Book Factsheet W. Somerset Maugham

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Book factsheet W. Somerset Maugham General Fiction 256 pages Published by Diogenes as Damals und heute 11.3 × 18 cm Original title: Then and Now January 1975 World rights are handled by Diogenes Movie adaptations 2007: The Painted Veil Director: John Curran Screenplay: Ron Nyswaner Cast: Edward Norton, Catherine An, Bin Li 2004: Being Julia Director: István Szabó Cast: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Chaterine Charlton, Maury Chaykin 2000: Up at the Villa Director: Philip Haas Cast: Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, Sean Penn, Kristin Scott Thomas 1991: Ashenden Director: Christopher Moraham Cast: Alex Jennings, Harriet Walter, Alan Bennet, Anna Carteret, Ian Bannen 1984: Razor’s Edge Director: John Byrum Cast: Bill Murray, Theresa Russell 1963: Of Human Bondage Director: Ken Hughes Cast: Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Nanette Newman 1961: Adorable Julia Director: Alfred Weidenmann Cast: Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer, Jean Sorel, Jeanne Valerie 1957: The Seventh Sin Director: Ronald Neame Cast: Eleanor Parker, George Sanders, Jean- Pierre Aumont 1953: Miss Sadie Thompson Director: Bernhardt Curtis Cast: Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collons 1951: Encore Director: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan 1951: Encore Director: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan 1951: Encore Director: Harold French Photo: Archiv Diogenes Verlag Cast: Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan 1 / 2 Movie adaptations (cont'd) 1948: Quartet Director: Ralph Smart Cast: Basil Radford, Dirk Bogarde, Cecil Parker, Françoise Rosay 1948: Quartet Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Basil Radford, Dirk Bogarde, Cecil Parker, Françoise Rosay 1948: Quartet Director: Ken Annakin Cast: Basil Radford, Dirk Bogarde, Cecil Parker, Françoise Rosay 1946: The Razor’s Edge Director: Edmund Goulding Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Gene Tierney 1942: The Moon and Sixpence Director: Albert Lewin Cast: George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Doris Dudley 1940: The Letter Director: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall 1936: The Secret Agent Director: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, Lilli Palmer 1934: The Painted Veil Director: Richard Boleslawski Cast: Greta Garbo, George Brent, Herbert Marhall 1932: Rain Director: Lewis Milestone Cast: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston 1927: Sadie Thompson Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore 1926: The Magician Director: Rex Ingram Cast: Paul Wegener, Alice Terry, Iwan Petrowich 2 / 2.

Copy Link

Recommended publications

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study up at The
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study Up at the Villa is a classical romance story that tells how a young beautiful widow is caught between three men. It is a fictional novel that was written by William Sommerset Maugham and published for the first time in 1941 by Doubleday Publishers in England. Up at the Villa was also later published by Vintage Publishers. Currently, Up at the Villa is uploaded on many blogs and can be downloaded in various file formats from websites like http//www.mymaughamcollection.blogspot.com. The novelette Up at the Villa was written by William Sommerset Maugham during his journey across Europe because of the outbreak of World War I. William Sommerset Maugham was born on 25th January 1874 in the British Embassy in Paris. His father, Robert Ormond Maugham, worked for the Embassy in France. He died when William was ten years old. After his father’s death, he went to live with his uncle in Whitstable, Kent. Maugham became a medical student after an education at King’s School, Canterbury and Heildelberg University in Germany. He wrote his first novel Liza of Lambeth in 1897. It was sold well and he decided to leave medicine and dedicated himself to being a writer full time. He continued to write Lady Frederick in 1907 and achieved fame. In 1908, he had four plays running simultaneously in London. 1 2 He became an even more renowned novelist when he successfully published Human Bondage in 1915, followed by another successful book, The Moon and Sixpence (1919).
