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Entertaining Mr Sloane is a three-act play written in 1963 by the English playwright Joe Orton. [1] It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 and transferred to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 29 June 1964.
- Joe Orton
- 1964
Entertaining Mr Sloane, tradotto in Italia come Intrattenendo Sloane o Intrattenendo Mr Sloane o, più raramente, L'affittacamere, è una commedia drammatica di Joe Orton, debuttata a Londra nel 1964.
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Murder, homosexuality, bisexuality, nymphomania, and sadism are among the themes of this black comedy focusing on a brother and sister who become involved with a young, sexy, amoral drifterwith a mysterious past. Kath is a lonely middle-aged woman living in the London suburbs with her aging father Kemp, referred to as "DaDa". When she meets Mr. Slo...
Background and financing
Douglas Hickox was a TV commercials director who wanted to get into feature films. He and Doug Kentish set up a company called Canterbury Films which mostly made commercials. They had to buy the rights off a German company. Hickox admitted "Orton is not a subject I would have picked" normally but "it was my opportunity." They spent two years trying to raise finance for what would be Canterbury's first feature. Producer Kentish said casting was "difficult" but they could afford to pay the acto...
Filming
Filming commenced on 18 August 1969, with three weeks of location work and four weeks in the studio. The film was produced at Intertel Studios in Wembley and on location at Brockley, at East Dulwich, and at the lodge in Camberwell Old Cemetery in Honor Oak.
Music
The theme song was sung by Georgie Fame. Fame released it as the B-side of his 1970 single "Somebody Stole My Thunder".
Attended by Princess Margaret, the Royal World Premiere took place on 1 April 1970 at the Carlton Cinema in London. Beryl Reid later wrote in her memoirs that "though it wasn’t an immediate success commercially, Entertaining Mr Sloanehas become a cult film: everybody tries to get videos of it, which is quite surprising. It has always been my favour...
Entertaining Mr Sloane at IMDbEntertaining Mr Sloane at AllMovieEntertaining Mr Sloane: Directed by Douglas Hickox. With Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb. Sloane, a manipulative lodger, joins Kath's household. Kemp recognizes Sloane as a murderer.
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- Comedy, Crime, Thriller
- Douglas Hickox
- 1970
Mr. Sloane, un giovane di bell'aspetto, incontra al cimitero una donna di mezza età di nome Kath, la quale lo invita a diventare un suo pensionante. Nonostante la differenza di età, Sloane seduce Kath. Ed, il fratello di Kath, assume Mr. Sloan come autista e si prende cura di lui.
10 mag 2017 · First performed in London during the Swinging Sixties and Beatlemania, Entertaining Mr. Sloane was of the zeitgeist of sexual expression, creative fashion and a cheeky attitude toward authority. This superb production affirms its enduring stature as a work of provocative dramatic literature.
An aging nymphomaniac and her closeted gay brother are enamored with their father's killer and blackmail him into satisfying their outlandish desires. Watch trailers & learn more.
