On Sep 18, 9:57 pm, Marv Soloff wrote:
> Marv Soloff wrote:
> > tomcervo wrote:
>
> >> On Sep 9, 9:00?pm, Marv Soloff wrote:
>
> >>> If you will notice, Jacobi finished the films, Laughton did not.
> >>> Couldn't find his
> >>> character.
>
> >>> From the documentary, it was Korda who failed to finish the film.
>
> >> Bogarde's description of Laughton's performance as being "kissed with
> >> genius" seems to suggest that it was equal to or surpassed Jacobi's
> >> work.
>
> >> SNIP
>
> > I do not think this is correct. I have the Claudius documentary with
> > Dirk Bogarde and
> > will revisit it.
>
> > Marv
>
> There are two reasons Korda pulled the plug (according to the documentary
> "The Epic that Never Was"). First, Laughton was not able to "find" the
> character
> of Claudius and would go into Merle Oberon's dressing room and cry on
> her lap
> rather than have Von Sternberg shoot a scene. The second was that Merle
> Oberon
> herself was in a serious automobile accident at this time and production
> on the
> picture was halted. She is quoted as saying that Lloyds of London paid out a
> fortune when the filming ceased.
>
Actually, according to that documentary, Laughton finally found his
inspiration for the character by listening to the abdication speech of
King Edward (the Duke of Windsor).
It was Oberon's accident after they had already shot too much to
replace her that was the real reason for shutting down.
Susan B.
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