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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...