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640:: "Laird Cregar–plump, soft-spoken, suggesting reserves of violence and rage held barely in check–found in the role of the Ripper an almost therapeutic alleviation of his private angst, the misogyny of a tormented homosexual." Cregar's homosexuality is discussed on features included on a DVD boxed set of
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columnist and the author of the novel from which the play was adapted, remembered: "There was only a small part in the first scene... but Laird was glad to get it–and it was almost entirely due to his superb acting that the play started with a bang which made all the bored
Hollywood scouts sit up and
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theatrical troupe, as well as other productions at
Stratford. Yet Winchester has no record of him and no ship registry records his trans-Atlantic passage. He said he returned home from school in England upon his father's death from cancer, though he was three years old at the time. Cregar's claim to
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declared the film "Laird Cregar’s picture", and called it "as much a psychological study" of his character as a suspense film. His character's obsession with his dead brother provided a moment of "true pathos". The killer says his brother's portrait is "more beautiful than a beautiful woman" and he
169:, though Booth never married and is not known to have fathered a child. He described being sent to England at the age of eight to be educated at Winchester College, where he developed his abilities with British accents. He cited as his first appearances on the stage the role of a page boy with the
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Philadelphia and graduated when he was 14 is also false. He followed his older brothers into the public school system until, not yet 16, he ran away to Miami and then Hollywood. He was back home with his brothers and widowed mother to be recorded by the census of March 1930.
563:, published in the U.S. in 1942. Set in England in 1939, its central character George Bone is a pitiful alcoholic who suffers from psychotic episodes. He is exploited by the woman he worships until he kills her and her lover and then takes his own life. Screenwriter
148:. Cregar quickly rose to stardom, appearing in a variety of genres from film noir to screwball comedy to horror movies. He was a popular actor at the time of his death in 1944 at age 31, a result of complications from binge dieting undertaken to suit him for
585:, a role Cregar thought could make him a leading man. Cregar relented after two weeks, and filming went forward, though Cregar was uncooperative, resentful of his treatment by Zanuck, and suffering from health problems exacerbated by a crash diet. The film
611:, a young actor with whom Cregar had been having an affair, was knifed to death, and press accounts of his death carried pictures of Cregar, describing him as "such a good friend" of Bacon. This prompted Darryl Zanuck to arrange for an article in
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and then acted in productions of the
Hedgerow Theater, an amateur company in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania. He later reported that he acted with other stock companies in Philadelphia and wrote some plays that were performed by amateur groups.
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Laird Cregar was born in
Philadelphia, the youngest of six sons of Elizabeth (née Smith) and Edward Matthews Cregar. His father earned his living as a tailor. He was also a cricketer, a member and later the coach of a team called the
636:. He "more or less steadily dated" Peggy Stack, for more than two years. Later assessments of Cregar's performances at times identify his sexuality as key to his acting success, as Joel Greenburg wrote of Cregar in
301:.... I had been going on the assumption that, because I knew I had what it takes, others would be aware of it, too. Now I realized that I would have to force the knowledge on them, with a bludgeon, if necessary.
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Cregar's biographer describes his sexuality as "complicated". Memoirists consistently identify him a homosexual, recalling him being frank about his homosexuality or meeting him with a "boyfriend". In 1943,
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Scheuer, Philip K (September 8, 1941). "Greasepaint's Lure Too Strong for Jane Bryan?: Hope Gets 'Dream Girl' Nancy
Coleman Debuts Laird Cregar Borrowed Trio Take to 'Highway' Lucille Ball Saves Day".
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get interested." He kept his role when the leads were replaced for a new production that hoped to reach
Broadway, but he appeared only in Pasadena and San Francisco before the show closed.
429:(1942), where he gave a light touch to the film's villain, the suave German governor of occupied Paris. Cregar briefly returned to the stage to appear in the title role of
659:(which included prescribed amphetamines) placed a strain on his system, resulting in severe abdominal problems. He underwent surgery at the beginning of December 1944.
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496:(1943), playing "the friendliest, most reassuring Devil to appear onscreen", a "warm-hearted character unlike other film devils and most of Cregar's other roles".
123:, July 28, 1913 – December 9, 1944) was an American stage and film actor. Cregar was best known for his villainous performances in films such as
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Playhouse gave him the best advice he possibly could, telling him "not to lose a pound of weight, but instead to develop a thin man's personality".
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472:(1942) he played a villainous army commander "whose sole aim is to break the spirits of the first batch of cadets". Finally, his busy 1942 ended with
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Chapman, John (December 28, 1941). "The Stars of 1942!: John
Chapman Picks Movies' Best Bets Chapman Picks Stars for 1942! The Movie Stars of 1942!".
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could be used, dropping the alcoholism and adding several murders. Cregar was appalled by the script and refused to perform, which led
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in both London in 1936 and in New York in 1938, Cregar determined to duplicate that success. A few years later he told an interviewer:
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Hoping to escape being typecast as a villain in his next film, Cregar got Fox to buy the rights to a recent best-seller,
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2022:"Alexis Smith Gets Role of Nora in 'Human Bondage' -- Two New Films to Arrive Today"
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Scheuer, Philip K. (September 20, 1941). "Laird Cregar Has Fling as 'Rudest Man'".
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Schallert, Edwin (July 25, 1940). "Eddie Bracken Gets Big Build-up at Paramount".
