From a British Pathé 1930 newsreel, Charles Laughton explains how he makes himself up to appear on stage in Edgar Wallace’s On the Spot, in which he played a character based on Al Capone:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)
Archives for May 14, 2014
Almanac: Simon Callow on what actors do
“It is interesting to note that frequently actors most successfully project the thing they least are but would most like to be–to the confusion both of their loved ones and themselves.”
Simon Callow, Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu