Hosted by Dirk Bogarde, the film uses unedited rushes from the film, contemporary glimpses of the abandoned Denham Film Studios, and modern interviews with Robert Graves, Merle Oberon, Flora Robson, Josef von Sternberg, Emlyn Williams and costume designer John Armstrong. The making of I, Claudius is the subject of the 1965 BBC-TV documentary, The Epic That Never Was. Allan Jeayes as Musa, Livia's physician.Everley Gregg as Domitia, Messalina's mother.Morland Graham as Halotus, master of Livia's household.Basil Gill as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor.

Frank Forbes-Robertson as Lupus, captain of the guard.

Ī scheme to make use of the I, Claudius footage by incorporating it into The Denham Studio Mystery, a proposed sequel to The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939), fell through. Suspicions that the accident was used as a pretext for cancelling the troubled production surfaced within days, when columnist Sheilah Graham reported that quarrels between Korda and Laughton over Laughton's interpretation of Claudius was 'the real reason work on the picture has been halted, not the serious injuries supposedly suffered by the leading lady, Merle Oberon, in a London auto crash.' London Films received an £80,000 (£5.49 million today) settlement from Prudential Insurance that reduced the production's losses to date. On 26 March 1937, it was announced that the film was abandoned. Oberon was injured in a car accident 16 March 1937, suffering facial cuts and a slight concussion. The production was dogged by 'ill circumstances'. Laughton based his interpretation of Claudius on King Edward VIII and his abdication speech. Other speaking parts included Claudius's servant Narcissus, Claudius' doctor Xenophon, Senator Sentius, and soldiers Cassius and Lupus. Also in the cast were Allan Aynesworth (as Senator Asiaticus) and John Clements (as Valens). I, Claudius was a production of Alexander Korda, directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Charles Laughton (as Claudius), Emlyn Williams (as Caligula), Flora Robson (as Livia), and Merle Oberon (as Messalina). Footage from the production was incorporated into a 1965 documentary on the making of the film The Epic That Never Was.

The production was dogged by adverse circumstances, culminating in a car accident involving co-star Merle Oberon that caused filming to be ended before completion. Produced by Alexander Korda, the film was directed by Josef von Sternberg, with Charles Laughton in the title role. I, Claudius is an unfinished 1937 film adaptation of the novels I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935) by Robert Graves.

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