Talk:The Moon and Sixpence (1959 film)

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:13, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

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• ... that Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for his performance as a stockbroker who abandons his family for life as an artist in the Tahiti? Source: Here (Olivier and Bergman Win Emmys ... Sir Laurence Olivier ... last night won the medium's highest award for their portrayals ... Sir Laurence was named for his performance in 'The Moon and Sixpence.'")
  • ALT1:... that The Moon and Sixpence, starring Laurence Olivier, was called "the closest thing to dramatic perfection ever known on television"? Source: The Complete Films of Laurence Olivier, p. 235 here: "'The closest thing to dramatic perfection ever known on television. Adjectives alone cannot describe the haunting beauty of The Moon and Sixpence ...' Marie Torre in New York Herald Tribune"

• Reviewed: Bruder Martin

Created by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 14:12, 14 October 2020 (UTC).

Interesting article, well sourced, offline source accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. - ALT1 is acceptable, but I believe the other quote from the review, about Olivier, is even stronger, and I'd like Tahiti mentioned, or it could be any film, no? I'm no friend of the one-line paragraphs in the article but as you like it. Also waiting for qpq. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:20, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

@Gerda Arendt: I expanded the article and believe got rid of the one-sentence paragraphs. Is this the quote you were referring to?

• ALT2 ... that Laurence Olivier's performance in The Moon and Sixpence as a stockbroker in London, artist in Paris, and leper in Tahiti "had a brilliance and magnetism unmatched in the annals of TV"? Cbl62 (talk) 21:05, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

  yes thank you! My take of the same facts would be

  ALT3 ... that when Laurence Olivier played an artist in Paris and a leper in Tahiti in The Moon and Sixpence, a review noted a "brilliance and magnetism unmatched in the annals of TV"?

  Good image addition, - I hope it will stay. - Sorry, edit conflict. Just waiting for the qpq "soon". --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:18, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

  @Gerda Arendt: QPQ is done. I am fine with alts 2 or 3, though I tweaked a typo in alt3 and think the stockbroker bit is helpful to reflect the crazy range of the performance. I'm also adding an alt4 to try to keep it shorter (and hopefully intriguing). Cbl62 (talk) 21:43, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

  ALT4 ... that when Laurence Olivier portrayed a stockbroker in London, artist in Paris, and leper in Tahiti, a reviewer noted a "brilliance and magnetism unmatched in the annals of TV"? Cbl62 (talk) 21:43, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

  I give the choice to the prep builder. I am not so happy about hiding the film title, and dropped the stockbroker to get sooner to it, but may be the only one. - Great review, thank you! Could you please move it to the Special occasions area? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:52, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

  If the hook builder doesn't like the quote, we could shorten it to:

  ALT5 ... that Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for his role as a London stockbroker, Parisian artist, and Tahitian leper in The Moon and Sixpence? Cbl62 (talk) 00:12, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

  Striking 2 hooks then to make it not too tough for the prep builder. I'd even prefer ALT5, thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:29, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote ALT5, but where are the inline cites for London stockbroker, Parisian artist, and Tahitian leper? Yoninah (talk) 01:00, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

@Yoninah: Sorry about that. I've added in-line citations for this. Footnotes 7, 8, and 9 also have quotes that back up these facts so you don't have to go combing through the entirety of the articles. I think this is the last of my pending DYKs. Thank you for your assistance with so many of them! Cbl62 (talk) 05:24, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

• Thank you. Restoring tick per Gerda Arendt's review. Yoninah (talk) 21:11, 5 November 2020 (UTC)