[Show full text]
Cabinet Member Report William Somerset Maugham PDF 182 KB
Cabinet Member Report Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for the Built Environment Date: 8 June 2016 Classification: For General Release Title: Commemorative Green Plaque for William Somerset Maugham at 2 Wyndham Place, W1 Wards Affected: Bryanston and Dorset Square Key Decision: An entry has been included in the Forward Plan of Key Decisions Financial Summary: The Green Plaque Scheme depends on sponsorship. Sponsorship has been secured for this plaque Report of: Director of Policy, Performance & Communications 1. Executive Summary William Somerset Maugham was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930’s. 2. Recommendations That the nomination for a Westminster Commemorative Green Plaque for William Somerset Maugham at his London home at 2 Wyndham Place, be approved, subject to Listed Building Consent being granted for the Plaque and for sponsorship in full . 3. Reasons for decision William Somerset Maugham was a complex and interesting character and master of the short, concise novel. The last years of the British Empire offered him magnificent canvasses on which to write his stories and plays, evoking the feelings and emotions that allow the reader to understand and identify with the characters. 4. Policy Context The commemorative Green Plaques scheme complements a number of Council strategies: to improve the legibility and understanding of Westminster’s heritage and social history; to provide information for Westminster’s visitors; to provide imaginative and accessible educational tools to raise awareness and understanding of local areas, particularly for young people; to celebrate the richness and diversity of Westminster’s former residents.
[Show full text]
I N V O I C E
CULVER DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION 10202 West Washington Boulevard Culver City, CA 90232-3195 USA I N V O I C E INVOICE NUMBER: 1869 Please Send Remittances To: CUSTOMER NUMBER: INVOICE DATE: 02-11-2014 CULVER DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION DUE DATE: Net 60 Dept. 1101 PO BOX 121101 Dallas, TX 75312-1101 REFERENCE: PLEASE INDICATE INVOICE NUMBER BILLED TO: Overnight/Courier Service Instructions: Barnes & Noble Lockbox Number 891101 76 Ninth Avenue Address: 888 S Greenville Avenue, Suite 200 New York, NY 10011 Richardson, TX 75081-5044 Attn: Matthew Tierney Phone #: 972-680-1900 Ph: 212-414-6121 REFERENCE: PLEASE INDICATE INVOICE NUMBER Electronic Funds Transfer: Bank Name: Mellon Client Services Center Bank Address: 500 Ross Street, Room 154-0940 Pittsburg, PA 15262-0001 PURCHASE ORDER: N/A ABA Routing #: 043000261 Account#: 0090632 Account Name: Culver Digital Distribution Swift Code (foreign wires): MELNUS3P REFERENCE: PLEASE INDICATE INVOICE NUMBER From Date To Date Ref# Price Description Item # Qty Ext Price ========== ====================================================================================== ==================== =========== $50 Apr13 - Jan14 $50 Servicing Fee for Features title set up per contract - 837 Titles 837 $41,850.00 Current Balance: $41,850.00 SALES ORDER COMMENT: PLEASE REFERENCE INVOICE NUMBER ON WIRE OR PAYMENT. THANK YOU. For billing inquires, please contact Kyle Henderson at (310) 244-6844 or [email protected] BARNES & NOBLE Apr13 - Jan14 DST SERVICING FEES $50 Set-up Titles (Servicing Fee) MPM $ (DOLLARS) $50 F7201800000
[Show full text]
Underground Guide Underground
! Kauai ‘A Must 18 th edition More than for Visitors!’ – Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser Guide Underground 225,000 books‘I don’t sold trust most travel guides, but I soon came to appreciate your wonderful insights and trustworthy evaluations. Underground Guide You never led us astray. Thanks for being a great traveling companion.’ – BV, Los Angeles ‘Your book made the difference between a good vacation and a great Hawaiian experience.’ – CP, San Francisco, CA ‘I’ve read all the guidebooks, and this one is by far my favorite!’ – RE, Olympia WA ‘Your book was a wonder. With you as our guide, we never had an unhappy experience.’– CM, New York, NY Lenore & MirahHorowitz ‘You made us feel like we were part of this island’s family.’ – CS, Milwaukie, OR ‘It made Kauai my favorite island!’ ‘a treasure’ – CM, New York, NY – Chicago Sun-Times ‘Everything you need’ ‘the bible for Kauai’ – Hawaii Magazine – Travel + Leisure ‘a must for exploring’ – Seattle Post-Intelligencer ‘a classic’ – Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser $14.95 Profits from this book help children on Kauai Lenore & Mirah Horowitz “Our passport to Kauai!” – LB, Durango, CO San Francisco Chronicle: Los Angeles Times: “An incredible source of “ Our vacation became an information about …what adventure the day we tourist traps to avoid and discovered the Kauai where to find the best values.” Underground Guide!” Los Angeles Times: Seattle Post Intelligencer: “ …filled with information “ I can’t imagine riding around on beaches, restaurants and the island without this book things
[Show full text]
American Heritage Center
