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...Beachcomber (Paramount) contains the most unusual cinema hero of the year. Shiftless, insolent, concupiscent Ginger Ted (Charles Laughton) makes himself a nuisance to the kindhearted controleur of the tropical Dutch island where he lives in a disreputable beach shack. He also takes pleasure in insulting a hard-working British female missionary (Elsa Lanchester*) who tries to save his soul...
...Beachcomber was made in France and England to launch Laughton's new producing partnership with Producer-Director Erich Pommer. Laughton's performance ranks with his Captain Bligh and his Henry VIII. The script, by Bartlett Cormack, is suave enough to make the implications of its story acceptable to U. S. censors. Good shot: the beginning of a profound change in the relationship of Ginger Ted and the lady missionary- when she removes a splinter from...
...real life, Mrs. Charles Laughton...
...movie for the benefit of the fund to aid refugee students will be given at the University Theater at 11:30 P. M. Thursday. The feature picture will be Charles Laughton in "Rembrandt," with a Robert Benchley short and the March of Time...
...LAUGHTON. British actor (The Private Life of Henry VIII, Rembrandt), has all his earnings in Hollywood assigned to his British holding company which pays him a salary of $20,000 a year. His earnings were some $190,000 in 1935 and although his British holding company paid a tax to the U. S. he had a considerable tax saving. Said Mr. Irey: "The conduct of Mr. Laughton in this instance may be perfectly legal. The case however is cited as another illustration...