1935! Some films can surf the waves of time with the freshness of a true work of art. Ruggles Of Red Gap is such a film, for me. At the center of it all, Charles Laughton, An inebriating mix of brains and innocence. He, the foreigner is the only one, among a group of Americans, who can recite the Gettysburg address. It is an unforgettable film moment. Laughton himself chose Leo McCarey as his director, he clearly knew what he was doing. The rest of the cast is sublime, Charlie Ruggles and Mary Boland, sensational. The last close up of Laughton in the film is a masterpiece of characterization. The end of a character's journey.
Review of Ruggles of Red Gap
