Summer Under the Stars: Claude Rains

Star of the Day: Claude Rains

Caesar and Cleopatra (1945): "Julius Caesar gives the famed Egyptian queen lessons in government."

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Timely choice on my part, I literally just finished a biography of Cleopatra, which I highly recommend, and I'm currently working my way through a Liz Taylor/Richard Burton biography where Cleopatra is a large focus of the book.

I found this very intriguing, especially watching Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh play off of each other. They're both so skilled at intricate scripts, it's like watching masters go to work. 

I can't say that I've ever sourced out movies specifically for Claude Rains, but I do always smile when I see him in the cast list because he's such a captivating actor. So good at so many types of characters, from good to pure evil.