To many a moviegoer, Elsa Lanchester is just Charles Laughton’s wife; but to Hollywoodians she is the burlesqueen of what is probably the world’s toniest vaudeville palace: Los Angeles ...

INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES LAUGIITON READING these articles has given me quite a turn. We have been married for the last eight and one-half years, and in life, as in her style of writing, Elsa is a ...

The Beachcomber (Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester; TIME, Jan. 2). Trade Winds (Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy; TIME, Dec. 26).

King (Charles Laughton) marries six times without producing the male heir he desired most. 03/27/2022 The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) 3/27/2022 | 1h 33m 38sVideo has Closed Captions| CC ...

It was time for Laughton to bring some F.W. Murnau-style magic back to cinema. Though reviled and critically lambasted back in its day, The Night of the Hunter’s audacious filmmaking has aged ...