The Bounty (1984 film) for the Welsh actor: "He was terrific. He was good to work with because he was open and he was willing to give. He's a moral man, and you could see this. I think we had the same attitudes." The first version, an Australian silent film, "The Mutiny of the Bounty", was made in 1916. The second, "In the Wake of the Bounty" (1933) was another Australian production, starring Errol Flynn in his film debut. The third and most famous version, "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), starred Clark Gable, Charles Laughton and Franchot Tone. The fourth, a remake of the
Charles Laughton appeared at the Comédie-Française as Sganarelle in the second act of Molière's "Le Médecin malgré lui", the first English actor to appear at that theatre, where he acted the part in French and received an ovation. Laughton commenced his film career in Britain while still acting on the London stage. He also took small roles in three short silent comedies starring his wife Elsa Lanchester, "Daydreams", "Blue Bottles" and "The Tonic" (all 1928) which had been specially written for her by H.G. Wells and were directed by Ivor Montagu. He made a brief appearance as a disgruntled diner in another