The Moon and Sixpence
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Movie Reviews of The Moon and Sixpence
Movie Review: A TIMELESS TALE
Summary: 5 Stars
Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence" was definitively brought to screen life by George Sanders and Herbert Marshall.Sanders' portrayal of the brilliant but obsessed artist Paul Gauguin is nothing short of mesmerizing, and Herbert Marshall holds his own in the understated urbane manner for which he became known.
This is a timeless tale that moves compellingly to the inevitable denouement.
I've found Ivy Classics Video of Charlotte, North Carolina, makes some of the finest VHS releases - classics all and well worth keeping in a collection.
Movie Review: THE PAGAN LIFE OF GAUGUIN
Summary: 4 Stars
As a movie, THE MOON AND SIXPENCE is an interesting job. To soothe the Hays office, it legalised by marriage one of Gauguin's affairs, but in general, it sticks to the Maugham novel, using the great Herbert Marshall as a narrator to speak Maugham's words. George Sanders is remarkably convincing as the painter who scorns all human relations in his demonic desire to paint. He actually seems to justify Maugham's description: "The emotions common to most of us simply did not exist in him, and it was as absurd to blame him for not feeling them as for blaming the tiger because he is fierce...he was at once too great and too small for love. Outstanding among famous artists whose lives and loves have fascinated the world is the Frenchman Paul Gauguin. In 1919, a rising young author named W. Somerset Maugham wrote a novel suggested by the curious career of Gauguin; it has since become a minor classic work of fiction. In his book, Maugham never admitted that he wrote generally about Gauguin. But everyone knew he did. In 1941, when United Artists began filming the novel, they received a stern letter from the painter's eldest son, Emile Gauguin, who then lived in Philadelphia. Emile threatened to sue if any Gauguin art was used in the movie, as this would conclusively identify Maugham's disreputable hero with his father. To avoid suit, the movies created fakes.Movie Review: Most Underated Actor-George Sanders
Summary: 5 Stars
A Wonderful well acted Movie with both Sanders and Herbert Marshall at their best,the rest of the cast is wonderful. I hope they put this out on DVD I'll be the first to order one. Stanley CooperMovie Review: Uninteresting film of Maugham's Gauguin novel
Summary: 2 Stars
Herbert Marshall once again plays Maugham and George Sanders has a field day as a true cad who cares for no one and nothing but himself as he deserts wife, family, career to paint. Thinly disguised biography of Paul Gauguin. Acting is stilted, production values are quite poor. Oscar nom for Score. Original last reel with walls of paintings in Tahiti was in Color - this print is not.
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