The Moon and Sixpence (1942) George Sanders | Paul Gauguin | Somerset Maugham | Full Movie

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  • Опубліковано 12 кві 2024
  • Loosely inspired from the life of French painter Paul Gauguin, Charles Strickland (Sanders), a middle-aged London stockbroker who abandons all responsibility to become an artist. With original sepia tone and color sequences as released in theatres)
    Cast: George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Doris Dudley, Eric Blore, Albert Basserman, Florence Bates, Steven Geray, Elena Verdugo, Robert Greig, Rondo Hatton, Kenneth Hunter, Molly Lamont, Gertz Rozan, Irene Tedrow, Heather Thatcher
    Director: Albert Lewin
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  • @gplunk
    @gplunk Місяць тому +65

    I would gladly listen to George Sanders reciting the local telephone directory....

    • @marcsmirnoff936
      @marcsmirnoff936 Місяць тому +1

      What about an out-of-state telephone directory?

    • @gplunk
      @gplunk Місяць тому +2

      Out of the question!!

    • @johnlawrence2757
      @johnlawrence2757 Місяць тому

      Colonel Gritpype-Thinne of the Goon Show: - Peter Sellers clearly another admirer !

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Місяць тому +4

      Better, the Yellow Pages. (suave, debonair) "Triple-Excellent Sump Pump. All your sump pump needs. No mess too disgusting. Call now."

    • @marcsmirnoff936
      @marcsmirnoff936 Місяць тому +2

      Ah, with Sanders that is poetry. Though a delivery like Ernest Borgnine's might be compelling as well.

  • @teresavandyck784
    @teresavandyck784 Місяць тому +41

    Its amazing how many of W. Somerset Maugham’s novels wete made into movies.

    • @tomkent4656
      @tomkent4656 Місяць тому +5

      Maugham was the master of the well-crafted novel.

    • @abbynormal206
      @abbynormal206 Місяць тому +2

      and how many versions of each tale!

  • @DavidRice111
    @DavidRice111 Місяць тому +26

    @29:56, Sanders is painting a flagpole on what we called, a "saddle". That occupation is known as a "steeplejack", and I did that for nearly 6mos. back in 1970.
    Our crew painted poles from 20ft. up to 70ft. and even painted poles atop San Antonio skyscrapers. We also cleaned rooftop gutters such as those on the "Medical Arts Bldg." next to the Alamo, and painted signs on the top floor of the Robert E. Lee hotel.
    I had severe acrophobia but I had to provide for my little family of three in those days. One did what he had to do back then. I still get dizzy atop the Tower of the Americas!😵

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Місяць тому +5

      Sounds terrifying. 🙏 Respect!

    • @pninnabokov3734
      @pninnabokov3734 Місяць тому +2

      If one looks closely at the film one can detect the delineation between the city/sky where the film is lighter where it's been spliced to add the Sanders painting the pole portion. But more significantly how did he get up there carrying that chair, rope, bucket of paint etc.? Hand over hand? To what is the chair attached on the pole in the scene? Looks as if the rope was looped around the top of the pole's entablature. How is it feasible to be high above the city dangling from a pole on a rope holding up that contraption plus a full-grown man? And wouldn't the paint wipe off on him every time he snuggled the pole? When time comes to go back down wouldn't most of the paint come away on his hands and body? And please explain how he unties or lifts the rope from the pole holding on to a slick, freshly painted pole? The whole kit and caboodle would plummet down with him unless he can levitate. Talk about suspension of disbelief! 🤣🤣😂🤣

  • @diannemiller1895
    @diannemiller1895 Місяць тому +7

    Strange, Bizarre, Writing brilliance, Quality Acting, So many twists and turns. Fascinating.

  • @peterlewis6324
    @peterlewis6324 25 днів тому +4

    Wonderful hidden gem, many top class character actors, great story.

  • @bettyboop1524
    @bettyboop1524 24 дні тому +2

    George Sanders a man with a fascinating voice, I'd love to listen in to a conversation between him and Roland Coleman.

  • @catherinekeller4230
    @catherinekeller4230 Місяць тому +6

    Thank you so much for this brilliant heartfelt movie all great actors 😁🇦🇽

  • @lizlocher3612
    @lizlocher3612 Місяць тому +13

    Herbert Marshall played Somerset Maugham in the Razor 's Edge, one of his fabulous stories, where the lead was played by Tyrone Powers n the second version produced by Bill Murray who also played Larry n Uncle Eliott was played by Denholm Elliott. Both versions were excellent n true to the book totally!!!

  • @samsum3738
    @samsum3738 27 днів тому +4

    Thank you for this marvellous film .

  • @alexandradane3672
    @alexandradane3672 24 дні тому +1

    A superb movie from the W Somerset Maugham novel. Thank you so very much .

  • @thrumbolax2851
    @thrumbolax2851 23 дні тому +2

    This is the third time I've seen this film with gaps of many years between each viewing. As far as I remember, this is the most complete version of the three. I first read the book when quite young, I found the film a bit later. Both the film and the book are fascinating, the book is, of course, a classic. I wonder that the film is not better known, it also is a classic. Thank you for this.

