Charles Laughton (61 page)

Tales of Manhattan

USA, 1942, 119–126 mins, 20th Century-Fox.
Prod
. Boris Morros and S.P. Eagle,
dir
. Julien Duvivier,
sc
. Ben Hecht, Ferenc Molnar, Donald Ogden Stewart, Samuel Hoffenstein, Alan Campbell, Ladislas Fedor, L. Vadnai, L. Gorog, Lamar Trotti and Henry Blankford,
ph
. Joseph Walker,
a.d
. Richard Day and Boris Leven,
ed
. Robert Bischoff,
mus
. Sol Kaplan. With
in sequence C:
LAUGHTON (Charles Smith), Elsa Lanchester (Elsa Smith), Victor Francen (Arthuro Bandini).

The Tuttles of Tahiti

USA, 1942, RKO.
Prod
. Sol Lesser,
dir
. Charles Vidor,
sc
. S. Lewis Meltzer and Robert Carson,
adapt
. James Hilton. With: LAUGHTON (Jonas), Jon Hall (Chester), Peggy Drake (Tamara), Victor Francen (Dr Blondin), Gene Reynolds (Ru), Florence Bates (Emily), Curt Bois (Jensen), Adeline de Walt Reynolds (Mama Ruau), Mala (Nat), Leonard Sues (Fana), Jody Gilbert (Effie), Tommy Cook (Riki), Jack Carr (Rapoti), Jimmy Ames (Manu), Ernie Adams (Paki), Jim Spencer (Tupa), Alma Ross (Hio), Teddy Infuhr (Ala).

Forever and a Day

USA, 1943, RKO Radio Pictures Ltd.
Prod/dir
. Rene Clair, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox. With: LAUGHTON (Butler), Brian Aherne (Jim Trimble), Robert Cummings (Ned Trimble), Ida Lupino (Jennie), Herbert Marshall (Curate), Ray Milland (Bill Trimble), Anna Neagle (Miriam), Merle Oberon (Marjorie), Sir Cedric Hardwicke (Dabb), Gladys Cooper (Mrs Barringer), Claude Rains (Ambrose Pomfret), Jessie Matthews (Mildred Trimble), Ian Hunter (Dexter Pomfret), Ruth Warrick (Leslie Trimble), Kent Smith (Gates Pomfret), Elsa Lanchester (Mamie), Dame May Whitty (Mrs Trimble).

The Man From Down Under

USA, 1943, 103 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Robert Z. Leonard and Orville O. Dull,
dir
. Robert Z. Leonard,
sc
. Wells Root and Thomas Seller,
based upon the story by
Bogart Rogers and Mark Kelly. With: LAUGHTON (Jacko Wilson), Binnie Barnes (Aggie Dawlins), Richard Carlson (‘Nipper’ Wilson), Donna Reed (Mary Wilson), Christopher Severn (‘Nipper’ as a child), Clyde Cook (Ginger Gaffney), Horace McNally (‘Dusty’ Rhodes), Arthur Shields (Father Polycarp), Evelyn Falke (Mary, as a child), Hobart Cavanaugh (‘Boots’), Andre Charlot (Father Antoine).

Stand By For Action

USA, 1943, 109 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Orville O. Dull and Robert Z. Leonard,
dir
. Robert Z. Leonard,
sc
. George Bruce, John L. Balderston, and Herman J. Mankiewicz, from an original
by
Captain Harvey Haislip USN, and R.C. Sherriff,
suggested by the story
‘A Cargo of Innocence’ by Laurence Kirk,
ph
. Charles Rosher.
ed
. George Boemler,
sp. eff
. Arnold Gillespie and Don Jahraus. With: LAUGHTON (Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas), Robert Taylor (Lieut. Gregg Masterson), Brian Donlevy (Lieut.-Commander Martin J. Roberts), Walter Brennan (Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson), Marilyn Maxwell (Audrey Carr), Henry O’Neill (Commander Stone, M.C.), Marta Linden (Mary Collins).

