In the back office, Harold, in classic befuddlement, fusses around while putting on his white coat and hat.They""ve got the state capital here, you know.BackgroundThe Hunchback of Notre Dame(1939) is one of many film adaptations of the classic 1831 Victor Hugo ""beauty and the beast"" novel about a deaf, hunch-backed, outcast bellringer Quasimodo (Charles Laughton) in the Notre Dame Cathedral tower in medieval 15th century Paris, who fell in love with beautiful gypsy girl Esmeralda (18 year-old Maureen O""Hara in her first major US role).He introspects and dreams of how his life has been shattered:The Yellow Man""s youthful dreams come to wreck against the sordid realities of life.Judah impresses the Sheik with his "keen eye" and knowledge of horse racing.The sheik attempts to talk Ben-Hur into being his charioteer: "Would you make my four run as one?" Judah is invited into the Sheik""s tent for refreshment and to tell of his racing days in Rome.The movie""s title screen - in CAPITAL LETTERS - unfurled once the jetliner lunged up and flashed its underbelly.