  • @blackbird5634
    @blackbird5634 Місяць тому +21

    Gauguin left his wife VERY well off. He made a killing on the stock exchange and he left it all to her and the kids. IF she hadn't been a useless tart, and spent it all on parties and dresses and finery she'd have gotten further.
    But even as it was she and the kids sure as hell didn't starve on their inheritance.

    • @robertlloydsite
      @robertlloydsite 26 днів тому +2

      That is good to know as Huge fan of Paul Gauguin

    • @robertlloydsite
      @robertlloydsite 26 днів тому +3

      Gauguin even dropped in to Melbourne on his way to Tahiti!! many moons ago.

    • @cocomix9718
      @cocomix9718 12 днів тому

      Wow! You got absolutely nothing from this movie did you? Why should your expectations matter to anyone else.

    • @blackbird5634
      @blackbird5634 12 днів тому

      @@cocomix9718 When did I write that they did? I posted plenty of what I got from the film, you got something different.

  • @kristinebenson6921
    @kristinebenson6921 17 днів тому +1

    Filmed in the middle of WW2- life must go on me wonders!

  • @jackjones8363
    @jackjones8363 22 дні тому +1

    Films are rarely as good as the book, but I think this film was well done... I remember as a small boy, seeing The Jungle Book. Sanders' voice of the tiger is what I recall most...

  • @davidparris7167
    @davidparris7167 Місяць тому +32

    I'm here to hear two perfectly modulated English voices.
    Herbert Marshall, the perennial movie voice of W. Somerset Maugham, is like thick lava flowing so gently over freshly mowed grass while George Sanders whose ever so lightly nasal accent cascades as water over shiny, worn rocks.
    The heroic Marshall lost a leg for King and Country while fighting in WW1. Although this minor tragedy curtailed certain activities it did not hinder his theatrical ambitions.
    On the flip side the coward Sanders in a fit of ennui committed suicide. Perhaps he had heeded too closely Dr. Samuel Johnson's observation that ''a man who is tired of London is tired of life.''

    • @DelvingEye
      @DelvingEye Місяць тому +6

      George Sanders' autobiography is wonderful, too. You can hear his silky tonality throughout.

    • @georgenelson8917
      @georgenelson8917 Місяць тому +1

      Tired of London , not tied

    • @davidparris7167
      @davidparris7167 Місяць тому +1

      @@georgenelson8917 Thank you for your editorial suggestion. I have made the appropriate correction of my poor spelling.

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 Місяць тому +2

      @@DelvingEye I knew from his accent, Dirk was Hungarian, the actor Steven Geray, orig.Gyergyay István. Sweet, kind, gentle Dirk. Well played. Great movie. They don't make him like this any more.

  • @donglenphillip8887
    @donglenphillip8887 Місяць тому +7

    A very good movie.

  • @gemmaremington-hw8hd
    @gemmaremington-hw8hd 24 дні тому

    What a stunning film. With beautifully shot scenes and amazing colour sequences at the end which exemplified his talent.
    He only really became a decent human being when he married Etta.

  • @jackbidnik9642
    @jackbidnik9642 16 днів тому +1

    If you get a chance see George Sanders as Captain Billy Leech in The Black Swan, 1942, usually available on UA-cam. His accent sounds exactly like Sean Connery, sibilants and all.

  • @brendaleverick3655
    @brendaleverick3655 Місяць тому +3

    It's a good old movie. But, please turn the volume UP. 🆙

    • @henryb160
      @henryb160 4 дні тому

      If you are using Chrome you can add a volume boosting app. Takes no time to add and works a treat.

  • @pjdava
    @pjdava Місяць тому +8

    The Sprocket Vault, I subscribed because your videos are super cool!

  • @maripo1013
    @maripo1013 9 днів тому

    Woooow thanks!!!!!!! ♥

  • @abbynormal206
    @abbynormal206 Місяць тому +1

    WOW! thanks!

  • @simontaylor2319
    @simontaylor2319 27 днів тому

    Interesting title for a film....a capsite in Sussex with mobile homes was also named The Moon and Sixpence. Ralph Richardson & Herbert Marshall have similar nasal voices

  • @maryfeehan7896
    @maryfeehan7896 26 днів тому

    Wonderful!😌😌🇮🇪

  • @markr.devereux3385
    @markr.devereux3385 Місяць тому +10

    The real paul guaguin acclaimed painter had syphilis. Im not sure how he ended his days

  • @vincentdesapio
    @vincentdesapio 26 днів тому +1

    I thought Herbert Marshall had one of the great voices of the English language together with Ronald Colman, George Sanders, James Mason, etc. He played the role of Somerset Maugham in the movie version of The Razor's Edge. I am going through Maugham's novels and this novel was one of the best.

    • @henryb160
      @henryb160 4 дні тому +1

      I watched this movie on TV one afternoon in the late 70s and it led me to acquire all of Maugham's many novels. Enjoy.

