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Charles Laughton [EPUB ebook]
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The creator of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, Henry VIII and Captain Bligh, Charles Laughton’s career spans 50 films and 40 stage roles. This entralling biography follows him from his parents’ hotel in Scarborough to his climactic assumption of the role of King Lear in Statford at the end of his life. Along the way we meet a galaxy of Hollywood greats – from Korda, Hitchcock and Billy WIlder to Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. We also discover a hugely talented and complex man – a legend in his own lifetime who nonetheless counted himself a failure.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9781448156474 ● Publisher Random House ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5890046 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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