Knee Slappin', Rib Pokin' Funnin'!: "Ruggles of Red Gap"

Episode 57 July 16, 2022 00:29:40
Knee Slappin', Rib Pokin' Funnin'!: "Ruggles of Red Gap"
How Bette Davis Saved My Life
Knee Slappin', Rib Pokin' Funnin'!: "Ruggles of Red Gap"

Jul 16 2022 | 00:29:40

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Show Notes

Charles Laughton gives another acting clinic on facial expressions and underplaying emotions as a comedy device.  His 1935 performance as Marmaduke (LOL) Ruggles, a loyal English butler gambled away to some zany Americans, played by Mary Boland and Charlie Ruggles (a coincidence), to go and serve in the "wild west" of 1901's Red Gap is a classy classic comedy that never wastes a scene and is hi. la. ri. ous!

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