Go right ahead. In fact, you can grab any image you think you have a use for. That's a general policy here (we don't even ask to be credited); and I'm glad to do it.
I wish I knew what this was from but, alas, I don't. I am reasonably sure it was something in which they all participated (which is why it's a 'Collaborators' entry), but even that's a guess on my part.
Thanks Tom. It is such a nice group, bigger and more consistently accomplished than is usually seen and I love it for the obvious good health they all exude. Even Ty Power and Hodiak, who didn't have too terribly far to go, look great. And I count three cigarettes going. Ugh.
It was 1953 and Charles Laughton was directing JOHN BROWN'S BODY on Broadway with Tyrone Power, Raymond Massey and Anne Baxter (though she was replaced by Judith Anderson by the time the play opened). John Hodiak tagged along here because he was married to Baxter at the time. The other two--Lloyd Nolan and Henry Fonda--were having a big success on Broadway in THE CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL, so they apparently dropped by to visit (maybe they were in adjoining theaters).
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Wow! A collection of Masters of the Craft.
cool photo..Laughton,like his Night of the Hunter,looks like something from another time and place compared to the others gathered 'round
What a cool group. I wonder what the occasion happened to be.
I'd love to post this on my flickr photo stream. I would like to give you credit. Please let me know if it is okay
James:
Go right ahead. In fact, you can grab any image you think you have a use for. That's a general policy here (we don't even ask to be credited); and I'm glad to do it.
Michael:
I wish I knew what this was from but, alas, I don't. I am reasonably sure it was something in which they all participated (which is why it's a 'Collaborators' entry), but even that's a guess on my part.
Thanks Tom. It is such a nice group, bigger and more consistently accomplished than is usually seen and I love it for the obvious good health they all exude. Even Ty Power and Hodiak, who didn't have too terribly far to go, look great. And I count three cigarettes going. Ugh.
The group are cast members of Laughton's stage adaptation of Stephen Vincent benét's "John Brown's Body": Power, Baxter Massey (Charles Laughton directed) along with cast members of "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial": Nola, Hodiak, Fonda... Dick Powell was the director.
Both Shows were produced by Paul Gregory: when rehearsals of "Caine Mutiny" didn't go well, Gregory asked Laughton to direct it.
Agreed, quite a collection, they all look so relaxed, particularly Laughton.
Ahh, Laughton was probably the greatest natural actor of the 20th Century.
It was 1953 and Charles Laughton was directing JOHN BROWN'S BODY on Broadway with Tyrone Power, Raymond Massey and Anne Baxter (though she was replaced by Judith Anderson by the time the play opened). John Hodiak tagged along here because he was married to Baxter at the time. The other two--Lloyd Nolan and Henry Fonda--were having a big success on Broadway in THE CAINE MUTINY COURT MARTIAL, so they apparently dropped by to visit (maybe they were in adjoining theaters).
--Bob Keser
Great info Gloria. I was going to suggest something to do with the stage. Intersting group.
This pic is a good example why I love this site!
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