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Charles Laughton : a difficult actor by Callow, Simon is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Charles Laughton : a difficult actor about?
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.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Callow, Simon
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781448156474
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (39 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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