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Charles Laughton: Scarborough’s Oscar winner
Charles Laughton’s journey from a Scarborough hotel to Oscar glory and a defining career in British and American film.
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Born in Scarborough in 1899, Charles Laughton rose from British theatre to Hollywood, winning an Oscar for The Private Life of Henry VIII and becoming one of the most powerful and distinctive screen actors of his era.
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