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1943, 89 MINS, US
CAST:
(United Artists)
Somerset Maugham's widely read novel has
been made into an intriguing, distinctive
screen vehicle. The story of an English stockbroker who reached for the moon and ultimately won fame as a painter, only just
before his death, at times is reminiscent of
Citizen Kane.
While Herbert Marshall figures importantly, as he retraces the story of the painter,
it is really George Sanders' picture. He makes
the strange life of the struggling artist live,
and it's his outstanding screen role bar none.
The episodes in the distant island of Tahiti
are rich in tropical flavor. The Tahitian portion of the story offers startling contrast in
humorous moments and in most impressive
scenes of film.
Albert Lewin's direction is keenly intelligent, shifting readily from lighter, funny moments to the harshly dramatic. Camerawork
of John F. Seitz is on the same high plane.
Sepia tone is employed in all Tahiti parts of
the film, with colour used in last few scenes
when Sanders' hut is burned.
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al pacino | michelle pfeiffer
the godfather | the godfather part ii
marlon brando |
james caan |
diane keaton |
al pacino
laurence olivier |
clark gable
| vivien leigh | leslie howard
|
alfred hitchcock |
robert montgomery
|
grace kelly
olivia de havilland |
humphrey bogart
|
howard hawks
|
frank capra
|
charlie chaplin
|
lauren bacall
|
fritz lang
jean harlow |
greta garbo |
ava gardner |
audrey hepburn |
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