Charles Laughton - S & D...?

how's the YT print?

Recently read a version of the anecdote below in James Harvey's excellent book about movie acting, Watching Them Be, which includes a verygood chapter on Laughton (I think Harvey found it in the Simon Callow biography):

Laughton's worst fear materialized while directing Henry Fonda in the play The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954). Fonda, angry at the play's development and execution, lashed out at Laughton by sneering. "What do you know about men, you fat faggot?"

http://lareviewofbooks.org/review/present-accounted-james-harveys-watching

oh man -- I had no idea Harvey wrote a new book. Romantic Comedy in Hollywood and Movie Love in the 50s are among my favorite film books.

man, Ruggles of Red Gap is pretty much the bomb. CL is brilliantly reactive, and the supporting cast supplies everything he needs. Well-oiled McCarey, prob one of his 3 best comedies.