Charles Laughton (60 page)

Wolves

USA, 1930, Western Electric on Film. With: LAUGHTON, Dorothy Gish, Malcolm Keen, Arthur Margetson.

Down River

England, 1931, British Acoustics on Film.
Dir
. Peter Godfrey. With: LAUGHTON, Harold Huth, Jane Baxter.

The Old Dark House

USA, 1932, 72 mins, Universal Pictures.
Prod
. Carl Laemmle Jr.,
dir
. James Whale,
sc
. Benn W. Levy,
from the novel by
J.B. Priestley,
ph
. Arthur Edeson,
a.d
. Charles D. Hall,
ed
. Clarence Kolster. With: LAUGHTON (Porterhouse), Boris Karloff (Morgan), Gloria Stuart (Margaret), Melvyn Douglas (Penderel), Lillian Bond (Gladys), Ernest Thesiger (Horace), Eva Moore (Rebecca), Raymond Massey (Philip), Brember Wills (Saul), John Dudgeon (Sir Roderick).

Devil and the Deep

USA, 1932, Paramount.
Dir
. Marion Gering,
sc
. Benn Levy,
based on a story by
Harry Hervey,
ph
. Charles Lang,
a.d
. Bernard Herzbrun,
ed
. Otho Lovering. With: LAUGHTON (Commander Charles Sturm), Tallulah Bankhead (Pauline Sturm), Gary Cooper (Lieut. Sempter), Cary Grant (Lieut. Jaeckel), Paul Porcasi (Hassan), Juliette Compton (Mrs Planet), Henry Kolker (Hutton), Dorothy Christy (Mrs Crimp), Arthur Hoyt (Mr Planet), Gordon Westcott (Lieut. Toll), Jimmie Dugan (Condover), Kent Taylor (A Friend), Lucien Littlefield (Shopkeeper), Peter Brocco (Wireless Operator), Wilfred Lucas (Court Martial Judge), Dave O’Brien, Harry Guttman, George Magrill (Submarine Crewmen).

Payment Deferred

USA, 1932, 80 mins, MGM.
Dir
. Lothar Mendes,
sc. from the play by
Jeffrey F. Dell. With: LAUGHTON (William Marble), Maureen O’Sullivan (Winnie Marble), Dorothy Peterson (Annie Marble), Verree Teasdale (Madame Collins), Ray Milland (James Medland).

The Sign of the Cross

USA, 1932, 123 mins, Paramount.
Prod
. Cecil B. De Mille,
dir
. Cecil B. De Mille,
sc
. Waldemar Young and Sidney Buchman,
from the play by
Wilson Barrett,
ph
. Karl Struss,
ed
. Anne Bauchens. With: LAUGHTON (Nero), Fredric March (Marcus Superbus), Elissa Landi (Mercia), Claudette Colbert (Poppaea), Ian Keith (Tigellinus), John Carradine (Leader of Gladiators/Christian).

If I Had A Million

USA, 1932, Paramount.
Prod
. Louis D. Lighton,
dir
. Ernst Lubitsch (Laughton sequence), Norman Taurog (Fields sequence), Stephen Roberts (Ruggles sequence), Norman McLeod
(Raft
sequence), James Cruse (Wynne Gibson sequence/May Robson sequence), William A. Seiter (Cooper sequence), H. Bruce Humberstone (Gene Raymond sequence).
Sc
. Claude Binyon, Whitney Bolton, Malcolm Stuart Boyland, Sidney Buchman, Lester Cole, Isable Dawn, Boyce DeGaw, Walter De Leon, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Harvey Gates, Grover Jones, Ernst Lubitsch, Lawton Macakall, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, William Slavens-McNutt, Seton I. Miller, Tiffany Thayes,
based on a story
‘Windfall’ by Roberg D. Andrews.
Sound rec
. Frank Grenzbach, Phil S. Wisdom. With: Prologue: Richard Bennett (John Glidden), Fred Kelsey and Willard Robertson (Doctors), Gail Patrick (Secretary). China Salesman: Charlie Ruggles (Henry Peabody), Mary Boland (Mrs Peabody), Irving Bacon (Otto K. Bullwinkle). Harlot’s Episode: Wynne Gibson (Violet Smith), Jack Pennick (Sailor). Forger’s Episode: George Raft (Eddie Jackson), Kent Taylor (Bank Clerk). Motoring Episode: W.C. Fields (Rollo La Rue), Alison Skipworth (Emily La Rue), Cecil Cunningham (Agnes). Condemned Man: Gene Raymond (John Wallace), Frances Dee (Mary Wallace), Grant Mitchell (Priest), Berton Churchill (Warden). Clerk’s Episode: LAUGHTON (Phineas V. Lambert). Marine’s Episode: Gary Cooper (Steven Gallagher), Jack Oakie (Mulligan), Roscoe Karns (O’Brien), Joyce Compton (Marie), Lucien Littlefield (Zeb), James Burtis (Jailer). Old Lady’s Episode: May Robson (Mary Walker), Blanche Frederici (Head Nurse), Dewey Robinson (Cook).

