"Who played Esmeralda, to Charles Laughton's Quasimodo, in the 1939 version of the film, ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame""?"
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a 1939 American film starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Hara. Directed by William Dieterle and produced by Pandro S. Berman, the film is based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel. In Paris, France during the Late Middle Ages, Louis XI, the King of France, and Jean Frollo, the King's Chief Justice of Paris, visit a printing shop. Frollo is determined to do everything in his power to protect Paris from anything he sees as evil, including the printing press and gypsies, who at the time are persecuted and
Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame) he sees Esmeralda in a white dress, dangling in her death throes from the scaffold. Many film adaptations of "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" have been made, which take various degrees of liberty with the novel and the character. In the Disney version, Esmeralda is shown to be a kind, caring, independent and witty gypsy who is willing to help others in need. Esmeralda's greatest wish is to see outcasts like Quasimodo and her fellow gypsies be accepted to society and be treated as people. A live action Esmeralda movie is in development. Usually each adaptation portrays Esmeralda as a young