"I'm good for something in this old world, and I know it, too."
-Lillian Gish as Rachel Cooper
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Dir: Charles Laughton
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July 21 : Character pigging out
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#ThePrivateLifeOfHenryVIII (1933)
King Henry VIII gorges out on his roasted bird but his table manners need some working on. The rest of the court stays silent in fear of loosing their heads.
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l #film di oggi è il #noir ad orologeria #Iltemposièfermato di #JohnFarrow con #RayMilland e #CharlesLaughton #cinema #recensionefilm #recensioni #recensionifilm #unofilm #unocinema #filmastodon
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Il #film di oggi è il #noir #quintononammazzare di #RobertSiodmak con un grande #CharlesLaughton #unofilm #cinema #unocinema #filmastodon #recensioni
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Spartacus released in 1960
The token Black actor Woody Strode is later scripted as a man willing to die rather than
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I just watched The Old Dark House (James Whale, 1932) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Dark_House_%281932_film%29?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheOldDarkHouse #JamesWhale #BorisKarloff #MelvynDouglas #GloriaStuart #CharlesLaughton #LilianBond
en.wikipedia.orgThe Old Dark House (1932 film) - Wikipedia
#Hobsoniltiranno Del maestro #DavidLean si ricordano quasi sempre le solite #pellicole – e intendo solite nel senso di stupende ma arci note – pochi infatti parlano di quelle realizzate nella sua prima... #unocinema #unofilm #cinema #film #unorecensioni #unorecensione #recensioni #charleslaughton
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#lamortecorresulfiume #CharlesLaughton Questo capolavoro della cinematografia planetaria alla sua uscita nelle sale degli Stati Uniti venne accolto molto freddamente dal pubblico, tanto da decretare la fine della carriera dietro la... #unocinema #unofilm #cinema #film #unorecensioni #unorecensioni #recensioni
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Finally watched “The Night of the Hunter” (1955), the first and last movie ever directed by actor #CharlesLaughton. It’s an unusual #FilmNoir starring #RobertMitchum as a Depression-era conman intent on snatching away a stolen fortune, with #ShelleyWinters as the gullible pawn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dX6ZKJe2o
New listing!
The Big Clock (DVD, 1948, Full Screen)
Starring Ray Milland & Charles Laughton.
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eBayThe Big Clock (DVD, 1948, Full Screen) Ray Milland Charles Laughton 25192550126 | eBayStarring Ray Milland & Charles Laughton. The Big Clock (DVD, 1948, Full Screen). The cover shows minor wear on the back bottom edge. BUNDLE & SAVE!
I just watched The Paradine Case (Alfred Hitchcock, 1947) and rated it 3/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradine_Case?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #TheParadineCase #AlfredHitchcock #GregoryPeck #AnnTodd #AlidaValli #CharlesLaughton #CharlesCoburn #EthelBarrymore #LouisJourdan
en.wikipedia.orgThe Paradine Case - Wikipedia
Charles Laughton's first Hollywood film was The Old Dark House (1932) with Boris Karloff, in which he played a bluff Yorkshire businessman marooned in a creepy Welsh manor during a storm.
10 things you might not know about Charles Laughton.
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Topical Tens1 July: Charles LaughtonThe actor Charles Laughton was born on this date in 1899. 10 things you might not know about him: He was born in Scarborough, North Ri...
In part 19 of the Breaking Walls series on what was on US radio on June 6, 1944, a program written by Norman Corwin, "the poet laureate of #CBS" (back when that was a job someone could have) in a program about Carl Sandburg featuring Charles Laughton. And if that's not enough of a hook, it's wrapped in an original Bernard Herrmann score.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaGjYw2Ngsk
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I just watched It Started with Eve (Henry Koster, 1941) and rated it 8/10 ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Started_with_Eve?wprov=sfla1 #films #cinema #cinemastodon #ItStartedWithEve #HenryKoster #DeannaDurbin #RobertCummings #CharlesLaughton
en.wikipedia.orgIt Started with Eve - Wikipedia
#testimonedaccusa di #BillyWilder Questo film, che è uno dei migliori adattamenti cinematografici in assoluto fra tutte le opere di #AgathaChristie per l’intensità e i colpi di scena è stato spesso attribuito ad #alfredhitchcock ma a firmarlo invece è uno dei maestri indiscussi della commedia: Billy Wilder, che dimostra ancora una volta tutte le sue doti dietro la MDP. Se un bravissimo #TyronePower ci...
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#thetomorrwman di #noblejones Ed Hemsler (un bravissimo #johnlithgow ) è uno pensionato “che è nella parte sbagliata dei sessant’anni” – come dice lui – e vive in una piccola cittadina della provincia americana. Suo figlio abita a circa un’ora di auto da lui, con moglie e figlia adolescente, ed è a lui che fa l’unica telefonata quotidiana. Il resto della giornata Ed lo passa a guardare il telegiornale, con le sue...
https://www.valeriotagliaferri.it/?p=22906 #unocinema #unofilm #cinema #film #charlesLaughton
#hobsoniltiranno Del maestro #DavidLean si ricordano quasi sempre le solite pellicole – e intendo solite nel senso di stupende ma arci note – pochi infatti parlano di quelle realizzate nella sua prima parte della carriera – le cui sceneggiature erano spesso adattamenti di opere teatrali come questa che è l’adattamento di una pièce di #HaroldBrighouse – ma che hanno reso grande e immortale il cinema britannico...
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#TheHunchbackOfNotreDame (1939)
In 15th-century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.
#CharlesLaughton as Quasimodo on a break.
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#TheNightOfTheHunter (1955)
A self-proclaimed preacher marries a gullible widow whose young children are reluctant to tell him where their real dad hid the $10,000 he'd stolen in a robbery.
#CharlesLaughton (Director) #LillianGish on set.
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