 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1956  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror
Director: Jean Delannoy
Cast: Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet, Alain Cuny, Robert Hirsch, Danielle Dumont, Philippe Clay, Maurice Sarfati, Jean Tissier, Valentine Tessier, Jacques Hilling, Jacques Dufilho, Roland Bailly, Roger Blin, Marianne Oswald
Anthony Quinn does a fine job as hunchback Quasimodo, the bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, who tries to fetch gypsy Esmeralda (Gina Lollobrigida) for the Chief Justice Frollo (Alain Cuny). He does reach Esmeralda and falls in love with her, but his efforts to bring her to Frollo fail, and Quasimodo gets arrested. Now, Esmeralda runs to the arms of Phoebus (Jean Danet)–leaving Quasimodo heartbroken.
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Plucking the Daisy 1956  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Please Mr. Balzac
Mam'selle Striptease
Director: Marc Allegret
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Daniel Gelin, Robert Hirsch, Jacques Dumesnil, Darry Cowl, Nadine Tallier, Luciana Paluzzi, Jacques Bouillaud, Georges Chamarat, Jacques Fervil
Young Agnes (Brigitte Bardot) writes a scandalous book, and daddy finds out–so she is shipped to a convent school. She "escapes" from the train and heads to Paris where she stays with her brother and, when in need of money, she decides to make the men go crazy by winning a striptease contest. Mainly a vehicle for showing off Bardot, but it is still a fun-filled Paris romp.
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| 1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
2. Plucking the Daisy (1956)
aka: Please Mr. Balzac
aka: Mam'selle Striptease
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