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...Somerset Maugham's beachcomber, Laughton is puckish without losing his heartiness. He delights in his own dirty-pants-and-sneakers shagginess. For sonority, he has speeches about snow in England and about understanding natives. To show contentedness he smiles abstractedly at his empty beer glass. Eventually he is domesticated by a painfully sincere missionary (Elsa Lancaster), but by then the fun is over. An incredibly clever dog unlisted in the credits gives a superb performance...
Trio. Another trim package of Somerset Maugham short stories, fragile but handled with care by the British producers of Quartet (TIME...
Trio. Another trim package of Somerset Maugham short stories, fragile but handled with care by the British producers of Quartet (TIME...
Trio. Another trim package of Somerset Maugham short stories, fragile but handled with care by the British producers of Quartet (TIME...
Trio. Somerset Maugham escorts three more of his short stories to the screen; with Jean Simmons, James Hayter, Nigel Patrick (TIME...