W. Somerset Maugham Movies
- 2006
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil7.262006HD
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an...
- 1946
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge6.91946HD
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will...
- 2004
Being Julia
Being Julia6.52004HD
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her...
- 1926
The Magician
The Magician6.2931926HD
A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a...
- 1948
Quartet
Quartet6.21948HD
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."
- 1944
Christmas Holiday
Christmas Holiday6.3971944HD
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin...
- 1930
Strictly Unconventional
Strictly Unconventional3.51930HD
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and...
- 1931
The Letter
The Letter01931HD
Leslie Bennett's extramarital affair with George Nelson spirals out of control when Hammond abandons Leslie for the alluring native woman Li Ti....
- 1933
The Narrow Corner
The Narrow Corner5.51933HD
An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
- 1965
Kaakum Karangal
Kaakum Karangal01965HD
After her husband’s death, a woman struggles to raise her only son. Later, he becomes a famous surgeon and gets married to a wealthy girl but...
- 1984
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge6.41984HD
An American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return,...
- 1951
Encore
Encore6.11951HD
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by...
- 1920
Jack Straw
Jack Straw01920HD
Jack Straw (Warwick) is an iceman who becomes a waiter to be closer to the girl (McComas) he is interested in. Later, to impress her, he impersonates...
- 1955
Three for the Show
Three for the Show61955HD
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...
- 1974
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love01974HD
Pilot for a proposed television anthology series with stories about love, either dramatic or comedic. In this pilot, there were three different...
- 1955
Three Cases of Murder
Three Cases of Murder5.71955HD
Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong...
- 1934
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage6.5261934HD
A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
- 1973
The Tragedy of Dr. Hosny
The Tragedy of Dr. Hosny81973HD
Hosny suffers from terrifying nightmares, so he resorts to a psychiatrist to help him
- 1934
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil6.4051934HD
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
- 1959
The Traitor
The Traitor01959HD
In wartime, an English spy must go into neutral territory to murder a fellow-Englishman who has been working for the enemy.