W. Somerset Maugham Movies

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.

A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.

Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different...

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.

In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice:...

This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late...

Elizabeth Cheney has a wealthy husband, social prominence and everything she could want in life . . . except Ted Lutton, the man she loves. She must...

Medical student Philip falls in love with Mildred, a waitress. Although she is a flirt, they have a love affair. But when Philip is told about her...

A lawyer defends a wealthy woman accused of murder. She claims it was self-defense. The lawyer is not sure.

A successful and married, although not quite young, stage actress falls for a young man, who is involved with a young actress who uses him to advance...

Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by...

The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.

A medical student with a club foot falls for a beautiful but ambitious waitress. She soon leaves him, but gets pregnant and comes back to him for...

An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two...

A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s...

Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson, a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones, a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic,...

Charles Battle has been 'hammered' in the London Stock Exchange, to the point where he may be bankrupted.