When she married Charles’s father they bought ... the much-thumbed copy of Charles Laughton. I was about twelve and I really honestly thought this,’ Charles’s family did not take kindly ...

Acclaimed actor Charles Laughton won his only Best Acting Oscar for his performance as the English king who was married six times without producing the male heir he desired most. Acclaimed actor ...

In 1927 he married actress Elsa Lanchester ... knowing and grimly realistic, but Charles Laughton's instincts took him in entirely the opposite direction. With its wonky sets and overwrought ...

Actor Charles Laughton (“The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” 1939) and his wife, actress Elsa Lanchester (“Bride of Frankenstein,” 1935), led the way in bringing the glamour of Old Hollywood to ...

The only actor I ever knew who was a genius was Charles Laughton. Maybe that`s why he was so difficult.” The source of Laughton`s ”difficultness,” Callow believes, came from self-loathing ...

Charles Laughton gives an Oscar-winning performance ... Oberon, who subsequently married Korda, only has two minutes of screen time in the film. Nonetheless, the brief but polished performance ...