Charles Laughton Articles

Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street FILM The Barretts of Wimpole Street d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart The Count of Monte Cristo d: Rowland V. Lee; scr: Philip Dunne, Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee The Gay Divorcee d: Mark Sandrich; scr: George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman Hide-out d: W. S. Van Dyke; scr: Albert Hackett, [...]

Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House FILM Beauty and the Boss d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Joseph Jackson Blessed Event d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Howard J. Green Jewel Robbery d: William Dieterle; scr: Erwin S. Gelsey The Most Dangerous Game / The Hounds of Zaroff d: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel; scr: James Ashmore Creelman The Old Dark House d: James [...]

Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter Via Rogerebert.com: "He [Robert Mitchum] was my favorite movie star, and my favorite interview. He would tell you anything. He fearlessly maligned his directors, co-stars, even actors he had never worked with. ([Steve] McQueen? ‘He doesn’t bring much to the party.’) He was once called ’the embodiment of film noir,’ and that was about right. [...]

Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s masterful Vredens dag / Day of Wrath is a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by ingénue Lisbeth Modin and accused witch Anna Svierkier add a touch of humanity to the horrors shown on screen. It is not a coincidence that Vredens Dag was made in 1943, a time when [...]