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Charles Laughton offers the definitive Nero in Cecil B. DeMille's insanely lavish treatise on the decline and fall of Western Civilization.

Only two days ago, I reported having started to read The Bounty Trilogy on the previous day.

We screen five films by Alexander Korda, including Charles Laughton's Oscar-winning performance as Henry VIII; plus Angela Lansbury in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks." The Hungarian-born film producer/director Alexander Korda traveled to Hollywood in the early days of talking pictures, but it wasn't until a move to London in 1932 that he established ...

The legendary Hungarian producer and director Alexander Korda was at Denham Studios in the early 1930s, filming The Private Life of Henry VIII .

Bligh in the classic 1935 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty."Who has the same role in the 1962 remake of "Mutiny on the Bounty"? 2. To whom is Humpty Dumpty talking just before he closes his eyes and falls off a wall? 3. Identify the most recent Republican to serve as speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives prior to Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Charles Laughton had a vast career in film. He was Quasimodo in "Hunchback of Notre Dame." He was in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Paradine Case." He was Capt.

The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Rise of Catherine the Great, The Private Life of Don Juan, Rembrandt 1933 - 1936 / B&W / 1:33 flat full frame / Street Date May 5, 2009 / 59.95 Starring Charles Laughton, Flora Robson, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Laughton, Cinematography Georges Prinal Production Design Vincent Korda Original Music Geoffrey Toye, ...

Here are some notable biopics about famous artists arranged by year: Rembrandt .

QUARTERS of a century before "The Tudors," Alexander Korda peeked into royal bedchambers looking for scandal in "The Private Life of Henry VIII." Credited with creating an international market for British films, "Henry VIII" won a Best Actor Oscar for Charles Laughton's lusty, career-best performance as the much-married, childish tyrant.

Back pain. Seven days of rain. Termites in my basement. And two weeks of non-stop misery due to an allergy that - Surprise! - wasn't an allergy at all.

Some choice offerings this week on Turner Classic Movies : On Tuesday the 5th, I'll be tuning in to a courtroom classic - Billy Wilder's Witness for the Prosecution .

Alexander Korda's beautifully mounted costume movie has a gargantuan performance from Laughton, says Philip French The first British movie to achieve commercial success in the US, Alexander Korda's beautifully mounted costume movie has a gargantuan, Oscar-winning performance from Charles Laughton.

There are lost movies and then there are Lost Movies. And one of the most famous -- and frustrating -- examples of the latter is the abortive 1937 Alexander Korda -produced version of I Claudius .

A POINT OF VIEW The cane toad was brought to Australia for pest control - since when an army has marched across the continent, multiplying as it goes.

This article was published on 09.18.03 . ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN HENDRIX More than one political pundit has suggested that California's current recall situation is making a mockery of the political system--a comment usually made following an interview with some surrealistic fringe gubernatorial candidate.

One of the most enduring tales of the high seas is that of Captain William Bligh and the mutiny on the HMS Bounty.