Charles Laughton Articles

John Gielgud, Jennifer Jones, The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957) Top Father's Day Movies In The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Charles Laughton and John Gielgud play the, ahem, doting fathers in, respectively, the 1934 and 1957 versions. Laughton's performance as the domineering Edward Moulton-Barrett is by far the better of the two; yet, Gielgud is the one who makes Moulton-Barrett's incestuous attraction to his daughter [...]

Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Advise & Consent Advise & Consent (1962) Sex Scandals and Politics at the Movies: Introduction Especially after his departure from 20th Century Fox in the early 1950s, Otto Preminger set out to break one taboo after another. He took on the Production Code Administration when he released the 1953 sex comedy The Moon Is Blue without a seal of approval, cast [...]

Frank Lloyd (below the camera), Gary Cooper, Clara Bow, Esther Ralston, Einar Hanson in Children of Divorce Frank Lloyd III: Silent Films Any movies Frank Lloyd wanted to make, but that he wasn't able to? What were his biggest financial and/or critical hits? His biggest flops? I am not aware of any films that Lloyd wanted desperately to make but could not. Certainly, he would [...]

Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Clark Gable in China Seas FILM Alice Adams d: George Stevens; scr: Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner China Seas d: Tay Garnett; scr: Jules Furthman, James K. McGuinness The Gay Deception d: William Wyler; scr: Stephen Avery, Don Hartman A Tale of Two Cities d: Jack Conway; scr: W. P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman The Whole Town's Talking d: John Ford; scr: [...]