Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
Bill Travers
- Fellowes (segment "Mr. Know-All")
- (as Bill Linden-Travers)
- Directors
- Ken Annakin(episode "Mr. Know-All") (episode "Verger, The")
- Harold French(segment Sanatorium)
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaAndrew Crawford (uncredited) played the coachman who talked to Ashenden about Scotland as he drove the latter from the railway-station to the sanatorium at the beginning of the last part of the picture.
- Quotes
Albert Foreman: [to the vicar] I'm too old a dog to learn new tricks, sir.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Encore (1951)
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shorties from Somerset Maugham
The multi-talented Somerset Maugham wrote these three short stories, which are presented as a collection from British Gainsborough/Paramount Pictures. Each one has a lesson to be learned by the central characters. In the first story, a gentleman who can't read is fired, but then becomes even more successful because of the descisions he is forced to make. In the second, a loud-mouth on a cruise ship finally learns to keep his mouth shut to avoid exposing uncomfortable truths. In the last tale, occupants of a sanatorium argue over the size of their rooms, and so many other things. Each story is introduced by Maugham himself. Directed by two British chaps, sharing the duties... Harold French and Ken Annakin. probably the biggest name here is Jean Simmons.. check her out on wikipedia.org only 500 votes so far on imdb, so they must not have shown this too often on Turner Classics. pretty good stuff from a Great British author (although he was born and died en france).
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- So ist das Leben
- Filming locations
- Killiecrankie, Perthshire, Scotland, UK(train pulling into station in last segment - closed 1965)
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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