W. Somerset Maugham
41) The razor's edge
Series
Studio classic volume 30
Language
English
Description
A rich young man spends his time between WWI & WWII searching for essential truth, eventually landing in India.
Language
English
Description
A staid, dull Englishman abruptly abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to become a painter in the South Seas. Loosely inspired by Paul Gauguin's life, this is the story of Charles Strickland, a stock broker who, to follow his dream of becoming a painter, leaves his life behind and he becomes an awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty. By W. Somerset Maugham.
Language
English
Description
Disc 1: If you could only cook: A down-on-her-luck cook charms a millionaire into playing along as her husband so they can get work. Too many husbands: A woman finds herself legally wed to two men.
Disc 2: My sister Eileen: A writer, who has a pretty, younger sister, brings a host of eccentrics through their Greenwich Village apartment. She wouldn't say yes: A button-down psychiatrist battles her patient's impulses while suppressing her own.
44) The painted veil
Series
Language
English
Description
The story unfolds in China, where Katrin's marriage to busy Dr. Walter Fane is in trouble. Lonely and neglected, she falls in love with diplomatic attaché Jack Townsend. When Walter discovers their affair, he takes Katrin inland to fight a cholera epidemic, maliciously thinking the disease will kill them both. But working together helps rebuild their marriage, until Townsend resurfaces. Now Katrin must choose.
45) Of human bondage
Language
English
Description
The story of the ill-fated romance between a well-to-do club-footed medical student and a vulgar waitress.
46) The beachcomber
Language
English
Description
"In the Dutch islands, the sister of a pious missionary attempts to reform a womanizing, drunken beach bum." -- Container.
Language
English
Description
Operation mad ball (1957 ; 103 min.): "In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tried to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer"--Container.
Good neighbor Sam (1964 ; 130 min.): "In this delightfully daffy comedy romp, Jack plays a very married ad man who poses as the husband of a sexy single girl to help her land a big inheritance"--Container.
The notorious landlady...
48) Classic romance
Language
English
Description
Anna Karenina: Drama and tragedy ensue in this adaptation of the Leo Tolstoy novel. Married to a rich (and older) man, Anna is swept off her feet by the romantic Vronsky.
Love affair: Smitten Michel and Terry vow to meet in six months atop the Empire State Building. Michel is crestfallen when Terry does not appear, but little does he know, she has been in a terrible car accident.
Of human bondage: Based on the W. Somerset Maugham novel, a decent...
49) Rain
Language
English
Description
Pre-code film about Sadie Thompson, a call girl who escapes a jail sentence by traveling to the South Seas, and Alfred Davidson, the missionary who becomes obsessed with orchestrating her redemption.