This Land is Mine

USA, 1943, 103 mins, RKO.
Prod
. Jean Renoir, Dudley Nichols,
dir. sc
. Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir.
ph
. Frank Redman.
a.d. ed
. Frederick Knudtsen.
mus
. Lothar Perl. With: LAUGHTON (Albert Mory), George Sanders (Georges Lambert), Maureen O’Hara (Louise Martin), Kent Smith (Paul Martin), Walter Slezak (Major von Keller), Una O’Connor (Albert Mory’s mother), Philip Merivale (Professor Sorel), Thurston Hall (Major Henry Manville), Georges Coulouris (the Prosecutor), Nancy Gates (Julie Grant).

The Canterville Ghost

USA, 1944, 95 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Arthur L. Field,
dir
. Jules Dessin,
sc
. Edwin Harvey Blum, based on ‘The Canterville Ghost’ by Oscar Wilde,
ph
. Robert Planck,
a.d
. Edward Carfagno,
ed
. Chester W. Schaeffer,
mus
. George Bassman. With: LAUGHTON (Sir Simon de Canterville – the Ghost), Margaret O’Brien (Lady Jessica de Canterville), Robert Young (Cuffy Williams), William Gargan (Sergeant Benson), Reginald Owen (Lord Canterville).

The Suspect

USA, 1945, 85 mins, Universal Productions.
Prod
. Islin Auster,
dir
. Robert Siodmak,
sc
. Bertram Millhauser
adapted by
Arthur T. Hormen
from a novel by
James Ronald,
ph
. Paul Ivano,
mus
. Frank Skinner. With: LAUGHTON (Philip), Ella Raines (Mary), Dean Harens (John), Stanley Ridges (Huxley), Henry Daniell (Mr Simmons), Rosalind Ivan (Cora).

Captain Kidd

USA, 1945, United Artists.
Prod
. Benedict Bogeaus,
dir
. Rowland V. Lee,
sc
. Norman Reilly Raine
from an original story by
Robert N. Lee. With: LAUGHTON (Captain William Kidd), Randolph Scott (Adam Mercy), Barbara Britton (Lady Anne Falconer), Reginald Owen (Cary Shadwell), John Carradine (Orance Povy).

Because of Him

USA, 1946, 88 mins, Universal Productions.
Prod
. Felix Jackson,
dir
. Richard Wallace,
from a story by
Edmund Beloin and Sig Herzig,
ph
. Hal Mohl,
ed
. Ted Kent,
mus
. Miklos Roza. With LAUGHTON (Sheridan), Deanna Durbin (Kim Walker), Franchot Tone (Paul Taylor), Helen Broderick (Nora), Stanley Ridges (Charlie Gilbert), Donald Meek (Martin).

The Big Clock

USA, 1947, 96 mins, Paramount.
Prod
. Richard Maibaum,
dir
. John Farrow,
sc
. Jonathan Latimer
based on a book by
Kenneth Fearing,
ph
. John Seitz,
a.d
. Hans Dreier, Roland Anderson, Albert Mozaki,
ed
. Edna Warren,
mus
. Victor Young. With: LAUGHTON (Earl Janoth), Ray Milland (George Stroud), Maureen O’Sullivan (Georgette Stroud), George Macready (Steve Hagan), Rita Johnson (Pauline York), Elsa Lanchester (Louise Patterson), Harold Vermilyea (Don Klausmeyer), Dan Tobin (Roy Cordette).

Arch of Triumph

USA, 1948, 114 mins, MGM.
Prod
. David Lewis,
dir
. Lewis Milestone,
sc
. Lewis Milestone and Harry Brown,
from the novel by
Erich Maria Remarque. With: LAUGHTON (Haake), Ingrid Bergman (Joan Madon), Charles Boyer (Dr Ravic), Louis Calhern (Morosow), Roman Bohnen (Dr Veber).

