Charles Laughton

Gertrude Lawrence

Elsa Lanchester

Edward Chapman

Walter Hudd

Roger Livesey

John Bryning

Sam Livesey

Herbert Lomas

Allan Jeayes

John Clements

Raymond Huntley

Abraham Sofaer

Laurence Hanray

Austin Trevor

Henry Hewitt

Gertrude Musgrove

Richard Gofe

Basil Gill

Barry Livesey

James Carney

Jack Livesey

John Turnbull

Edmund Willard

Hector Abbas

Evelyn Ankers

Baroness Barany

Lewis Broughton

Arthur Burne

Robin Burns

Frederick Burtwell

Robert Cochran

Rex Evans

William Fagan

Philip Godfrey

Marius Goring

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Skelton Knaggs

Alexander Knox

Peta Mannering

Joan Matheson

Meinhart Maur

Quinton McPherson

George Merritt

Charles Paton

Hay Petrie

Bellenden Powell

George Pughe

Jerrold Robertshaw

Leonard Sharp

Bill Shine

Laura Smithson

Byron Webber

Roger Wellesley

Pamela Wood

Carl Zuckmayer

Alexander Korda

June Head

Vincent Korda

W. Percy Day

Lajos Biró

William Hornbeck

Johan de Meester

John Pommer

David B. Cunynghame

John W. Mitchell

René Hubert

Stuart Freeborn

Peter Ellenshaw

A.W. Watkins

Ned Mann

Hal Waller

Geoffrey Boothby

John Armstrong

Francis D. Lyon

Sash Fisher

Geoffrey Toye

Georges Périnal

Robert Krasker

Muir Mathieson

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Rembrandt

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There's something magical about the characterisations in this biopic of the legendary 17th century Dutch painter. Not just Charles Laughton in the title role, but Elsa Lanchester as Hendrickje Stoffels and Gertrude Lawrence as Geertje Dirx - the women in his life - all add to the charm and create an effortless depth of personality for this film. Alexander Korda clearly had a rapport with his stars, and a creative vision that enabled this story to flow without resorting to it just being a chronology of his artist achievements. Of course it's all, largely, speculation - but it is an engaging look at not just how he lived his life (quite irresponsibly) but of just how hand-to-mouth many artists of the time lived and yet now - as it states in the prologue "no millionaire could ever fund the acquisition of his works". Geoffrey Toye is to be commended for his gentle, sympathetic accompaniment to this charismatic depiction of artistic greatness - flaws and all, and although Laughton does revert a bit to type at the end (à la Henry VIII from 1933) it's still a super film to watch.

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