<P> As one of the classics of ragtime , it returned to international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s , when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar - winning film The Sting . Composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch 's adaptation reached # 3 on the Billboard pop chart and spent a week at # 1 on the easy listening chart in 1974 . The Sting was set in the 1930s , a full generation after the end of ragtime 's mainstream popularity , thus giving the inaccurate impression that ragtime music was popular at that time . </P>
<P> As one of the classics of ragtime , it returned to international prominence as part of the ragtime revival in the 1970s , when it was used as the theme music for the 1973 Oscar - winning film The Sting . Composer and pianist Marvin Hamlisch 's adaptation reached # 3 on the Billboard pop chart and spent a week at # 1 on the easy listening chart in 1974 . The Sting was set in the 1930s , a full generation after the end of ragtime 's mainstream popularity , thus giving the inaccurate impression that ragtime music was popular at that time . </P>
what movie is the song the entertainer from
what movie is the song the entertainer from
the 1973 Oscar - winning film The Sting
the 1973 Oscar - winning film The Sting