The Paradine Case

USA, 1948, 131 mins, Vanguard Films.
Prod
. David O. Selznick,
dir
. Alfred Hitchcock,
sc
. David O. Selznick,
based on the novel by
Robert Hichens,
ph
. Lee Garmes,
a.d
. Thomas Morahan,
ed
. Hal C. Kern,
mus
. Franz Waxman. With: LAUGHTON (Lord Horfield), Gregory Peck (Anthony Keane), Charles Coburn (Sir Simon Flaquer), Ann Todd (Gay Keane), Ethel Barrymore (Lady Horfield), Louis Jourdan (Andre Latour), Alida Valli (Mrs Paradine).

Girl from Manhattan

USA, 1948, United Artists.
Prod
. Benedict Bogeaus,
dir
. Alfred E. Green,
sc
. Howard Estabrook,
a.d
. Jerome Pycha Jr.,
ed
. James E. Smith,
mus
. Heinz Roemheld. With: LAUGHTON (The Bishop), Dorothy Lamour (Carol Maynard), George Montgomery (Rev Tom Walker), Ernest Truex (Homer Purdy), Hugh Herbert (Aaron Goss), Constance Collier (Mrs Brooke), William Frawley (Mr Bernouti), Sara Allgood (Mrs Beeler), Frank Orth (Oscar Newsome), Howard Freeman (Sam Griffin), Raymond Largay (Wilbur J. Birch), George Chandler (Monty).

On Our Merry Way

(Also known as
A Miracle Can Happen
. A Charles Laughton sequence was filmed late in 1946 but deleted.)

USA, 1948, 107 mins, Miracle Productions.
Prod
. Benedict Bogeaus, Burgess Meredith,
dir
. King Vidor, Leslie Fenton, (uncredited) John Huston, George Stevens,
sc
. Laurence Stallings, Lou Breslow, John O’Hara
from a story by
Arch Oboler,
ph
. John Seitz, Ernest Laszlo, Joseph Biroc,
a.d
. Duncan Cramer, Ernst Fegte,
ed
. James Smith,
mus
. Heinz Roemheld. With: James Stewart (Slim), Paulette Goddard (Martha Pease), Burgess Meredith (Oliver Pease), Henry Fonda (Lank), Dorothy Lamour (Gloria Manners).

Man on the Eiffel Tower

USA, 1949, RKO.
Ph
. Stanley Cortez,
a.d
. Rene Renoux,
ed
. Louis H. Sackin,
mus
. Michel Michelot. With: LAUGHTON (Inspector Maigret), Franchot Tone (Johann Radek), Burgess Meredith (Joseph Huertin), Robert Hutton (Bill Kirby), Jean Wallace (Edna Wallace), Patricia Roc (Helen Kirby), Belita (Gisello).

The Bribe

USA, 1949, 98 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Pandro S. Berman,
dir
. Robert Z. Leonard,
sc
. Marguerite Roberts,
based on a short story by
Frederick Nebel,
ph
. Joseph Ruttenberg,
ed
. Gene Ruggiero,
mus
. Miklos Rozsa. With: LAUGHTON (J.J. Bealler), Robert Taylor (Rigby), Ava Gardner (Elizabeth Hintten), Vincent Price (Carwood), John Hodiak (Tug Hintten), Samuel S. Hinds (Dr Warren), John Hoyt (Gibbs), Tito Renaldo (Emilio Gomez), Martin Garralaga (Pablo Gomez).

The Blue Veil

USA, 1951, 113 mins, RKO.
Prod
. Raymond Hakim,
dir
. Curtis Bernhardt,
sc
. Norman Corwin,
from a story by
Francois Campaux,
ph
. Frank Planer,
ed
. George J. Amy,
mus
. C. Bakaleinikoff. With: LAUGHTON (Fred Begley), Jane Wyman (Louise Mason), Joan Blondell (Annie Rawlins), Richard Carlson (Gerald Kean), Don Taylor (Doctor Robert Palfrey), Cyril Cusack (Frank Hutchins), Henry Morgan (Charles Hall), Audrey Totter (Helen Williams), Everett Sloane (District Attorney), Natalie Wood (Stephanie Rawlins), Warner Anderson (Bill Ashworth), Alan Napier (Professor George Carter), Henry Morgan (Mr Hull), Vivian Vance (Alicia), Les Tremayne (Joplin), John Ridgely (Doctor), Dan O’Herlihy (Williams), Carleton G. Young (Henry Palfrey), Dan Seymour (Pelt).

