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 ...

Laughton’s work as an actor was well-recognized in his time, given he was active throughout the 1930s (including winning an Oscar for 1932’s The Private Life of Henry VIII) and into the early ...