FrameThrower · Actors · Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
2 films · 66 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1932–1960
Born 30 June 1899 · Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · died 15 December 1962
Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death.
He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 66 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1932–1960
- Academy Award for Best Actor1934
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
- Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording1962
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 66 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Charles takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 75% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Charles takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 66 frames from Charles Laughton's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.