Island of Lost Souls

USA, 1933, 67 mins, Paramount.
Dir
. Erie C. Kenton,
sc
. Philip Wylie and Waldemar Young,
based on the novel by
H.G. Wells,
makeup
Wally Westmore. With: LAUGHTON, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl, Stanley Fields, Robert Kortman, Tetsu Komai, Hans Steinke, Harry Ekezian, Rosemary Grimes, Paul Hurst, George Irving and Joe Bonomo.

The Private Life of Henry VIII

UK, 1933, 97 mins, London Films.
Prod
. Alexander Korda,
dir
. Alexander Korda,
sc
. Lajos Biro and Arthur Wimperis,
ph
. Georges Perinal,
a.d
. Vincent Korda,
mus
. Kurt Schroeder. With: LAUGHTON (Henry VIII), Robert Donat (Thomas Culpeper), Lady Tree (Henry’s old nurse), Binnie Barnes (Catherine Howard), Elsa Lanchester (Anne of Cleves), Merle Oberon (Anne Boleyn), Franklin Dyall (Thomas Cromwell), Miles Mander (Wriothesly), Wendy Barrie (Jane Seymour), Claude Allister (Cornell), John Loder (Thomas Peynell), Everly Gregg (Catherine Parr), Laurence Hanray (Archbishop Cranmer), William Austin (Duke of Cleves), John Turnbull (Holbein), Frederick Cully (Duke of Norfolk), Gibb McLaughlin (French executioner), Sam Livesey (English executioner).

White Woman

USA, 1933, 60 mins, Paramount.
Dir
. Stuart Walker,
sc
. Samuel Hoffenstein and Gladys Lehman,
based on the story by
Norman Reilly Raine and Frank Butler,
ph
. Harry Fischbeck
a.d
. Hans Drier and Harry Oliver. Carole Lombard’s songs by Harry Revel and Mack Gordon. With: LAUGHTON (Horace Prin), Carole Lombard (Judith Denning), Charles Bickford (Ballister), Kent Taylor (David von Eltz), Percy Killbride (Jakey), Charles B. Middleton (Fenton), James Bell (Hambley), Claude King (Chisholm), Ethel Griffies (Mrs Chisholm), Jimmie Dime (Vaegi), Marc Lawrence (Connors), Mabel Johnson (Native chief no. 1), Gregg Whitespear (Native chief no. 2).

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

USA, 1934, 110 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Irving G. Thalberg,
dir
. Sidney Franklin,
sc
. Ernst Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart
from the novel by
Rudolf Besier,
ph
. William Daniels,
a.d
. Cedric Gibbons,
ed
. Margaret Booth,
mus
. Herbert Stothart,
rec. eng
. Douglas Shearer,
ass. dir
. Hugh Boswell,
cos
. Adrian. With: Norma Shearer (Elizabeth Barrett), Fredric March (Robert Browning), LAUGHTON (Barrett), Maureen O’Sullivan (Henrietta Barrett), Katharine Alexander (Arabel).

