Its amazing how many of W. Somerset Maugham’s novels wete made into movies.

@tomkent4656

2 ай бұрын

Maugham was the master of the well-crafted novel.

@abbynormal206

2 ай бұрын

and how many versions of each tale!

@42kellys

15 күн бұрын

He was a genius and his stories were deeply human and very interesting. Many are sad though writing about human cruelty.

I would gladly listen to George Sanders reciting the local telephone directory....

@marcsmirnoff936

2 ай бұрын

What about an out-of-state telephone directory?

@gplunk

2 ай бұрын

Out of the question!!

@johnlawrence2757

2 ай бұрын

Colonel Gritpype-Thinne of the Goon Show: - Peter Sellers clearly another admirer !

@akrenwinkle

2 ай бұрын

Better, the Yellow Pages. (suave, debonair) "Triple-Excellent Sump Pump. All your sump pump needs. No mess too disgusting. Call now."

@marcsmirnoff936

2 ай бұрын

Ah, with Sanders that is poetry. Though a delivery like Ernest Borgnine's might be compelling as well.

@29:56, Sanders is painting a flagpole on what we called, a "saddle". That occupation is known as a "steeplejack", and I did that for nearly 6mos. back in 1970. Our crew painted poles from 20ft. up to 70ft. and even painted poles atop San Antonio skyscrapers. We also cleaned rooftop gutters such as those on the "Medical Arts Bldg." next to the Alamo, and painted signs on the top floor of the Robert E. Lee hotel. I had severe acrophobia but I had to provide for my little family of three in those days. One did what he had to do back then. I still get dizzy atop the Tower of the Americas!😵

@pipfox7834

2 ай бұрын

Sounds terrifying. 🙏 Respect!

@pninnabokov3734

2 ай бұрын

If one looks closely at the film one can detect the delineation between the city/sky where the film is lighter where it's been spliced to add the Sanders painting the pole portion. But more significantly how did he get up there carrying that chair, rope, bucket of paint etc.? Hand over hand? To what is the chair attached on the pole in the scene? Looks as if the rope was looped around the top of the pole's entablature. How is it feasible to be high above the city dangling from a pole on a rope holding up that contraption plus a full-grown man? And wouldn't the paint wipe off on him every time he snuggled the pole? When time comes to go back down wouldn't most of the paint come away on his hands and body? And please explain how he unties or lifts the rope from the pole holding on to a slick, freshly painted pole? The whole kit and caboodle would plummet down with him unless he can levitate. Talk about suspension of disbelief! 🤣🤣😂🤣

Strange, Bizarre, Writing brilliance, Quality Acting, So many twists and turns. Fascinating.

Wonderful hidden gem, many top class character actors, great story.

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

A superb movie from the W Somerset Maugham novel. Thank you so very much .

Thank you for this marvellous film .

Filmed in the middle of WW2- life must go on me wonders!

George Sanders a man with a fascinating voice, I'd love to listen in to a conversation between him and Roland Coleman.

Thank you so much for this brilliant heartfelt movie all great actors 😁🇦🇽

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

You are most welcome!

What a stunning film. With beautifully shot scenes and amazing colour sequences at the end which exemplified his talent. He only really became a decent human being when he married Etta.

A very good movie.

Herbert Marshall played Somerset Maugham in the Razor 's Edge, one of his fabulous stories, where the lead was played by Tyrone Powers n the second version produced by Bill Murray who also played Larry n Uncle Eliott was played by Denholm Elliott. Both versions were excellent n true to the book totally!!!

Gauguin left his wife VERY well off. He made a killing on the stock exchange and he left it all to her and the kids. IF she hadn't been a useless tart, and spent it all on parties and dresses and finery she'd have gotten further. But even as it was she and the kids sure as hell didn't starve on their inheritance.

@robertlloydsite

2 ай бұрын

That is good to know as Huge fan of Paul Gauguin

@robertlloydsite

2 ай бұрын

Gauguin even dropped in to Melbourne on his way to Tahiti!! many moons ago.

@cocomix9718

Ай бұрын

Wow! You got absolutely nothing from this movie did you? Why should your expectations matter to anyone else.

@blackbird5634

Ай бұрын

@@cocomix9718 When did I write that they did? I posted plenty of what I got from the film, you got something different.

This is the third time I've seen this film with gaps of many years between each viewing. As far as I remember, this is the most complete version of the three. I first read the book when quite young, I found the film a bit later. Both the film and the book are fascinating, the book is, of course, a classic. I wonder that the film is not better known, it also is a classic. Thank you for this.

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

You are welcome -- thanks for watching!

Films are rarely as good as the book, but I think this film was well done... I remember as a small boy, seeing The Jungle Book. Sanders' voice of the tiger is what I recall most...

I'm here to hear two perfectly modulated English voices. Herbert Marshall, the perennial movie voice of W. Somerset Maugham, is like thick lava flowing so gently over freshly mowed grass while George Sanders whose ever so lightly nasal accent cascades as water over shiny, worn rocks. The heroic Marshall lost a leg for King and Country while fighting in WW1. Although this minor tragedy curtailed certain activities it did not hinder his theatrical ambitions. On the flip side the coward Sanders in a fit of ennui committed suicide. Perhaps he had heeded too closely Dr. Samuel Johnson's observation that ''a man who is tired of London is tired of life.''

@DelvingEye

2 ай бұрын

George Sanders' autobiography is wonderful, too. You can hear his silky tonality throughout.

@georgenelson8917

2 ай бұрын

Tired of London , not tied

@davidparris7167

2 ай бұрын

@@georgenelson8917 Thank you for your editorial suggestion. I have made the appropriate correction of my poor spelling.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

@@DelvingEye I knew from his accent, Dirk was Hungarian, the actor Steven Geray, orig.Gyergyay István. Sweet, kind, gentle Dirk. Well played. Great movie. They don't make him like this any more.

If you get a chance see George Sanders as Captain Billy Leech in The Black Swan, 1942, usually available on KZread. His accent sounds exactly like Sean Connery, sibilants and all.

It's a good old movie. But, please turn the volume UP. 🆙

@henryb160

Ай бұрын

If you are using Chrome you can add a volume boosting app. Takes no time to add and works a treat.

Based on true life. Truth is stranger than fiction.

The real paul guaguin acclaimed painter had syphilis. Im not sure how he ended his days

@tomkent4656

2 ай бұрын

Badly.

@abbynormal206

2 ай бұрын

@@tomkent4656 lol

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

Gauguin

@markr.devereux3385

2 ай бұрын

@@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 I stand corrected. go.....gan

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

@@markr.devereux3385 Annyi inteligens, érdekes kommentek vannak itt. Miért nem azokat emelik ki?

This was a time when there was stability in the world

I thought Herbert Marshall had one of the great voices of the English language together with Ronald Colman, George Sanders, James Mason, etc. He played the role of Somerset Maugham in the movie version of The Razor's Edge. I am going through Maugham's novels and this novel was one of the best.

@henryb160

Ай бұрын

I watched this movie on TV one afternoon in the late 70s and it led me to acquire all of Maugham's many novels. Enjoy.

@vincentdesapio

Ай бұрын

@@henryb160 I read the novel two years ago and was hooked. I hadn't even known a film of it had been made. George Sanders was born to play the title role. I'm resolved to read even more of Maugham's novels. So far, I've read Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge.

@henryb160

Ай бұрын

@@vincentdesapio Of Human Bondage is widely considered to be his best, but his own personal favourite was Cakes and Ale. An intriguing satire on London's literary scene that's well worth reading.

WOW! thanks!

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Interesting title for a film....a capsite in Sussex with mobile homes was also named The Moon and Sixpence. Ralph Richardson & Herbert Marshall have similar nasal voices

Well made and well played, sad story though.

Woooow thanks!!!!!!! ♥

@TheSprocketVault

Ай бұрын

You're welcome!!

The Sprocket Vault, I subscribed because your videos are super cool!

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

Wonderful!😌😌🇮🇪

This is partly based on a book about the life lf Paul Gauguin which I never liked. But i guess i watched due to George being in it.

The large lady who persuaded Strickland to marry, am sure played Mrs. Van Hopper in Rebecca along with Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine.

Good movie a add every 3 minutes 😂😂😂😂

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

I feel that way about commercials but have no say in how many KZread inserts into our movies. Keep in mind that we have to pay to license the movies and they only way we can afford is by depending on ad revenue, or pennies from KZread Premium. Personally, I subscribed to KZread Premium ($12.99/month), which allows me to everything on KZread without commercials. Ad blockers = no revenue = no channel, so please subscribe and give us another try.

@NancyDrewe

2 ай бұрын

YT Premium is worth every penny!

@delzworld2007

Ай бұрын

I dont have premium or anything else and never see any adverts during the films

Its not a documentary of Gauguin. Its a story adapted to an English character from a French story. Some might say expropriation.

Strickland!

Interesting movie... but what does the title mean?

@cocomix9718

Ай бұрын

Look up the dictionary under "PERSPECTIVE"

Oh... the nuances: @ 1:01:02 @1:01:22

Leprosy turned out to be not very catchy nowadays. Gogin had syphilis.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

Gauguin

"Woman can forgive A Man for the harm that he does her... but, she can never fore-give him for The Sacrifices... " (fascinating) @52:00 @53:00

It's clear Englanders have had a more than good exposure to all the World's culture lest love.

Dirk was pitted against that which he could never understand, the self-loathing of the existential idiot whom no one can reach.

Far too many adverts...disappointing.

@pipfox7834

2 ай бұрын

KZreads failt, not the providers :(

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

I feel that way about commercials but have no say in how many KZread inserts into our movies. Keep in mind that we have to pay to license the movies and they only way we can afford is by depending on ad revenue, or pennies from KZread Premium. Personally, I subscribed to KZread Premium ($12.99/month), which allows me to everything on KZread without commercials. Ad blockers = no revenue = no channel, so please subscribe and give us another try.

Same old story; good girls like bad boys. So what else is new?

I enjoyed the film in many ways, but it was quite misogynous. That came from somewhere, was it from the novel?

@TheSprocketVault

2 ай бұрын

Yes!

@fintanoneill2493

2 ай бұрын

Maugham never came across as abusive to women or a supporter of that in any way but he did note human nature and abuse and the cruelty of people in his books.

@peztopher7297

2 ай бұрын

I did read The Razor's Edge. It is one of my favorite books. And films! (The Tyrone Power one, of course.) There was misogyny, but from the bad guys. But here it's treated as normal, even by the wife. Ugh.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

It comes from the character, Strickland. The Maugham character hates him for it. Of course, it came from the novel, but it isn't from Maugham himself. It makes us hate Strickland all the more. He does change in the end, though, in case you haven't noticed.

@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633

2 ай бұрын

@@peztopher7297 He's characterising the times.

The misogyny wasn't being sold to an audience that would be shocked by it. Instead, it reflected the times to some extent and was actually true that the violence between the sexes could be pleasurable and desired -- a feast for thought for the comical woke. HAHAHAHA....

Very misogynistic...Still interesting. Sadly, probably due to the Code, the Hula/tamoure is very poorly danced, and well, interesting phallic symbol surviving the flames at the end :)

They should show this in feminism classes.

Good film, though the book is much better. But who was in charge of lighting this movie, its annoyingly overlit, and the Tahiti scenes r even worse..😢

@cristineconnell7803

2 ай бұрын

Too many I find to be underlit & extremely difficult to view! This is still a bit dark too!

Garbage

So what.

I couldn’t watch after awhile. The constant subjugation of women, and women welcoming their own and their daughters” subjugation was too much. Really gross.

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