MUNICIPAL, GREEN ISLAND
‘ The Beachcomber,’ which will be screened at the Municipal, Green _ Island, tomorrow afternoon and evening, signalises the outstanding character delineation in the distinguished career of the English actor, Charles Laughton. Cast as Ginger Ted, English beachcomber and remittance man cast up on a small island in the Dutch Malay, Laughton surpasses even his performances as Bligh in ‘ Mutiny on the Bounty,’ and as the celebrated painter in ‘ Rembrandt.’ Based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham, the plot of ‘ The Beachcomber ’ revolves around the fact that Ginger has made himself a public nuisance on this tiny tropical island. His drunken escapades are a constant source of irritation to Miss Jones, .the missionary, and her brother, Dr Jones, whose efforts to civilise the natives are blocked by Ginger at every turn.
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Evening Star, Issue 23880, 9 May 1941, Page 3
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133MUNICIPAL, GREEN ISLAND Evening Star, Issue 23880, 9 May 1941, Page 3
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