Ruggles of Red Gap

USA, 1935, 90 mins, Paramount.
Prod
. Arthur Hornblow,
dir
. Leo McCarey,
sc
. Walter De Leon, Harlan Thomson and Humphrey Pearson,
adapted from the play and novel by
Harry Leon Wilson,
a.d
. Hans Dreier and Robert Odell,
ed
. Edward Dmytryk,
cin
. Alfred Gilks,
rec. eng
. P.G. Wisdom,
ass. dir
. A.F. Erickson,
cos
. Travis Banton,
mus
. Ralph Rainger and Sam Coslow. With: LAUGHTON (Ruggles), Mary Boland (Effie Floud), Charlie Ruggles (Egbert Floud), ZaSu Pitts (Mrs Judson), Roland Young (George Van Bassingwell), Leila Hyams (Nell Kenner), Maude Eburne (Ma Pettingill), Lucien Littlefield (Charles Belknap-Jackson), Leota Lorraine (Mrs Belknap-Jackson), James Burke (Jeff Tuttle).

Les Misérables

USA, 1935, 108 mins, 20th Century Pictures.
Prod
. Darryl F. Zanuck,
dir
. Richard Boleslawski,
sc
. W.P. Lipscomb,
based on the novel by
Victor Hugo,
cin
. Gregg Toland,
a.d
. Richard Day,
ed
. Barbara McLean,
sound
Frank Maher and Roger Heman,
mus
. Alfred Newman,
ass. dir
. Eric Stacey,
cos
. Omar Kiam. With: Fredric March (Jean Valjean), LAUGHTON (Inspector Javert).

Mutiny on the Bounty

USA, 1935, 132 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Irving Thalberg,
assoc. prod
. Albert Lewin,
dir
. Frank Lloyd,
sc
. Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson,
based on the novel by
Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall,
a.d
. Cedric Gibbons,
ed
. Margaret Booth,
mus
. Herbert Stothart,
rec. eng
. Douglas Shearer, song ‘Love Song of Tahiti’ by Gus Kahn, Bronislau Kuper and Walter Jurmann. With: LAUGHTON (Captain Bligh), Clark Gable (Fletcher Christian), Franchot Tone (Byam), Dudley Digges (Bachus), Henry Stephenson (Sir Joseph Banks), Donald Crisp (Burkitt), Eddie Quillan (Ellison), Francis Lister (Captain Nelson).

Rembrandt

UK, 1936, 85 mins, London Films.
Prod
. Alexander Korda,
dir
. Alexander Korda,
sc
. Carl Zuckmayer, Arthur Wimperis, Lajos Biro and June Head,
ph
. Georges Perinal and Richard Angst,
a.d
. Vincent Korda,
ed
. William Hornbeck,
mus
. Geoffrey Toye. With: LAUGHTON (Rembrandt), Gertrude Lawrence (Geertje), Elsa Lanchester (Hendrickje), Edward Chapman (Fabrizius), Walter Hudd (Banning Cocq), Roger Livesey (beggar), Allan Jeayes (Dr Tulp), John Clements (Gavaert Flink), Raymond Huntley (Ludwick).

I, Claudius

UK, 1936, London Films.
Prod
. Alexander Korda,
dir
. Josef von Sternberg,
sc. based on the book by
Robert Graves,
ph
. George Perinal,
a.d
. Vincent Korda,
cos
. John Armstrong. With: LAUGHTON (Tiberius Claudius), Emlyn Williams (Caligula), Merle Oberon (Messalina), Flora Robson (Olivia, widow of Augustus), Robert Newton (Soldier).

Vessel of Wrath

UK, 1938, Mayflower Pictures.
Prod. and dir
. Erich Pommer,
sc
. Bartlett Cormack
from the novel by
W. Somerset Maugham,
ph
. Jules Kruger,
a.d
. Tom Morahan,
ed
. Robert Hamer,
mus
. Richard Addinsell,
mus. dir
. Muir Mathieson,
tech. adv
. C. M. Morrell,
sound
Jack Rogerson. With: LAUGHTON (Ginger Ted), Elsa Lanchester (Martha Jones), Tyrone Guthrie (Reverend Jones), Robert Newton (The Controleur).

