I came across this wonderful little nugget of movie history: Charles Laughton recites President Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address' - "Ruggles of Red Gap" (1935)

The political rhetoric of our day is so sad, so sad that its even tragic in a way. We are in desperate need of true statesmen & sateswomen rather than what we have today.

https://youtu.be/awsmXerhLqQ?si=ZM27yICHe4MrH_ms

Charles Laughton recites President Lincoln's 'Gettysburg Address' - "Ruggles of Red Gap" (1935)

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