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From IMDb: Set in Cornwall where the young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. Mary soon realizes that her uncle’s inn is the base of a gang of pirates who lure ships to their doom on the rocky coast. The girl [...]

Charles Laughton plays Edward C. Wilson Esq, who despite his title, is the town character. His drunken debauchery puts him at odds with Mr. Gray, the resident in charge of the welcome islands. It also puts him at odds with the other Europeans, especially Martha Jordan, the local missionary. Martha and “Mr. [...]

Roaring Seas ! Flaming Hearts ! Riotous Adventure !
William “Captain” Kidd (c.1645 ? May 23, 1701) is often remembered in infamy as a cruel, bloody pirate. Indeed, he, along with his crew, has been accused of every crime in pirate history by popular tradition. He achieved perhaps more fame in song, story, and legend than [...]

Rembrandt is a 1936 British biographical film made by London Film Productions of the life of 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. The film was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by June Head and Lajos Biró based on a story by Carl Zuckmayer. The music score was by Geoffrey Toye [...]

In May 1536, immediately following the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn (Merle Oberon), King Henry VIII (Charles Laughton) marries her maid, the plain Jane Seymour (Wendy Barrie). However, she dies in child bed eighteen months later. He then weds a German princess, Anne of Cleves (played by Laughton’s real-life wife Elsa Lanchester). This [...]

This is the first color film made by Charles Laughton. The Man in the Eiffel Tower stars Francot Tone, Burgess Meredith and Charles Laughton in this murder mystery. Tone plays Johann Radek, a medical student that is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton).  Burgess Meredith plays a knife grinder that is suspected of the [...]