St Martin’s Lane

UK, 1938, Mayflower Pictures.
Prod
. Erich Pommer,
dir
. Tim Whelan,
sc
. Clemence Dane,
ph
. Jules Kruger,
ed
. Hugh Stewart and Robert Hamer,
mus
. Arthur Johnson,
lyrics
Eddie Pola,
dance dir
. Philip Buchel. With: LAUGHTON (Charles), Vivien Leigh (Libby), Rex Harrison (Harley), Larry Adler (Constantine), Tyrone Guthrie (Gentry), Gus McNaughton (Arthur).

Jamaica
Inn

UK, 1939, 108 mins, Mayflower Pictures.
Prod
. Erich Pommer and Charles Laughton,
dir
. Alfred Hitchcock,
prod. man
. Hugh Perceval,
sc
. Sidney Gilliat, Joan Harrison,
dialogue
Sidney Gilliat and J.B. Priestley,
adapt
. Alma Reville,
from the novel by
Daphne du Maurier,
ph
. Harry Stradling and Bernard Knowles,
a.d
. Thomas N. Morahan,
ed
. Robert Hamer,
mus
. Eric Fenby,
mus. dir
. Frederic Lewis,
sp. eff
. Harry Watt,
cos
. Molly McArthur,
sd
. Jack Rogerson. With: LAUGHTON (Sir Humphrey Pengallan), Horace Hodges (Chadwick, his butler), Hay Petrie (his groom), Frederick Piper (his broker), Leslie Banks (Joss Merlyn), Marie Ney (Patience, his wife), Maureen O’Hara (Mary, his niece).

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

USA, 1939, 117 mins, RKO.
Prod
. Pandro S. Berman,
dir
. William Dieterle,
sc
. Sonya Levien and Bruno Frank
from the novel by
Victor Hugo,
ph
. Joseph H. August,
a.d
. Van Nest Polglase,
ed
. William Hamilton and Robert Wise. With: LAUGHTON (Quasimodo), Maureen
O’Hara
(Esmeralda), Cedric Hardwicke (Frollo), Harry Davenport (Louis XI), Thomas Mitchell (Clopin), Edmond O’Brien (Gringoire), Alan Marshal (Phoebus), Walter Hampden (Archbishop), George Zucco (Procurator).

They Knew What They Wanted

USA, 1940, 90 mins, RKO.
Prod
. Erich Pommer,
dir
. Garson Kanin,
sc
. Robert Ardrey,
based on the play by
Sidney Howard,
ass. dir
. Ruby Rosenberg,
ph
. Harry Stradling,
a.d
. Van Nest Polglase,
sp. eff
. Vernon L. Walker,
ed
. John Sturges,
mus
. Alfred Newman. With: LAUGHTON (Tony Patucci), Carole Lombard (Amy Peters), William Gargan (Joe), Harry Carey (the Doctor), Frank Fay (Father McKee), Joe Bernard (the R.F.D.), Janet Fox (Mildred), Lee Tung-Foo (Ah Gee), Karl Malden (Red), Victor Kilian (the Photographer), Paul Lepers (Hired Hand).

It Started With Eve

USA, 1941, New Universal.
Prod
. Joe Pasternak,
dir
. Henry Koster,
sc
. Norman Krasna and Leo Townsend,
based on the original story by
Hans Kraly,
ph
. Rudolph Mate,
a.d
. Jack Otterson,
ed
. Bernard Burton,
mus
. Valverde, Anton Dvorak, Valdesti, Tchaikovsky. With: LAUGHTON (Jonathan Reynolds), Deanna Durbin (Anne Terry), Robert Cummings (J. Reynolds, Jr), Guy Kibbee (Bishop), Margaret Tallichet (Gloria Pennington), Catherine Doucet (Mrs Pennington), Walter Catlett (Dr Harvey), Charles Coleman (Roberts), Leonard Elliott (Revd Stebbins), Irving Bacon and Gus Schilling (Ravens), Wade Boteler (Newspaper Editor), Dorothea Kent (Jackie), Clara Blandick (Nurse).