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Another great Laughton role is in the almost unknown

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In Reply to: RE: "Ruggles of Red Gap" certainly should be on all lists of posted by tinear on March 11, 2009 at 13:50:23

film called "If I Had a Million." It an episodic comedy-drama made in 1932 and is, as far as I know, the first of many films about someone givng away a fortune and the effect it has on the recipients. Charles Laughton has a scene in it that is one of the classic comedy routines of 30s film. Oh yes, it also has some classic bits by George Raft, WC Fields, Jack Oakie, Charlie Ruggles, and the magnificent Allison Skipworth. Each segment has a different director, among them the masters Norman Taroug, Ernst Lubitsch, and Norman Z. McLeod. It's about 80 minutes and a great lesson on how humor and a little drama helped ease the pain of the Great Depression.

If you haven't seen it please do so immediately then report back to us.

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Thanks, I'll look for it. Laughton, along with Alastair Sim, may be the - tinear 07:30:26 03/12/09 (0)
greatest English actor virtually unknown to American audiences.

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