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING AMERICAN HERITAGE CENTER GUIDE TO ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY RESOURCES Child actress Mary Jane Irving with Bessie Barriscale and Ben Alexander in the 1918 silent film Heart of Rachel. Mary Jane Irving papers, American Heritage Center. Compiled by D. Claudia Thompson and Shaun A. Hayes 2009 PREFACE When the University of Wyoming began collecting the papers of national entertainment figures in the 1970s, it was one of only a handful of repositories actively engaged in the field. Business and industry, science, family history, even print literature were all recognized as legitimate fields of study while prejudice remained against mere entertainment as a source of scholarship. There are two arguments to be made against this narrow vision. In the first place, entertainment is very much an industry. It employs thousands. It requires vast capital expenditure, and it lives or dies on profit. In the second place, popular culture is more universal than any other field. Each individual’s experience is unique, but one common thread running throughout humanity is the desire to be taken out of ourselves, to share with our neighbors some story of humor or adventure. This is the basis for entertainment. The Entertainment Industry collections at the American Heritage Center focus on the twentieth century. During the twentieth century, entertainment in the United States changed radically due to advances in communications technology. The development of radio made it possible for the first time for people on both coasts to listen to a performance simultaneously. The delivery of entertainment thus became immensely cheaper and, at the same time, the fame of individual performers grew.
[Show full text]
Introduction
INTRODUCTION Looking at various newspapers, magazines and websites over the period 2004 to the present, it becomes apparent that our understanding of the reintroduction of stereoscopy (D3D) is anything but clear. There are disagreements among accounts of D3D regarding its artistic value, and its impact on the entertainment industry and audience. Over the 2004 to the present period, the digital screen period, I have seen D3D cast as an evolutionary step for the industry: ‘Why wouldn’t we want this Darwinian edge in our workplaces, in our sports and entertainment, in all our peak visual experiences?’ (Cameron in Cohen, 2008). I have seen it described as ‘the next great revolution’ of cinema (Giles & Katzenberg, 2010, p. 10) and as a facilitator of art, one that could aid the audience to enter the realm of the on-screen performer (Wenders in James, 2011, p. 22). I have also seen it described as artistically limited, with claims, such as, director, Werner Herzog’s ‘[that] you can shoot a porno film in 3D, but you cannot film a romantic comedy in 3D’ (Herzog in Wigley, 2011, p. 29). Newspaper headlines have described it as a health concern: ‘3D film strikes two movie-goers with bout of motion sickness’ (Helliwell, 2010, p. 2).2 As well, I have seen arguments expounding the idea that stereoscopy’s reintroduction is simply evidence that the popular film industry lacks ideas. For example, popular film critic, Roger Ebert, has argued that D3D was just ‘[a]nother Hollywood infatuation with a technology that was already pointless when their grandfathers played with stereoscopes’ (Ebert, 2010a).
[Show full text]
Inventory to Archival Boxes in the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress
INVENTORY TO ARCHIVAL BOXES IN THE MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING, AND RECORDED SOUND DIVISION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Compiled by MBRS Staff (Last Update December 2017) Introduction The following is an inventory of film and television related paper and manuscript materials held by the Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress. Our collection of paper materials includes continuities, scripts, tie-in-books, scrapbooks, press releases, newsreel summaries, publicity notebooks, press books, lobby cards, theater programs, production notes, and much more. These items have been acquired through copyright deposit, purchased, or gifted to the division. How to Use this Inventory The inventory is organized by box number with each letter representing a specific box type. The majority of the boxes listed include content information. Please note that over the years, the content of the boxes has been described in different ways and are not consistent. The “card” column used to refer to a set of card catalogs that documented our holdings of particular paper materials: press book, posters, continuity, reviews, and other. The majority of this information has been entered into our Merged Audiovisual Information System (MAVIS) database. Boxes indicating “MAVIS” in the last column have catalog records within the new database. To locate material, use the CTRL-F function to search the document by keyword, title, or format. Paper and manuscript materials are also listed in the MAVIS database. This database is only accessible on-site in the Moving Image Research Center. If you are unable to locate a specific item in this inventory, please contact the reading room.
