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The Celluloid Closet

CGiii Rating

Tom Courtenay as the prissy dresser who secretly loves the actor he serves.
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Public Rating

Dresser (The)

Country: UK, Language: English, 118 mins

Gay | The Celluloid Closet | Out at the Movies: A History of Gay Cinema | The Culture of Queers | Drama | 1983
  • Director: Peter Yates
  • Writer: Ronald Harwood
  • Producer: Ronald Harwood; Nigel Wooll

CGiii Comment

An utter joy...

Some will not appreciate the high-octane, theatrical performances...but, that is exactly what is needed for this film to succeed.

It's all about the theatre.

It's about acting.

Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

Cast & Characters

Albert Finney as Sir;
Tom Courtenay as Norman;
Edward Fox as Oxenby;
Zena Walker as Her Ladyship;
Eileen Atkins as Madge;
Michael Gough as Frank Carrington;
Cathryn Harrison as Irene;
Betty Marsden as Violet Manning;
Sheila Reid as Lydia Gibson;
Lockwood West as Geoffrey Thornton;
Donald Eccles as Mr. Godstone;
Llewellyn Rees as Horace Brown;
Guy Manning as Benton;
Anne Mannion as Beryl;
Kevin Stoney as C. Rivers Lane

IMDb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085461