| The Stripper | |
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| Directed by | Franklin J. Schaffner |
| Screenplay by | Meade Roberts |
| Based on | A Loss of Roses (1959 play) by William Inge |
| Produced by | Jerry Wald |
| Starring | Joanne Woodward Richard Beymer Claire Trevor Carol Lynley |
| Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredericks |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,175,000[1] or $2.5 million[2] |
| Box office | $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)[3] |
The Stripper is a 1963 American drama film about a struggling, aging actress-turned-stripper, played by Joanne Woodward, and the people she knows. It is based on the play A Loss of Roses by William Inge.
This was the feature film debut of director Franklin J. Schaffner, and co-starred Carol Lynley, Robert Webber, and Richard Beymer. Also appearing as Madame Olga was real-life stripper Gypsy Rose Lee. It was the first Schaffner film to feature a score by prolific composer Jerry Goldsmith, who later worked with Schaffner on Planet of the Apes, Patton, Papillon, and The Boys from Brazil.[4]
William Travilla was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
The film was intended to be a vehicle for Marilyn Monroe and Pat Boone, two Fox contract stars, but Monroe died in 1962, and Boone refused the role on moral grounds.[5]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p253
- ^ "Wald, Ritt, Hotcher off to Italy". Variety. 21 June 1961. p. 3.
- ^ "Top Rental Features of 1963", Variety, 8 January 1964 p 71. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
- ^ Clemmensen, Christian. Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) tribute at Filmtracks.com. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
- ^ Verswijver, Leo Pat Boone Interview in Movies were Always Magical: Interviews with 19 Actors, Directors, and Producers from the Hollywood of the 1930s through the 1950, McFarland, 2003, p. 8