Charles Laughton 125 -- July 1, 2024

Actor Charles Laughton was born 125 years ago today, on 01-July-1899. Charles Laughton was always interesting to me. I think the first thing I remember him in was The Hunchback of Notre Dame. When I was young, everybody seemed to remember him playing Captain William Bligh in Mutiny on the Bounty.

He directed only one movie, but it was the great Night of the Hunter. I don't know why he did not get another opportunity. 

Charles Laughton left his hand and footprints in the forecourt on July 24, but he didn't include the year. (31/DSC_0052.JPG)

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A Trip to a Private Island -- October 30, 2020

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Late as usual: I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.

Grauman's Chinese #37 -- April 26, 2014

In July, 2012 we paid a return visit to Hollywood and Grauman's Chinese Theater.  Sid Grauman was a San Francisco showman who came to Los Angeles and built three major houses, the Million Dollar, the Egyptian, and the Chinese. The theater has hosted many film premieres, but is most famous for the hand and footprints (and hoofprints and nose prints and other types of prints) in the forecourt.

Charles Laughton left his hand and footprints in the forecourt on July 24, but he didn't include the year.  He was a great actor, but I think the first movie I remember him in was The Hunchback of Notre Dame.   (31/DSC_0052.JPG)