The Strange Door

USA, 1951, Universal.
Prod
. Ted Richmond,
dir
. Richard Pevney,
s.c
. Jerry Sackheim,
based on a story by
Robert Louis Stevenson,
ph
. Irving Glassberg,
a.d
. Bernard Herzburn and Eric Obom,
ed
. Edward Curtiss,
mus. dir
. Joseph Gershenson. With: LAUGHTON, Boris Karloff, Sally Forest, Richard Stapley, Michael Pate, Paul Cavanagh, Alan Napier, William Cottrell.

O. Henry’s Full House

‘The Cop and the Anthem’

USA, 1952, 20th Century Fox.
Prod
. Andre Hakim,
dir
. Henry Koster,
sc
. Lamar Trotti,
based on five stories by
O. Henry,
ph
. Lloyd Ahern,
ed
. Nick De Maggio,
mus
. Alfred Newman. With: LAUGHTON (Soapy), David Wayne (Horace), Marilyn Monroe (streetwalker).

Abbot and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

USA, 1952, Warner Bros.
Prod
. Alex Gottlieb,
dir
. Charles Lamont,
sc
. Howard Dimsdale
and
John Grant,
ph
. Stanley Cortez,
a.d
. Daniel Hall,
ed
. Edward Mann,
mus
. Raoul Kraushaar. With: LAUGHTON (Captain Kidd), Budd Abbot (Rocky Stonebridge), Lou Costello (Oliver Johnson), Fran Warren (Lady Jane), Hillary Brooke (Captain Bonney), Bill Shirley (Bruce Martingale), Leif Erickson (Morgan).

Young Bess

USA, 1953, 112 mins, MGM.
Prod
. Sidney Franklin,
dir
. George Sidney,
sc
. Jan Lustig and Arthur Wimperis,
based on the novel by
Margaret Irwin. With: LAUGHTON (King Henry), Jean Simmons (Young Bess), Stewart Granger (Thomas Seymour), Deborah Kerr (Catherine), Kay Walsh (Mrs Ashley), Guy Rolfe (Ned Seymour), Kathleen Byron (Ann Seymour), Cecil Kellaway (Mr Parry), Rex Thompson (Edward), Robert Arthur (Barnaby), Leo G. Carroll (Mr Mums), Norma Varden (Lady Tyrwhitt), Alan Napier (Robert Tyrwhitt).

Salome

USA, 1953, 105 mins, Columbia Pictures.
Prod
. Buddy Adler,
dir
. William Dieterle,
sc
. Harry Kleiner,
based on an original screen story by
Kleiner and Jesse L. Lasky Jr.,
ph
. Charles Lang,
a.d
. John Meehan,
ed
. Viola Lawrence,
mus
. George Dunning. With: LAUGHTON (King Herod), Stewart Granger (Claudius), Judith Anderson (Queen Herodius), Sir Cedric Hardwicke (Caesar Tiberius), Alan Badel (John the Baptist), Basil Sydney (Pontius Pilate), Maurice Schwartz (Ezra), Rex Reason (Marcellus Fabius), Arnold Moss (Micha), Robert Warwick (Courier).

Hobson’s Choice

UK, 1954, 110 mins, British Lion.
Prod
. David Lean,
dir
. David Lean,
sc
. David Lean, Norman Spencer and Wynard Brown,
based on an original work by
Harold Brighouse,
ph
. Hack Hildyard,
a.d
. Wilfred Shingleton,
ed
. Peter Taylor. With LAUGHTON (Henry Horatio Hobson), John Mills (Willie Mossop), Brenda de Banzie (Maggie Hobson), Daphne Anderson (Alice Hobson), Prunella Scales (Vicky Hobson), Richard Wattis (Albert Prosser), Derek Blomfield (Freddy Bienstock), Helen Kay (Mrs Hepworth).