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...
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 one from the other." He repeats statements that had been made against him by critics. He talks about the tradition of the telling of tales.
ii) The second extract is silent - date unknown. Maugham walks through a park. He then stands on a balcony overlooking a city - unidentified. Could be somewhere on the banks of the Rhine. Other people stand with Maugham. We see him walk through the gardens of what is possibly an old college or palace or castle. M/S of Maugham sitting at a table talking to a fashion designer- or it could be his private secretary. Maugham smokes a cigarette and looks at some drawings - they could be drawings for a stage show. C/Us of the two men talking. Maugham puts on his spectacles and moves a small paper boat around on the table. (The Owl and the Pussycat?) They look at more drawings. A woman comes to the table with more drawings. One of the drawings is signed with Maugham's name - perhaps the drawing represents him when he was young or perhaps they are his drawings? C/Us of some drawings of what is probably stage sets. We see Maugham sign one of the drawings (the one we saw before with his signature.) L/S of the veranda upon which they are sitting - possibly Maugham's villa in the Riviera.
iii) "Camera interviews - Mr W Somerset Maugham." - item from Eve's Film Review issue number 434. See record of the above name, found in EP112.
iv) 1947 - Maugham in his library choosing a book. C/U of him flipping through the pages then reading a page and putting it back on the shelf.
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