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248:(1940). Unable to find work for months, some friends let him sleep in their car.
1614:"'I Wake Up Screaming,' Featuring Betty Grable, Carole Landis and Victor Mature"
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2544:"Louella O. Parsons: Close-Ups and Long-Shots Of the Motion Picture Scene".
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Millier, Arthur (August 10, 1939). "Restaged Comedy by Shippey Hit".
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Katherine Von Blon (July 11, 1939). "'Wingless Victory' Given".
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at 1716 Vine Street for his contributions to the film industry.
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The crash diet that Cregar followed for his roles in
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1542:"'Hudson's Bay,' a Ponderous Epic, at the Roxy"
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400:(1941). He portrayed an obsessed detective in
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2162:Nahmod, David Alexander (October 23, 2007).
1959:Field, Louise Maunsell (February 15, 1942).
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1587:Hall, Phil; Leighton Aronsky, Rory (2011).
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1861:"Screen News Here and in Hollywood"
1568:"Screen News Here and in Hollywood"
1504:"Screen News Here and in Hollywood"
1486:"Screen News Here and in Hollywood"
1323:Strauss, Theodore (April 5, 1942).
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2250:"The History of Bariatric Surgery"
1734:Historical Dictionary of Film Noir
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2615:Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy
1705:Crowther, Bosley (May 14, 1942).
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2057:Mank (2018), pp. 202–3, 206–7
2011:Mank (2018), pp. 190–1, 195–6
1826:Mitchell, Charles P. (2015).
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884:Ten Gentlemen from West Point
469:Ten Gentlemen from West Point
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1886:. March 3, 1943. p. B6.
1869:. March 1, 1943. p. 15.
1731:Spicer, Andrew, ed. (2010).
505:in 1943 and a guest spot on
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2533:. May 19, 1940. p. C2.
2134:Mank (2018), pp. 103–4, 109
740:Oh Johnny, How You Can Love
445:. Cregar appeared opposite
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2617:. McFarland & Co Inc.
2377:"Cregar's 'Over 10G' Will"
2334:"Obituary 2 -- No Title".
2075:Mank (2018), pp. 38, 136–7
1931:. McFarland. p. 255.
1459:Mank (2018), pp. 46–48, 51
1052:The Man Who Came to Dinner
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346:for him. He was tested by
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2225:. Event occurs at 2m 15s
2143:Mank (2018), pp. 124, 149
2097:Mann, William J. (2001).
1993:Mank (2018), pp. 189, 191
1880:"Not Ill, But Wasting!".
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2190:"Looking at Hollywood".
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1816:Mank (2018), pp. 141–45
1274:Mank (2018), pp. 15, 18
813:Charley's American Aunt
595:Personal life and death
377:(1941), where opposite
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2066:Mank (2018), pp. 233–4
1984:Mank (2018), pp. 180–2
1898:"Review: 'The Lodger'"
1415:Mank (2018), pp. 40–43
1406:Mank (2018), pp. 37–39
1397:Mank (2018), pp. 33–35
1348:Mank (2018), 25, 28–31
1292:Mank (2018), pp. 19–21
1283:Mank (2018), pp. 18–19
1167:Mank (2018), pp. 10–11
1003:Select theatre credits
904:Capt. Sir Henry Morgan
708:Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2223:Turner Classic Movies
1691:The Los Angeles Times
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1526:The Los Angeles Times
1446:The Los Angeles Times
1301:Mank (2018), pp. 22–4
1182:Chicago Daily Tribune
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357:The Great Commandment
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1030:The Wingless Victory
921:Hello, Frisco, Hello
856:Rings on Her Fingers
808:Sir Francis Chesney
459:Rings on Her Fingers
413:John Chapman of the
63:, Pennsylvania, U.S.
2737:American gay actors
2546:The Washington Post
2265:The Washington Post
2048:Mank (2018), p. 196
2002:Mank (2018), p. 195
1883:The Washington Post
1798:. December 24, 1942
1590:What If They Lived?
1370:. December 10, 1944
1223:The Washington Post
994:George Harvey Bone
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861:Warren Worthington
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821:I Wake Up Screaming
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755:Granny Get Your Gun
403:I Wake Up Screaming
269:In the role of Sir
239:Granny Get Your Gun
196:Thomas Browne Henry
171:Stratford-upon-Avon
126:I Wake Up Screaming
117:Samuel Laird Cregar
47:Samuel Laird Cregar
37:Cregar in the 1940s
2407:www.walkoffame.com
2027:The New York Times
1866:The New York Times
1573:The New York Times
1509:The New York Times
1424:Mank (2018), p. 43
1388:Mank (2028), p. 31
1310:Mank (2018), p. 24
1265:Mank (2018), p. 18
1241:"Larger Than Life"
1194:Mank (2018), p. 19
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2561:Los Angeles Times
2531:Los Angeles Times
2516:Los Angeles Times
2501:Los Angeles Times
2486:Los Angeles Times
2471:Los Angeles Times
2456:Los Angeles Times
2433:Los Angeles Times
2336:Los Angeles Times
2192:Los Angeles Times
2169:Bay Area Reporter
2030:. August 12, 1944
1593:. BearManor Media
1471:Los Angeles Times
1247:. January 5, 1941
1203:Mank (2018), p. 9
1102:bariatric surgery
1077:Marguerite Namara
1017:To Quito and Back
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870:This Gun for Hire
601:Man Mountain Dean
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