Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor

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ISBN-10:

0099581957

ISBN-13:

9780099581956

Author(s): Callow, Simon
Released: Jan 22, 2013
Publisher: Vintage Books
Format: Paperback, 352 pages

Description:

A definitive biography of one of the twentieth century's finest actors and directors, written with great insight and verve by Simon Callow.
The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This enthralling biography follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats -- from Korda, Hitchcock and Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. We also discover a hugely talented and complex man -- a legend in his own lifetime who nonetheless counted himself a failure.

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