywood was still called Hollywood and cranked out classics, such as this.

[@marjorieramshaw9165]

Cant watch, makes me cry......

[@gordonbartlett1921]

Me, too. But great films are always in some ways painful

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

@@gordonbartlett1921Like great art.

[@jagathsiriegodagamage4851]

Best story.

[@mariamery7025]

Q buena película sin computadoras blanco y negro

[@kelseygraham4684]

I love scene

[@thunderstorm2771]

Gorgeous actress, nothing like the book's Esmeralda though.

[@julie223783]

Stunning film the very few to make the mouse cry

[@اشوفكمعلىفيزياء]

water.. best scene.. mercy win

[@joseantoniotejadamoyano5934]

UN ACTOR COMO YA NO QUEDAN

[@purfikstorm]

Where did that water pouch come from?

[@LATVERIAN1]

"THERE'S YOUR WATER"! p.s. What a jerk.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Seems like Quasimodo would have made a great detective. After all, he always had a hunch !

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

Lmao

[@gordonbartlett1921]

​@@raptorfromthe6ix833 Pretty stupid remark.

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

“Life is a school where you learn how to remember what your soul already knows.” Anonymous . "Never, never be afraid, to do what's right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society's punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way." Martin Luther King Jr. - Disputed, but Attributed to, . "But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." 1 Corinthians 1:27 New International Version . "Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds." Siddhartha Buddha

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Beautiful quotes. Buddha's is majestic.

[@adrianaguzman6341]

Here Your Water 💧

[@1960dave1960]

It’s funny how the French peasants had American ascents …..!!

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

accents

[@letolethe5878]

Lovely scene but could do without the syrupy sweet score.

[@loge10]

Well, I guess there's some disagreement about this in the comments here... I personally think Alfred Newman's score is beautiful - not that I know anything...

[@alwaysbetterchallengeshow8616]

It was a different time.

[@gordonbartlett1921]

So wrong. It's the score that, in part, makes the film. It is magnificent -- particularly when he sweeps down to rescue her,and at the very end, as the camera pulls back to reveal him alone in the cathedral. Magnificent. Wouldn't be the same film without it.

[@chrisprimo7970]

It's it's Christina on a good makeup day and she wants water

[@kelseygraham4684]

Look like Disney Vernon

[@adolforodolfo6929]

That's because the Disney version is basically a copy of this film, with added songs and generally watered down to appeal to kids. I absolutely hate it. This particular scene is in fact very faithful, pretty much to the last detail, to Victor Hugo's novel.

[@ChrisPrime-g2r]

It's Sean life women loving but they'll never touch him

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

????

[@305Lfx]

So many christ metaphors here...

[@stananders474]

A wonderful film. The wokes hate it.

[@adolforodolfo6929]

I suspect you would call me woke, and I love it. Stupid, irrelevant comment.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

What makes you think that? woke does go too far, but basically it defends the disadvantaged and marginalised.

[@2010hotmale2010]

My heart breaks at the cruelness of people

[@Nerodontgivefuck]

Mankind is cruel until someones remembers to show kindness.