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British-American actor (1899–1962)

Also known as: Чарльз Лоутон, تشارلز لوتون, 찰스 로턴, チャールズ・ロートン, 查尔斯·劳顿, Лоутон Ч.

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His Southern Gothic novel The Night of the Hunter shares the same dark fable of menace and childhood innocence. (AI reason)
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A Christmas Carol and his theatrical, read-aloud storytelling are central to Laughton's dramatic readings. (AI reason)
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Expansive, rhapsodic American prose well suited to the oral-performance anthologies Laughton compiled. (AI reason)
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James Thurber1894–1961
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Warm, sentimental short stories with a strong spoken-voice quality suited to dramatic reading. (AI reason)
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Carl Sandburg1878–1967
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Celebratory, folk-inflected American poetry and prose matching the patriotic anthology The Fabulous Country. (AI reason)
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Elsa Lanchester1902–
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Her theatrical memoir writing explores the same stage and screen world as Laughton's work. (AI reason)
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