#CaptainBligh
Charles Laughton as lovable Captain Bligh...
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July 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Closeted gay English-American actor and filmmaker Charles Laughton, celebrated for playing #HenryVIII, #Quasimodo and #CaptainBligh and directing “Night of the Hunter”, was BOTD in 1899. #charleslaughton #bornonthisday #closetedgay
Charles Laughton
English-American actor and filmmaker Charles Laughton was BOTD in 1899. Born in Scarborough in Yorkshire to a family of hoteliers, he showed an early interest in theatre, and studied at the Royal A…
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July 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#OnThisDay - 28 April 1789, William Peckover, who is buried in #Colchester's Holy Trinity churchyard, was one of the sailors set adrift in an open boat with #CaptainBligh following the infamous #MutinyOnTheBounty

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April 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
#Breadfruit.

In 1787, the #HMSBounty sailed to the South Pacific to obtain breadfruit, a starchy food crop. While returning to the Caribbean, #CaptainBligh rationed water to keep thirsty breadfruit trees alive, a factor in the crew's mutiny.

More than 200 years later, Chicago
March 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
#nowwatching #MutinyInTheBounty First mate #FletcherChristian leads a revolt against his sadistic commander, #CaptainBligh, in this classic seafaring adventure, based on the real-life 1789 mutiny. #clarkgable #charleslaughton
February 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM