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Quartet. Bright commentary on British foibles, inspired by four Somerset Maugham short stories (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jul. 4, 1949 | 7/4/1949 | See Source »

Quartet. Bright commentary on British foibles, inspired by four Somerset Maugham short stories (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jun. 27, 1949 | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Quartet. Bright, ironic commentary on British foibles; a British-made film inspired by four Somerset Maugham short stories (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jun. 20, 1949 | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

...portrait had the hot, bright colors of the Riviera, where he lives much of the year. His landscapes, more than halfway abstract, showed things like grasshoppers hopping into scarlet immensities and bushes brandishing their thorns at green skies. The portrait was equally harsh. Posed against a livid yellow background, Maugham sat with folded arms beneath a fringe of tropical palms. His jut-jawed old face seemed to betray a struggle between pain and hauteur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Payoff | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

...Maugham called it "magnificent," and added, "there is no doubt that Graham has painted me in a mood and with an expression I sometimes have, even without being aware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Payoff | 6/13/1949 | See Source »

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