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When you elect clowns, expect a circus ..............




Sunday, November 8, 2009

A comment worth sharing

Since my post on Charles Laughton, I have received a few replies. I thought this one was worth sharing ..............There are probably very few around who remember the incident, or are even aware that it ever happened. Nice to know there are at least two of us.

Wow.

I'm a great fan of Laughton, so needless to say that I just loved to read your post.

Raymond Massey, in one of his autobiographies tell us of how he was ill with fever and Laughton (who directed the play) had to understudy him.

Massey stayed at Laughton's home, nursed by Elsa Lanchester. In his account, Massey wrote that Tyrone Power "gleefully recounted how with only a director's familiarity with the part, Charles made it seem as if his was the only way in which it should be acted"

I must say that I am highly envious of you for having witnessed this one-time performance of Charles D.
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