[Show full text]
Book Factsheet W. Somerset Maugham
Book factsheet W. Somerset Maugham General Fiction 304 pages Published by Diogenes as Rosie und die Künstler 11.3 × 18 cm Original title: Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard January 1973 World rights are handled by Diogenes Movie adaptations 2007: The Painted Veil Director: John Curran Screenplay: Ron Nyswaner Cast: Edward Norton, Catherine An, Bin Li 2004: Being Julia Director: István Szabó Cast: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Chaterine Charlton, Maury Chaykin 2000: Up at the Villa Director: Philip Haas Cast: Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Derek Jacobi, Sean Penn, Kristin Scott Thomas 1991: Ashenden Director: Christopher Moraham Cast: Alex Jennings, Harriet Walter, Alan Bennet, Anna Carteret, Ian Bannen 1984: Razor’s Edge Director: John Byrum Cast: Bill Murray, Theresa Russell 1963: Of Human Bondage Director: Ken Hughes Cast: Kim Novak, Laurence Harvey, Nanette Newman 1961: Adorable Julia Director: Alfred Weidenmann Cast: Lilli Palmer, Charles Boyer, Jean Sorel, Jeanne Valerie 1957: The Seventh Sin Director: Ronald Neame Cast: Eleanor Parker, George Sanders, Jean- Pierre Aumont 1953: Miss Sadie Thompson Director: Bernhardt Curtis Cast: Rita Hayworth, José Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collons 1951: Encore Director: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan 1951: Encore Director: Harold French Cast: Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan 1951: Encore Director: Harold French Photo: Archiv Diogenes Verlag Cast: Glynis Johns, Terence Morgan 1 / 2 Movie adaptations (cont'd) 1948: Quartet Director: Ralph Smart Cast: Basil Radford, Dirk Bogarde,
[Show full text]
Sugar-Coated Fortress: Representations of the Us Military in Hawai'!
SUGAR-COATED FORTRESS: REPRESENTATIONS OF THE U. S. MILITARY IN HAWAI'!. A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN AMERICAN STUDIES DECEl\1BER 2004 By Brian Ireland Dissertation Committee: David Stannard, Chairperson Floyd Matson Robert Perkinson Kathy Ferguson Ira Rohter ABSTRACT Hawai'i is the most militarized state in the nation. There has always been opposition to the U.S. military presence in Hawai'i. However, critics ofthe military face a difficult task in getting their message across. Militarism has been so ingrained in Hawai'i that, to a large extent, the U.S. military presence has come to be seen as "natural," necessary, and almost totally beneficial. A result ofthis is that it has become both easy and comfortable to view current militarism in Hawai'i as natural, normal, ordinary, and expected. This dissertation shows how this seemingly normal state of affairs came to be. By examining various representations ofthe U.S. military in Hawai'i - in newspapers, movies, memorials, museums, and military writing - I expose how, in forms ofrepresentation, places ofremembrance, and the construction ofhow we speak and write about the military, militarism becomes the norm and, in turn, silences counter narratives. The dissertation examines four distinct time periods, 1778 to 1898 (from Captain Cook to the annexation ofHawai'i by the U.S.), 1898-1927 (the period in which the U.S. consolidated its hold on Hawai'i through cultural imperialism and military build-up), 1927-1969 (which saw the growth ofmass tourism, the Massie Case, the attack on Pearl Harbor, martial law and Statehood), and 1965-present (covering the post-Statehood years, the Vietnam War, increasing militarization ofHawai'i, the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement, and the Ehime Maru tragedy).
