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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk21:13, 5 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • ... 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"

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

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