Showing posts with label Charles Laughton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Laughton. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Born on this day – Charles Laughton:

 

Charles Laughton


Actor

July 1, 1899 – December 15, 1962

Credits:

100 Years at the Movies (1994); 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009); A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959); Abbott & Costello: The Art of Chemistry (2021); Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952); Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994); Advise & Consent (1962); Alexander Korda, Kt (1956); American Horror Story (2012); American Masters (1995); Angels of Mercy (1940); Arch of Triumph (1948); Because of Him (1946); Biography (2001–2005); Blue Bottles (1928); Callow's Laughton (1987); Captain Kidd (1945); Catalogue of Ships (2008); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Charles Laughton (1952); Charles Laughton Directs 'the Night of the Hunter' (2002); Checkmate (1961); Chelsea at Nine (1957); Christmas Eve with Charles Laughton (1955); Ciclo Agatha Christie (2006); Cineficción Radio (2019); Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (1995); Cinema's Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood (2009); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009–2014); Comets (1930); Compression (2015–2025); Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff (2017); Day-Dreams (1928); Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982); Devil and the Deep (1932); Down River (1931); Entertainment Tonight (1987); Festival / The Respectful Prostitute (1964); Film Night (1971); Film Review (1968); Ford Star Jubilee (1955); Forever and a Day (1943); Galileo (1961 / 1975); General Electric Theater (1957–1959); Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1998); History Brought to Life (1950); Hobson's Choice (1954); Hollywood and the Stars (1964); Hollywood Greats (1978); Hollywood Insider (2022); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972); Hungarian Emergency Relief Organization Christmas Day Special (1956); I, Claudius (1937); If I Had a Million (1932); Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood (2005); Island of Lost Souls (1932); It Started with Eve (1941); Jamaica Inn (1939); Josef von Sternberg Interview (1968); Josef von Sternberg, the Man Who Made Dietrich (1994); Leben des Galilei (1947); Les Misérables (1935); MGM Parade (1955); Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999); Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014); Moving Pictures (1995); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock (2022); News of the Day (1952); Night Gallery (1971); Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (2014); O. Henry's Full House (1952); On Our Merry Way (1948); One in a Million (1936); Oops, those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982); Payment Deferred (1932); Piccadilly (1929); Picture People No. 6 (1941); Playhouse 90 (1960); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rembrandt (1936); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Redford: The Golden Look (2019); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Salome (1953); Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (2017); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 11 (1935); Screen Snapshots, Series 20, No. 9 (1941); Screen Snapshots, Series 23, No. 10 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 24, No. 1 (1944); Screen Snapshots, Series 26, No. 10: So This Is 'ollywood (1947); Screen Snapshots, Series 35, No. 10: Fabulous Hollywood (1956); Sidewalks of London (1938); Simenon et l'affaire du cinéma (2020); Some of the Best (1944); Spartacus (1960); Sprockets (1995); Stand by for Action (1942); Startime (1960); Strictly Courtroom (2008); Studio 57 (1958); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Television (1985); That's Action (1977); The 15th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1958); The 6th Annual Academy Awards (1934); The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Documentaries (2008); The Art Director (1949); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934); The Beachcomber (1938); The Bear (2024); The Best of Gleason 3 (1989); The Best of Hollywood (2018); The Big Clock (1948); The Blue Veil (1951); The Bribe (1949); The Canterville Ghost (1944); The Clock (2010); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Definitive Elvis: The Television Years (2002); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949–1963); The Ed Wynn Show (1950); The Eddie Fisher Show (1957–1958); The English Programme (1994); The Epic That Never Was (1965); The Generation Game (1974); The George Gobel Show (1957–1958); The Girl from Manhattan (1948); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Horror Show (1979); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Jackie Gleason Show (1953); The Jimmy Durante Show (1956); The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1959); The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951); The Lux Show (1957); The Man from Down Under (1943); The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949); The Naked Archaeologist (2008); The Night of the Hunter (1955); The Old Dark House (1932); The Oscars Library: A Tribute to the Academy Awards (2019); The Our Gang Story (1994); he Paradine Case (1947); The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (1949); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Radio Broadcast Vault (2019); The Sign of the Cross (1932); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1958–1960); The Strange Door (1951); The Suspect (1944); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1961); The Tonic (1928); The Tonight Show (1956–1957); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); They Knew What They Wanted (1940); This Is Charles Laughton (1953); This Is Your Life (1961); This Land Is Mine (1943); Time to Remember (2010); Twenty Years of Academy Awards (1948); ...und sie bewegt sich doch (1978); Under Ten Flags (1960); Wagon Train (1960); Washington Square (1956); We, the People (1949); What's My Line? (1956–1960); White Woman (1933); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Wolves (1930); Young Bess (1953).



Monday, October 6, 2025

On this day in movie history - Spartacus (1960)


Spartacus


directed by Stanley Kubrick,

written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel by Howard Fast,

was released in the United States on October 6, 1960.

Music by Alex North.


Cast:
Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, John Gavin, John Dall, Nina Foch, John Ireland, Herbert Lom, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone, Woody Strode, Peter Brocco, Paul Lambert, Robert J. Wilke, Nicholas Dennis, John Hoyt, Frederic Worlock, Gil Perkins, Cliff Lyons.