Somerset Maugham Compilation 1920-1949

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Compilation of various Pathe material featuring Somerset Maugham.

i) 1947 - Maugham talks of how his writing is autobiographical. He sits at his desk and talks of how his characters are founded on people he knows. "Fact and fiction are so intermingled in my work that ... I can hardly distinguish...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
90679
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:32:27:00 / 01:39:36:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3252.13
Issue Date:
1920 - 1949

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