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- Charles Higham was born on February 18, 1931 in London, England, UK. He was married to Norine Lillian Cecil. He died on April 21, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseNorine Lillian Cecil(1952 - ?) (divorced)
- This Anglo-Australian film critic became well-known in the 1970s with several biographies of film personalities, but his fame turned to notoriety in the early 1980s with a book about Errol Flynn, whom he accused of having been a spy for the Nazis throughout World War II. The "evidence" he offered for this was extremely dubious, and a great many of Flynn's friends decried the book in the strongest terms, whilst others merely found it ridiculous.
- Notorious in Los Angeles restaurants for taking sometimes as long as 45 minutes actually to order anything, and for being extremely rude to waiters and other staff.
- [on George Cukor] "His films vary drastically in their visual texture, their style reposing mainly in the theatrically accomplished handling of the actors."
- [on Frank Capra] "He has achieved his effects mainly through a brilliantly fluid editing style, a command of masses of people, and a moving camera."
- [on John Ford] His films look entirely different from one another, the style emerging rather from a personal response to people: affectionate, warm, with a rural decency and intimacy.
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