Entertainer, The
Date: 1960
Director: Tony Richardson
Production Company: Woodfall Film Productions
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Alan Bates, Albert Finney
Location(s): Morecambe, Heysham, Lancs
Region(s): North
Storyline:
Archie Rice, a pathetic music hall comic, plagued by debts, manipulates those around him in a defiant and selfish attempt to survive against improbable odds. He drinks, makes crude philosophical jokes about sex and politics and humiliates his lamenting, gin-soaked wife.
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- 25 Oct 2010
Joan Plowright looking up at the front of the Alhambra Theatre, Morecambe.
The Alhambra is still there on the prom - though no longer in use as a theatre. John Owens.
- Capture 2
- 25 Oct 2010
Joan P again near the entrance to the theatre.
The building at the back is now a post office - the clock in the doorway has gone. John Owens.
- Capture 3
- 25 Oct 2010
Waiting at a bus stop outside the Alhambra.
Now -The building at the back is now a post office - the clock in the doorway has gone. John Owens.
- Capture 4
- 25 Oct 2010
Morecambe prom - across from the Alhambra.
Now - The buildings are all intact. John Owens.
- Capture 5
- 25 Oct 2010
On the West End Pier Morecambe.
The pier is long gone but the Alhambra theatre survives - although the top sections of the building have been demolished. John Owens.
- Capture 6
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A side street probably in Morecambe. A similar shot shows a building on the street at the end named '.........ettte Cafe'.
- Capture 7
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On the stairs leading down from the refreshment room at a railway station. It's not Morecambe which I believe was all on one level. Liverpool Street Station, London EC2 advises Peter Brown.
- Capture 8
- 14 Jan 2014
Another shot on the footbridge of the station. Liverpool Street station also features in 'The Elephant Man', 'The File of the Golden Goose', 'A Prayer for the Dying', 'The Informers', 'I Was Monty's Double', 'The Silent Passenger', 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Suspended Alibi'.
Well matched with a shot from; http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1063/5114469202_17abf3e8db_o.jpg, their copyright of Liverpool Street station in London. Peter Brown.
- Capture 9
- 25 Oct 2010
A view along the Morecambe beach with the 'art deco' Midland Hotel in the background.
The hotel - derelict for many years has recently been restored and re-opened and used by Poirot on TV. John Owens.
- Capture 10
- 25 Oct 2010
Alan Bates and Joan Plowright strolling along the prom .
The distinctive white building is still there though slightly changed. John Owens.
- Capture 11
- 25 Oct 2010
A.B. And J.P. again in front of the Winter Gardens theatre.
The Winter Gardens is still there. John Owens.
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
This looks like an aviary maybe on a caravan park - location not identified. Neil Booker says, This picture was taken within the bird aviary of the small zoo that was part of the entertainment within Heysham Head, Heysham, Lancs.
- Capture 13
- 'Now' required
Same location with the world's most powerful telescope and Marionette theatre in the background. Neil Booker says; Marionette Theatre where the famous "Pinky and Perky" puppets used to perform.
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- 25 Oct 2010
Laurence Olivier eating his sandwiches on some waste ground.
The waste ground is now securely fenced off - but this view shows a similar view of the house to the left. John Owens.
- Capture 15
- 25 Oct 2010
Horse drawn carriage with 'The Crown Hotel 'in the background.
The Crown Hotel and the building to the left are unchanged. John Owens.
- Capture 16
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The old Middleton Tower Pontins Holiday Camp near Heysham. The camp has been closed for many years and may have been demolished.
- Capture 17
- 25 Oct 2010
Trinity Methodist church on the corner of the Prom and West Street.
The church building - now closed- and row of houses in West Street is still there. John Owens.
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- 25 Oct 2010
The graveyard in St Peter's church in Heysham village just down the coast from Morecambe.
The gravestones are still standing. John Owens.
- Capture 19
- 25 Oct 2010
The side of St Peter's church.
Now. John Owens.
- Capture 20
- 25 Oct 2010
Laurence Olivier by St Peter's church again.
Now - with the church hall just visible through the trees. John Owens.