    • @vincentdesapio
      @vincentdesapio 4 дні тому

      @@henryb160 I read the novel two years ago and was hooked. I hadn't even known a film of it had been made. George Sanders was born to play the title role. I'm resolved to read even more of Maugham's novels. So far, I've read Of Human Bondage and The Razor's Edge.

    • @henryb160
      @henryb160 4 дні тому

      @@vincentdesapio Of Human Bondage is widely considered to be his best, but his own personal favourite was Cakes and Ale. An intriguing satire on London's literary scene that's well worth reading.

  • @DuchessBirdie
    @DuchessBirdie Місяць тому +5

    This is partly based on a book about the life lf Paul Gauguin which I never liked. But i guess i watched due to George being in it.

  • @FrankLowe1949
    @FrankLowe1949 Місяць тому +2

    Good movie a add every 3 minutes 😂😂😂😂

    • @TheSprocketVault
      @TheSprocketVault  Місяць тому +5

      I feel that way about commercials but have no say in how many UA-cam inserts into our movies. Keep in mind that we have to pay to license the movies and they only way we can afford is by depending on ad revenue, or pennies from UA-cam Premium. Personally, I subscribed to UA-cam Premium ($12.99/month), which allows me to everything on UA-cam without commercials. Ad blockers = no revenue = no channel, so please subscribe and give us another try.

    • @NancyDrewe
      @NancyDrewe Місяць тому +1

      YT Premium is worth every penny!

    • @delzworld2007
      @delzworld2007 18 днів тому

      I dont have premium or anything else and never see any adverts during the films

  • @carlyellison8498
    @carlyellison8498 Місяць тому +4

    Strickland!

  • @intuitknit
    @intuitknit 27 днів тому +1

    Its not a documentary of Gauguin. Its a story adapted to an English character from a French story. Some might say expropriation.

  • @walte153
    @walte153 27 днів тому +2

    Interesting movie... but what does the title mean?

    • @cocomix9718
      @cocomix9718 12 днів тому

      Look up the dictionary under "PERSPECTIVE"

  • @dizzman5546
    @dizzman5546 Місяць тому +7

    George Sanders always seemed to play a swine

  • @1LSWilliam
    @1LSWilliam 27 днів тому

    Dirk was pitted against that which he could never understand, the self-loathing of the existential idiot whom no one can reach.

  • @uiPublic
    @uiPublic 13 днів тому

    It's clear Englanders have had a more than good exposure to all the World's culture lest love.

  • @user-sf3fe4bh2q
    @user-sf3fe4bh2q Місяць тому +2

    Leprosy turned out to be not very catchy nowadays. Gogin had syphilis.

  • @GinjaNinja01
    @GinjaNinja01 Місяць тому +1

    Far too many adverts...disappointing.

    • @pipfox7834
      @pipfox7834 Місяць тому +2

      UA-cams failt, not the providers :(

    • @TheSprocketVault
      @TheSprocketVault  28 днів тому

      I feel that way about commercials but have no say in how many UA-cam inserts into our movies. Keep in mind that we have to pay to license the movies and they only way we can afford is by depending on ad revenue, or pennies from UA-cam Premium. Personally, I subscribed to UA-cam Premium ($12.99/month), which allows me to everything on UA-cam without commercials. Ad blockers = no revenue = no channel, so please subscribe and give us another try.

  • @annepoitrineau5650
    @annepoitrineau5650 16 днів тому

    Very misogynistic...Still interesting. Sadly, probably due to the Code, the Hula/tamoure is very poorly danced, and well, interesting phallic symbol surviving the flames at the end :)

  • @peztopher7297
    @peztopher7297 Місяць тому +2

    I enjoyed the film in many ways, but it was quite misogynous. That came from somewhere, was it from the novel?

    • @TheSprocketVault
      @TheSprocketVault  Місяць тому +3

      Yes!

    • @fintanoneill2493
      @fintanoneill2493 Місяць тому +4

      Maugham never came across as abusive to women or a supporter of that in any way but he did note human nature and abuse and the cruelty of people in his books.

    • @peztopher7297
      @peztopher7297 Місяць тому +2

      I did read The Razor's Edge. It is one of my favorite books. And films! (The Tyrone Power one, of course.) There was misogyny, but from the bad guys.
      But here it's treated as normal, even by the wife. Ugh.

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 29 днів тому +1

      It comes from the character, Strickland. The Maugham character hates him for it. Of course, it came from the novel, but it isn't from Maugham himself. It makes us hate Strickland all the more. He does change in the end, though, in case you haven't noticed.

    • @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633
      @elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633 29 днів тому

      @@peztopher7297 He's characterising the times.

  • @catholiccrusader5328
    @catholiccrusader5328 12 днів тому

    Same old story; good girls like bad boys. So what else is new?

  • @1LSWilliam
    @1LSWilliam 26 днів тому

    So what.

  • @Bahari-il5xk
    @Bahari-il5xk Місяць тому +3

    Good film, though the book is much better. But who was in charge of lighting this movie, its annoyingly overlit, and the Tahiti scenes r even worse..😢

    • @cristineconnell7803
      @cristineconnell7803 Місяць тому +1

      Too many I find to be underlit & extremely difficult to view! This is still a bit dark too!