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mooneepondskid (November 5th, 2009 @ 8:31 am)

This episode is only 20 years before Rocky..but look how young Burgess Meredith is.

rolex452 (October 27th, 2009 @ 9:10 pm)

Mr. Laughton was an extremely fine actor. His portrayal of "Quasimodo" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the standard by which all others are judged who do that role. Bravo!

YUMYUMYAAH (October 19th, 2009 @ 1:07 pm)

adorooooo

lbr1234 (June 27th, 2009 @ 4:48 pm)

The brilliant, charming Charles Laughton.

elprimerhombreyo (June 26th, 2009 @ 7:03 pm)

quasimodo

senoramariposa (May 16th, 2009 @ 11:23 am)

Absolutely. "Witness for the Prosecution" is one of the greats. Works of such caliber are rarely made today.

bfyau (May 6th, 2009 @ 6:55 am)

-Don't pay too much attention to backstage stories; usually they are created by inadequate pests who have too much time on their hands, or need to sell their shabby tabloids.

JohnRogersly (March 13th, 2009 @ 7:32 pm)

Gable was offended by Laughton's homosexuality because it reminded him of his own rent boy past.

janicesoprano (March 6th, 2009 @ 12:50 am)

Actually the bio I referenced does bring that up about Clark Gable. And he was certainly bitter and cruel in Mutiny! Great thoughts, thanks.

asuperdemo1 (March 5th, 2009 @ 11:14 pm)

I read somewhere that Laughton was quite overwhelmed by the presence of Clark Gable while filming. Mutiny on the Bounty, having a keen interest in his manly personance. however , knowing that such an encounter was impossible, bittered him towards Gable and intensified the vengeful cruelty of his acting as Captain Bligh.

mgushulak (January 23rd, 2009 @ 11:22 pm)

There's one more nit to pick: he ought to have written "Fred Allen and Steve Allen". Writing as he did, he left the impression that the two men were related, which they were not.

janicesoprano (November 26th, 2008 @ 6:43 pm)

I just finished reading Simon Callow's bio of Laughton. From watching this video of Laughton, I see nothing but pain in his face, that he had to subject himself to promoting his play or movie, whatever. Laughton was married to the great actress Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein) who he lived with two years before they married. Then she discovered he was a homosexual, their marriage continued until the day he died, of bone cancer. But I still see the pain on his face.