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The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Director: Alexander Korda | Stars: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Alan Mowbray, Sara Allgood. Votes: 5,062.
Laurence Olivier. Actor: Sleuth. Laurence Olivier could speak William Shakespeare's lines as naturally as if he were "actually thinking them", said English playwright Charles Bennett, who met Olivier in 1927. Laurence Kerr Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England, to Agnes Louise (Crookenden) and Gerard Kerr Olivier, a High Anglican priest.
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A self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence. Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson. Votes: 146,711 | Gross: $4.36M. 10/10.
- HAMLET (1948) Directed by Laurence Olivier. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Starring Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway, Terence Morgan, Jean Simmons, Anthony Quayle, Esmond Knight, Russell Thorndike.
- MARATHON MAN (1976) Directed by John Schlesinger. Screenplay by William Goldman, based on his novel. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, Marthe Keller.
- HENRY V (1944) Directed by Laurence Olivier. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Starring Laurence Olivier, Renee Asherson, Robert Newman, Leslie Banks.
- REBECCA (1940) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison, adaptation by Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier.
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- 'Rebecca' (1940) Rebecca might not be Alfred Hitchcock's "best" film, but it is among his most enduring and rewatchable efforts. Laurence Olivier stars opposite Joan Fontaine and Judith Anderson in the story of a young woman who marries the dashing but brooding Maxim de Winter.
- 'Hamlet' (1948) There have been many adaptations of Shakespeare's classic play, Hamlet, but Olivier's 1948 take is among the best. The actor stars in the titular role, the young Prince of Denmark, seeking revenge against his murderous uncle, Claudius, who killed his father and usurped the throne.
- 'Wuthering Heights' (1939) William Wyler's 1939 adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's seminal novel launched Olivier into superstardom. Based only on the book's first half, Wuthering Heights tells the tragic love story between the poor stableman Heathcliff and the wealthy Catherine Earnshaw Linton.
- 'Henry V' (1944) Olivier won his first Oscar - an honorary trophy, but an Oscar, nonetheless - for his directorial, acting, and producing efforts in 1944's Henry V. Olivier's first Shakespeare adaptation, the film follows the young King Henry V and his efforts to conquer France during the Hundred Year's War.
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Oct 19, 2023 · Jennifer Jones, Laurence Olivier, Eddie Albert. 61 votes. Released: 1952. Directed by: William Wyler. When beautiful young Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) travels from her small hometown to Chicago in the 1890s, she meets well-off traveling salesman Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) on the train.
Jan 24, 2023 · 9. Clash of the Titans. United Artists. With all the historical narratives in Laurence Olivier's filmography, it's sort of refreshing that in the latter days of his career, he would play a ...
