3-023-157 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

The Actor Charles Laughton in Costume and in Character For Edgar Wallace's Gangster Thriller 'On the Spot', 1920s. '...London lights are bright. Big shows and big names . At Wyndam's Theatre, Charles Laughton is in his dressing room, setting about the long task of making up for his part in Edgar Wallace's Chicago gangster thriller, "On the Spot"...Tony Pirelli to the life'. From "Time To Remember - On Stage in the Twenties", 1927 (Reel 3); a look behind the scenes of the theatre during the 1920's.