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|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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