{"id":79308,"date":"2021-12-26T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T06:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79308"},"modified":"2021-12-27T09:49:49","modified_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:49:49","slug":"entertainer-the-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=79308","title":{"rendered":"Entertainer, The (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;As Phoebe always says, &#8216;Better to be a has-been than a never-was.'&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster-185x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-79309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster-185x300.png 185w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster-632x1024.png 632w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster-79x128.png 79w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster-167x270.png 167w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Poster.png 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn aging vaudeville star (Laurence Olivier) living off the charity of his wife (Brenda de Banzie) and elderly father (Roger Livesey) &#8212; and emotionally supported by his stagehand son (Alan Bates) and do-gooding daughter (Joan Plowright) &#8212; romances a young beauty pageant contestant (Shirley Anne Field) while dreaming about his next big hit, evading taxmen, and avoiding news of his son Mick (Albert Finney) fighting in the Suez Crisis.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actors and Actresses<\/li>\n<li>Alan Bates Films<\/li>\n<li>Albert Finney Films<\/li>\n<li>Has-Beens<\/li>\n<li>Laurence Olivier Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Roger Livesey Films<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Anne Field Films<\/li>\n<li>Tony Richardson Films<\/li>\n<li>Vaudeville and Burlesque<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFollowing his cinematic directorial debut <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=77510\"><em>Look Back in Anger<\/em> (1959)<\/a> (based on a play by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Osborne\">John Osborne<\/a>), Tony Richardson adapted <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Entertainer_(play)\">Osborne&#8217;s next play<\/a>, written with Laurence Olivier in mind. It&#8217;s difficult to say which of these two films\/plays is more depressing &#8212; though I give my vote to <em>The Entertainer<\/em>, which is only 103 minutes long but feels twice that given its relentlessly bleak trajectory. That&#8217;s not to say the film isn&#8217;t well-made, because it is &#8212; but watching a nice young woman like Plowright postpone her engagement to a solid guy (Daniel Massey) in order to stick around and support her deeply dysfunctional family is a rough way to start the storyline off. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-1536x914.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Postponement.png 1557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, as soon as we learn more about both Archie Rice (Olivier) and his troubled wife Phoebe (de Banzie), we know we&#8217;re in for a rocky ride, given that Archie doesn&#8217;t want to face the fact of his financial troubles, and Phoebe is perpetually on her last nerve about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-1536x921.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie-450x270.png 450w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-de-Banzie.png 1553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Making matters worse, Archie is a chronic womanizer who somehow manages to woo a pretty young beauty pageant contestant through an aspirational lie about featuring her in his upcoming (as of yet unfunded) production: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-1536x911.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field-455x270.png 455w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Field.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; not fully realizing what his affair will do to his wife, whose brother in Canada is willing to help pay their bills and get them started on a new life if only Archie were open to this option. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1960\/10\/04\/archives\/screen-the-entertainerolivier-stars-in-john-osbornes-story.html\">Bosley Crowther<\/a> describes the overall scenario perfectly, referring to the film (which he nonetheless seems to recommend) as &#8220;a devastating picture of a hollow, hypocritical heel and of the pitiful people around him who are drowned in his grubby vanity.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Precisely. Is there anything worse than a once-well-known performer past his prime who refuses to step down from his perch, and drags everyone else along with him on his descent? Well, clearly there are many things worse &#8212; but this film makes a good argument on behalf of Archie as a top Pathetic Loser of cinema. Because he&#8217;s played by Olivier (giving a marvelous performance), we want very much to seek empathy with him:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-1536x914.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-Look-In-My-Eyes.png 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but frankly, it&#8217;s hard. Archie doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean to be cruel, but his own needs are so dominant that he can&#8217;t or won&#8217;t stop to reflect on what he&#8217;s doing to others. To that end, the film is littered with distressing and\/or depressing scenes, including a beauty pageant in which several contestants are described matter-of-factly as having &#8220;no hobbies&#8221; (ouch): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-1536x914.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Beauty-Pageant.png 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Archie&#8217;s employees hovering in the background to eavesdrop while he hears bad news on the telephone (they know this means their own paychecks will be further delayed, but are perhaps experiencing <em>schadenfreude<\/em> as well): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-1536x923.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still-449x270.png 449w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Still.png 1549w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; de Banzie&#8217;s multiple hysterical breakdowns:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-1536x907.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak-457x270.png 457w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Bleak.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the terrible culminating scenes with Livesey (about which I won&#8217;t say more at risk of spoiling). With that said, as with other films of the British New Wave, Richardson makes excellent use of authentic locales, very much bringing the seaside world of low-brow entertainment to life: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-1024x617.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-1536x926.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign-448x270.png 448w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Archie-Rice-Sign.png 1551w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Oswald Morris&#8217;s cinematography throughout is stellar. Both Alan Bates: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-1536x915.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Arkin.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Albert Finney (appearing only in an early sequence): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-1024x611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-1024x611.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-768x458.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-1536x917.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Finney.png 1567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; made their cinematic debuts in this film, and it&#8217;s also notable for bringing together Olivier and Plowright romantically (they went on to marry and have three kids). However, it&#8217;s hard to recommend a film that&#8217;s such a consistently bleak downer &#8212; so consider yourself forewarned. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice (nominated as one of the Best Actors of the Year in <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-1024x607.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-1536x911.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier-455x270.png 455w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Olivier.png 1557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Brenda de Banzie as Phoebe Rice<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-de-Banzie2.png 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine use of location shooting<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-1024x606.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"379\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-1536x909.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill-456x270.png 456w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Hill.png 1553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Oswald Morris&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-1024x601.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-79315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-1024x601.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-1536x901.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2-460x270.png 460w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Entertainer-Cinematography2.png 1577w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" 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