![Reading From the Book of Daniel: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego [Live on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 14, 1960]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7 "Reading From the Book of Daniel: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego [Live on the Ed Sullivan Show, February 14, 1960]")
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8 hours ago · Charles Laughton was one of the great character actors in both British and American movies. On this episode, David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about his acting career in films like The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mutiny on the Bounty and the one film he directed, The Night of the Hunter.
1 day ago · In addition to Douglas, Spartacus features a leading cast including Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin, and Nina Foch. In an Insider interview, historian Michael Taylor rates a Roman battle scene in Spartacus.
1 day ago · Cast: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton. Movie duration: 1 hour 56 minutes. Synopsis: This movie is based on Christie’s 1953 play of the same name (which itself was adapted from her 1925 short story Traitor’s Hands). The story follows a man called Leonard Vole (Power) who is accused of murdering a wealthy widow.
2 days ago · As a film, it’s so visually striking that there are whole essays out there that examine its stark, unreal aesthetics; the director (Charles Laughton) and cinematographer (Stanley Cortez) didn’t chase verisimilitude, and it’s all the better for it.
3 days ago · Paintings from the collection of the late Tom Laughton, Scarborough hotelier and brother of the Hollywood movie star Charles Laughton, will go on display at Scarborough Art Gallery next month. The exhibition seeks to shed light on the three women he married – Esmé, Isobel and Mary.
2 days ago · During filming, she was visited on the set by the actor Charles Laughton. She commented that she had a "nerve" playing a woman in her 60s, to which Laughton replied: "Never not dare to hang yourself. That's the only way you grow in your profession. You must continually attempt things that you think are beyond you, or you get into a complete rut."
2 days ago · Chiaroscuro lighting and moody, smooth jazz perfect for foggy nights set the stage for 1940s noir influenced by German Expressionism and Hollywood’s film noir crime classics: “The Maltese Falcon,” “Double Indemnity” and Billy Wilder’s classic “Witness for the Prosecution,” starring Charles Laughton, Marlene Dietrich and Tyrone ...
