Charles Laughton (1899–1962)
Teoksen The Night of the Hunter [1955 film] tekijä
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Image credit: Carl Van Vechten (1940)
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Associated Works
Eyre Methuen Brecht Collected Plays : Volume 5 Part 1 : Life of Galileo {dual translations, Willett and Laughton} (1980) — Kääntäjä — 59 kappaletta
20 Movies: Family Pack — Actor — 14 kappaletta
The Bribe [1949 film] 4 kappaletta
They Knew What They Wanted [1940 film] — Actor — 4 kappaletta
Because Of Him [1946 film] 2 kappaletta
The Son of Monte Cristo / Captain Kidd — Actor — 2 kappaletta
Alfred Hitchcock Collection [8 Movies] — Actor — 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 1899-07-01
- Kuolinaika
- 1962-12-15
- Hautapaikka
- Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK (birth)
USA (naturalized|1950) - Syntymäpaikka
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Koulutus
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Ammatit
- actor
screenwriter
translator
film director - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Charles Laughton was a star in his native England before coming to the USA, where he became one of Hollywood's most popular and respected actors. He made his New York stage debut in "Payment Deferred" (1931) and soon after won the Academy Award for Best Actor for "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933). Among his roles were Captain Bligh in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), and Quasimodo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939). He directed only one film, "The Night of the Hunter" (1955), which was dismissed by critics at the time but has since been considered a classic. Laughton also worked with Bertolt Brecht to edit and translate into English Brecht's play Galileo, and played the title role at the play's US premiere in Los Angeles in 1947.
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The Night of the Hunter Tekijä: Charles Laughton
This film, while certainly watchable, is just too contrived to deserve the greatness that has been bestowed upon it. Way too preachy--and I don't mean Mitchum's character! Great performances by the child actors, however, and by most of the adults. But Shelley Winters religious "rebirth" or whatever you want to call it is just ridiculous, and it isn't a good performance. Lilian Gish is saddled with the oh-too-precious lines toward the end of the film, which are almost too much to bear. But I do appreciate her skill with a shotgun.… (lisätietoja)
½A mad "preacher" is after money that two kids have hidden.
Powerfully suspenseful and visually beautiful. Mitchum's preacher is one of the scariest movie characters of all time. It's a strange movie, combining expressionist horror and noir crime thiller - taking the best from both worlds without much regard for the audience's expectations. I appreciated and enjoyed it a lot more the second time around.
Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.7/4… (lisätietoja)
Powerfully suspenseful and visually beautiful. Mitchum's preacher is one of the scariest movie characters of all time. It's a strange movie, combining expressionist horror and noir crime thiller - taking the best from both worlds without much regard for the audience's expectations. I appreciated and enjoyed it a lot more the second time around.
Concept: B
Story: A
Characters: A
Dialog: A
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: B
Music: A
Enjoyment: A
GPA: 3.7/4… (lisätietoja)
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