W. Somerset Maugham
41) Being Julia
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London, 1938. Julia is a true West End diva: beautiful, talented, wealthy, and famous. She has a devoted husband who has masterminded her brilliant career - but after years of the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. She finds what she is looking for in a handsome young American fan, who adds a few more sparks than Julia was hoping for.
42) Of Human Bondage
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Adapted from W. Somerset Maugham's novel, this saga of unrequited love follows club-footed English art student Philip Carey on his quest to win the love of slatternly waitress Mildred Rogers, a vulgar beauty who holds Philip's deformity in contempt. Giving up art for medicine and vowing to shake his unhealthy obsession with Mildred, Philip romances a supportive writer but when pregnant and abandoned Mildred appears, Philip's self-destructive feelings...
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As one of the most abidingly popular literary figures of the twentieth century, W. Somerset Maugham's sphere of influence far exceeded the realm of the stage, for which most of his early works were written. The Land of Promise is D. Torbett's novelization of Maugham's play of the same name, which served as the basis for several versions that were produced for both stage and screen.
44) The razor's edge
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In 1918, Larry Darrell returns home from World War 1 disillusioned with his materialistic society. The quest for inner peace leads Larry to reject his rich fiancee, Isabel, and go searching for truth in the Himalayas. But, Larry learns that the path to enlightenment is as painful and narrow as treading the sharp edge of a razor.
46) Rain
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On a South Seas island Sadie Thompson is confronted by an old-fashioned fire-and brimstone minister who tries to disguise his desire for her as a desire to save her soul.
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Of human bondage: An honest but handicapped man who falls in love with Bette Davis, a crude but beautiful waitress; Hell's house: Bette Davis becomes the unwitting young heroine when she takes social justice into her own hands. Catching wind of abuse at the local juvenile detention centre, she takes the story to the newspapers and beyond in order to save the life of a friend.
49) The razor's edge
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Adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novel. A rich young man spends his time between WWI and WWII searching for essential truth, eventually landing in India.
50) Appointment
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Death, disguised as an old woman, searches for Abdullah the servant.
51) The letter
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Set on a rubber plantation in Malaya, this story centers on a woman's reasons for killing a man who was a close family friend.
53) Sadie Thompson
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In the South Seas, a disapproving missionary undertakes the conversion of a prostitute.
54) Secret agent
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An espionage thriller set in Geneva, seasoned with romance. Two British Intelligence Service agents pose as husband and wife in an attempt to eliminate an agent for the Central Powers.
55) The magician
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The heart blood of a virgin. That's what deranged medical student Oliver Haddo needs for his malevolent scheme to create life. He finds it in a lovely sculptor he hypnotizes and spirits off to an ancient sorcerer's tower, preparing to rip her heart from her living body. Based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Bizarre, nightmarish, enhanced by top production values and elegant European locations, a must for any fan of the horror genre or of imaginative...
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Cover girl: Musical about a dancer who unexpectedly becomes a magazine cover model.
Tonight and every night: Musical about life in war-time London which is a tribute to those who endured the nightly bombing raids.
Gilda: The wife of a casino owner in Buenos Aires is introduced to her husbands new casino manager, a man from her past.
Miss Sadie Thompson: About a free-spirited girl arriving in Samoa where she arouses the interest of the Marines based...
57) The razor's edge
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Studio classic volume 30
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A rich young man spends his time between WWI & WWII searching for essential truth, eventually landing in India.
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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.
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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.
60) The painted veil
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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.