[Show full text]
September 24, 2013 (XXVII:5) Delmer Daves, 3:10 to YUMA (1957, 92 Min)
September 24, 2013 (XXVII:5) Delmer Daves, 3:10 TO YUMA (1957, 92 min) National Film Registry—2012 Directed by Delmer Daves Written by Halsted Welles (screenplay) and Elmore Leonard (story) Music by George Duning Cinematography by Charles Lawton Jr. Edited by Al Clark Glenn Ford...Ben Wade Van Heflin...Dan Evans Felicia Farr...Emmy Richard Jaeckel...Charlie Prince DELMER DAVES (director)(b. Delmer Lawrence Daves, July 24, 1904, San Francisco, California—d. August 17, 1977, La Jolla, California) Daves wrote 50 films, among them 1965 The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, 1964 Youngblood Hawke, 1963 Spencer's Alma, Michigan—d. January 24, 1990) wrote 44 films and Mountain, 1959 A Summer Place, 1957 An Affair to Remember television shows, including 1976 “Doctors' Hospital” (TV (screenplay), 1956 The Last Wagon (screenplay), 1955 White series), 1973-1974 “Kojak” (TV series), 1971-1973 “Rod Feather (screenplay), 1954 Drum Beat (screenplay and story), Serling's Night Gallery” (TV series), 1969 “Mannix” (TV series), 1947 Dark Passage (screenplay), 1943 Destination Tokyo 1966 “12 O'Clock High” (TV series), 1965-1966 “The (screenplay), 1943 Stage Door Canteen (screenplay), 1940 The Virginian” (TV series), 1959-1962 “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” Farmer's Daughter (story), 1936 The Petrified Forest (TV series), 1960 “Bonanza” (TV series), 1957 3:10 to Yuma (screenplay), 1932 Divorce in the Family (screenplay and story), (screenplay), 1957 “The George Sanders Mystery Theater” (TV and 1929 Queen Kelly. In addition to writing, Daves directed 30 series), 1957 “Playhouse 90” (TV series), 1955 “Lux Video films, including 1965 The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, 1964 Theatre” (TV series), and 1949 The Lady Gambles (adaptation).
[Show full text]
APRIL 2016 on Behalf of the Old Globe, We’Re Delighted to Welcome You to Rain! This Is a Special Production for Us, a Labor of Love a Couple of Years in the Making
APRIL 2016 On behalf of The Old Globe, we’re delighted to welcome you to Rain! This is a special production for us, a labor of love a couple of years in the making. The Globe produces an unparalleled variety of work on its stages, from classic dramas to contemporary comedies, but perhaps the most challenging, complicated, and thrilling shows to produce are world premiere musicals. Rain marks the 30th musical to premiere here at the Globe—that’s a significant body of work we’ve nurtured and introduced to audiences for the first time. As you take your seats for this performance and look up at the stage, you’ll see one of the reasons The Old Globe has been able to successfully produce so many world premiere musicals. The Globe boasts the most talented production staff of any theatre in the country. These skilled artisans—carpenters and electricians, drapers and painters, sound technicians and backstage crew—make the Globe’s productions distinctively excellent. And rarely have their skills been more on view than in Rain, one of the DOUGLAS GATES most complex physical productions the Globe Managing Director Michael G. Murphy and Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. has ever created. Our hats are off to them. The musicals the Globe has premiered represent the widest range of styles. Globe audiences have enjoyed serious dramas and light comedies, dance-based musicals and verbal tours de force, with scores ranging from modern pop to more complex symphonic compositions. For Rain, we’re thrilled to have with us one of the great musical theatre composers of the day, Michael John LaChiusa, along with Rain’s incomparable co-creator, book writer Sybille Pearson.
[Show full text]
The Inventory of the Rothschild-Maugham Collection
The Inventory of the Rothschild-Maugham Collection #1619 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS Biographical Sketch 111. Scope and Content Note V. Series Organization Vll. Series Outline IX. Box List 1 111 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 at the British Embassy in Paris, France to Robert Ormond and Edith Mary Maugham, who had both spent most of their adult lives living in France. Maugham's hardships began early on as he was born with frail health and an understated stature, and without the good looks of his mother. fu January of 1882, Edith Maugham died of Tuberculosis, and from this trauma, Maugham was never to fully recover. Two years later, Maugham's father died of stomach cancer and subsequently, he was sent to the rather alien country of his ancestors to live with his father's clergyman brother, Henry MacDonald Maugham, at the vicarage in Whitstable. A stammer in Maugham's speech soon developed; likely as the result of being forced to speak English rather than the French that he preferred. Life with his uncle and aunt was stable, but lonely, and it was at this age that Maugham's love of reading began to bloom. From May of 1885 to July of 1889, Maugham attended King's School in Canterbury, which was a nightmare he would never quite forget. Deciding to forgo a future with the Church, Maugham escaped to the University of Heidelberg from 1891-92, where he was to discover and embrace Schopenhauer, Ibsen, and his own homosexuality. After a brief stint studying accounting in Kent, Maugham decided to pursue a medical degree at St.
[Show full text]