Word: somerset
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Trio. Somerset Maugham escorts three more of his short stories to the screen; with Jean Simmons, James Hayter, Nigel Patrick (TIME...
...Trio. Somerset Maugham escorts three more of his short stories to the screen; with Jean Simmons, James Hayter, Nigel Patrick (TIME...
...Somerset Maugham's short stories are most often trick tales which surprise in conclusion, most often they characterize acutely, and inevitably they are amusing. In Maugham's "Trio," the audience is treated to these three Maugham standards, but that is not all, as if more is necessary. The third story, "Sanatorium" has not only the Maugham requisites but it is also sentimental, as is "The Kites" in "Quartet." Sentimentality is inconsistent with either Maugham's wit or characterization...
Reluctant Lions. Today, Cockney Bookman Fred Bason is a minor British institution. He addresses Rotary luncheons, mimes on BBC television and exchanges bibliophiliac chatter with his pal, "Willy" (Somerset) Maugham. Nonetheless, at 42, Fred still lives in shimmy Walworth, and though he also owns a bookshop now, still hawks books from a barrow "in the gutter." Like every famed "character," he is permanently hoist with his own reputation: he can no more afford to become rich, or grammatical, or stop collecting autographs or saying "blimey!" than Groucho Marx can afford to adopt an upright, manly stance and a look...
...Trio. Somerset Maugham escorts three more of his short stories to the screen; with Jean Simmons, James Hayter, Nigel Patrick (TIME...