Rare Charles Laughton footage (part 3 of 3)

[mvies77]

Because something is in the papers does not make it true. If Brecht fled, it was more than a witch hunt. These people are dead and it does no good to smear their names when they are not here to defend or answer for themselves. It is unfair and basically gossip. Still, nothing can take away the fact that Laughton was the greatest character actor of the 20th century or any century!

[MrSeraio]

Legendary actor, so humain, i also want all his films . Thank you for sharing these scenes, my favorite movie of charles laughton is the Hunchback of notre dame .

[zthetha]

Thank you for sharing this remarkable footage. Laughton certainly had charisma - it is impossible to take your eyes off him - and his voice was so warm and expressive - and believable - no doubt because he was a Yorkshireman like myself. His people came from Hull on the east coast where one of my cousins married one of the clan.

[DwightFry78]

@zthetha You're welcome! Thanks for the comments!

[HiWayLady49]

Where can either of these movies be obtained. I would love to see either or both in their entirety. NetFlix maybe?

[DwightFry78]

@HiWayLady49 You can order the DVD of "A Miracle Can Happen" from any Spain-based online DVD store. Search for "Una encuesta llamada milagro".

[lbr1234]

Fantastic - Charles Laughton is the greatest actor EVER!

[Phalces]

Wish I had Laughton reading the entire old testament on tape!!!!!!!!

[durcetcurval]

my definition of the greatest actor ever

[mxylpx]

Love this segment (and your moniker)....what film is this from? Laughton is always the best!

[DwightFry78]

Thanks! It's from "A Miracle Can Happen", the alternate version of "On Our Merry Way". More info in part 1 of 3.

[Filmbeat]

Thank you! It is a generous and a beautiful deed of you, letting us enjoy this film segment and the magnificent Laughton's acting.

[artbychristine]

Incredible.

Thank you so VERY much!!

seek beauty...

[DwightFry78]

You're welcome!

[evellednewz]

Charles Laughton was really outstanding in this fragment!

Thank you!

[DwightFry78]

You're very welcome!

[ColdChicago]

The film was made in 1948,the year that Laughton's co-worker, the German playwright Bertolt Brecht, fled the US,just ahead of the FBI. Laughton and Brecht had done the first production of Brecht's play- Galileo. On the advice of his manager, and midst an anti communist witch hunt, Laughton denounced the playwright, prompting this Brechtian verse:"Speak not to me of that man who denounced me before he was asked to..." Thus ended one of the great collaborations of the 20th Century.

[jessyquedens]

Not proven. Brecht BELIEVED that Laughton had denounced him.

[ColdChicago]

this is quite easily proven. and is

verifiable... brecht did not base one

of the bitterest of his poems on an

assertion. laughtons denunciation

appeared in the press.

[RiverofTearsJvL]

Thanks for posting this, ive been trying to find some good footage of charles laughton for awhile.

Family related questions and so on, thanks again.

[oldaba]

That's geally great - how good that there is a youtube and somebody who found this great piece!

Both together is perfect!

Thank you very much

[DwightFry78]

You're very welcome! :)

[enochsneed]

What a lovely story - I enjoyed all three episodes. Laughton was a great Bible reader (although I believe he was an atheist!). One detail I enjoyed - the little boy never gets wet.

[1SECRETBILLY]

Splendid, Very impressive piece of film. Two old pros.

[shursts]

Is there any chance that Burgess Meredith redubbed the voice of the dying man in this scene? It sounds just like him, and it would certainly have been possible.

[DwightFry78]

I have no idea if that's the case, I guess it's possible. BTW, I'm pretty sure the actor playing the dying man is Henry Hull (the lead in "Werewolf of London", the first Universal werewolf movie).

[shursts]

Thank you, oh thank you so much Dwight... I can't tell you how much I appreciate this offering today. Be well...

[DwightFry78]

You're very welcome, glad you like it!