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The Entertainer is a 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Tony Richardson, produced by Harry Saltzman and adapted by John Osborne and Nigel Kneale from Osborne’s stage play of the same name.
As one of the classics of ragtime, it returned to international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s, when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar-winning film The Sting. Composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch 's adaptation reached No. 3 on the Billboard pop chart and spent a week at No. 1 on the easy listening chart ...
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SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. The Entertainer is a 1960 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Tony Richardson, produced by Harry Saltzman and adapted by John Osborne and Nigel Kneale from Osborne’s stage play of the same name. The film stars Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice, a failing third-rate music-hall stage performer who tries to keep his ...
1h 36m. IMDb RATING. 7.1 /10. 3.7K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama. Archie Rice, an old-time British music hall performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business. Director. Tony Richardson. Writers. John Osborne. Nigel Kneale. Stars. Laurence Olivier. Brenda de Banzie. Roger Livesey. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +3.
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Read More. A semi-musical adaptation of the stage and screen drama (both of which starred Laurence Olivier) about a second-rate vaudevillian, still struggling at middle age for success and stardom. The setting is changed from the original British to an American seaside resort and has Emmy Award-nominated perfo.
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Aug 30, 2016 · Dancers Kate Tydman, Yasmin Harrison, Lauren Alexandra and Pip Jordan. Photograph: Johan Persson. The brilliance of Osborne’s play lies in its use of the dying music hall as a metaphor for the ...
London schoolteacher Jean Rice (Joan Plowright) returns to her seaside resort hometown at a time of personal crisis. Her father, Archie (Laurence Olivier), is a star on the music hall circuit, but...
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