Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor

Name: Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor
Brand: Vintage Publishing
SKU: 9780099581956
Price: 15.73 EUR
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★★★★★

English

By (author): Simon Callow

The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton's career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This entralling biography follows him from his parents' hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats - from Korda, Hitchcock and Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. We also discover a hugely talented and complex man - a legend in his own lifetime who nonetheless counted himself a failure. See more

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Weight: 266g
Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
Publication Date: 29 Nov 2012
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780099581956

About Simon Callow

Simon Callow is an actor director and writer. He has appeared on the stage and in many films including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. His books include Being an Actor Shooting the Actor Love is Where it Falls the first two volumes of his four-volume life of Orson Welles his theatrical memoir My Life in Pieces and most recently the highly acclaimed Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World.