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   gggg gggg to kerrison1...@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Charles Laughton as the Emperor Clau   
   14 May 22 00:30:37   
   
   From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 7:49:02 AM UTC-10, kerrison1...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > Alexander Korda's 1937 production of "I, Claudius" was abandoned after a few   
   weeks shooting due to Merle Oberon having a car accident. Emlyn Williams, who   
   played Caligula, said it was "a godsend," as Charles Laughton was having great   
   difficulty in the    
   role of Claudius. He kept forgetting his lines and stalking off the set,   
   claiming he "couldn't find the man." All this was caught on film and the   
   out-takes and rushes were resurrected for a 1965 TV documentary called 'The   
   Epic That Never Was.' This also    
   featured interviews with Josef von Sternberg, the film's director, as well as   
   Flora Robson, Oberon and Williams.    
   >    
   > It's previously been uploaded in small sections on You Tube but now it's   
   there complete, so if you've not seen it, it's well worth a look. If Laughton   
   had "found the man" it could have been one of his great screen performances   
   ...    
   >    
   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbt0sweIjI   
      
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQzB735bJYQ   
      
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