ENTER LAUGHING (1967)

Directed by: Carl Reiner

Based on the novel by: Carl Reiner

Based on the stage play by: Joseph Stein

Starring: Reni Santoni, Elaine May, Jose Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Jack Gifford, Janet Margolin, David Opatoshu, Don Rickles, Michael J. Pollard, Richard Deacon, Nancy Kovack, Herbie Faye, Rob Reiner, Danny Stein, Milton Frome, Lillian Adams, Mantan Moreland, Patrick Campbell, Peter Brocco

111 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

David Kolowitz, a nice young man living with his parents in New York City in 1938, works at a machine repair shop. His parents want David to study to become a pharmacist. But what he really wants is to be an actor like his idol, Ronald Colman. One day, at his friend Marvin's suggestion, David tries out for a part in a play, and gets it, despite his obvious lack of acting experience (not to mention ability). True, it's a rather small part in a low-rent production. Leading the troupe is a washed-up, alcoholic actor who hires David at the urging of his actress-daughter, who finds David "cute." To play his part, David must come up with his own costume - a tuxedo - and pay the house five dollars a week, ostensibly for tuition. But it is David's first acting job, one which calls for him to "enter laughing." And if it doesn't work out - well, there's always pharmacy school.

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