Charles Laughton (55 page)

Laughton as Rembrandt (1936).

Laughton and Vivien Leigh in
St. Martin’s Lane
, 1938.

Preparing
Jamaica Inn
: Charles lunching with fellow-actors in November 1938; and with J. B. Priestley (left: screenwriter) and Erich Pommer (centre: producer) in December 1938.

A spread from
Film Weekly
, February 1938.

Hollywood.
Les Misérables
, 1935.

Mutiny on the Bounty
, 1935.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
, 1939.

They Knew What They Wanted
, 1940.

Laughton as Captain Hook, 1936 (from
The Sketch
, 30.12.36.)

A hand-made collage by Bertolt Brecht serving as the front cover of a collection of poems he gave to Charles for Christmas 1945 or 1946.

Don Juan in Hell
, 1951.

Laughton and Agnes Moorehead.