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You are here: Home / Archives for Charles Laughton

White Woman (1933) Starring Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard

January 4, 2015 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Charles Laughton and Carole Lombard

The boys play rough in White Woman (1933) with Charles Laughton and Charles Bickford upstaging Carole Lombard at every turn. Poor Kent Taylor seems to be more in peril than Lombard. Jungle terror from a Malaysian rubber plantation run by Laughton’s “King of the River.”

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Carole Lombard, Charles Bickford, Charles Laughton, Kent Taylor, Paramount, pre-Code, short reviews, Stuart Walker, Universal Vault Series

New DVD Release: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Enters The Criterion Collection

October 27, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

Bela Lugosi Island of Lost Souls

The Paramount pre-code horror classic Island of Lost Souls has just been released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection. Reflections on the film and DVD extras.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Arthur Hohl, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton, dvd, Horror, Kathleen Burke, Leila Hyams, panther woman, Paramount, pre-Code, Richard Arlen, the criterion collection

Devil and the Deep (1932) Starring Charles Laughton and Tallulah Bankhead

May 24, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 2 Comments

A detailed look at Paramount’s Devil and the Deep (1932) starring Tallulah Bankhead and Gary Cooper, with Cary Grant and introducing Charles Laughton to American audiences as the paranoid submarine commander.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1932, Cary Grant, charles lang, Charles Laughton, Dramas, Gary Cooper, insanity, Marion Gering, Paramount, Paul Porcasi, pre-Code, Romance, submarines, Tallulah Bankhead

Charles Laughton – A Biography of His Career on Film and Stage

July 1, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

An extensive look at the career of Charles Laughton on film and stage, illustrated with vintage movie cards and collectibles. Star of The Private Life of Henry VIII …

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Alexander Korda, Alfred Hitchcock, Captain Kidd, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, If I Had a Million, Island of Lost Souls, Les miserables, Mutiny on the Bounty, ruggles of red gap, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Old Dark House, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Sign of the Cross, Witness for the Prosecution

Charles Laughton stars in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)

March 9, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 8 Comments

Charles Laughton earns his Oscar for Best Actor in Alexander Korda’s The Private Life of Henry VIII, a comedic costume piece focusing on Henry’s relationships with his various wives.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1933, Alexander Korda, Binnie Barnes, Biopics, Charles Laughton, Comedies, Elsa Lanchester, Historical, Merle Oberon, Robert Donat, The Private Life of Henry VIII, Wendy Barrie

Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

May 5, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Tyrone Power’s masterful final performance as Leonard Vole in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Laughton, directed by Billy Wilder.

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1957, Agatha Christie, Billy Wilder, Charles Laughton, Courtroom Drama, Elsa Lanchester, Henry Daniell, john williams, Marlene Dietrich, Mysteries, ruta lee, suspence, TCM, Turner Classic Movies, Tyrone Power, Una O'Connor, Witness for the Prosection

Charles Laughton as Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)

April 24, 2009 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Charles Laughton and ZaSu Pitts 1935 Carreras Tobacco Card

Charles Laughton is a gentleman’s gentleman in Ruggles of Red Gap who’s transferred through a card game from his British master to the backwards Flouds in the USA

Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: 1935, Charles Laughton, Charlie Ruggles, Comedies, Leila Hyams, Mary Boland, Roland Young, ruggles of red gap, ZaSu Pitts

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