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TIL During the filming of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), When Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany on September 1, most of the cast and crew was in a state of fear of what was going to happen. Charles Laughton (who played Quasimodo) lightened the mood by reciting the Gettysburg Address.

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