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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: The film is made from three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The first, 'The Ant and the Grasshopper' concerns the trials and tribulations a ne'er-do-well brother, Tom Ramsey (Nigel Patrick), puts his prim-and-proper businessman brother, George Ramsey (Roland Culver) through. The escapades that drive George to absolute distraction eventually wins the hand of the world's third richest girl, Margaret Vyne), for shiftless Tom; 'Winter Cruise' finds the crew of a cargo boat becoming unglued by the endless chatter of a spinster passenger named Miss Reid (Kay Walsh.) In a desperate attempt to silence the prattling busybody, the ship's officers browbeat a French steward, Pierre (Jacques Francois) into making love to her. The results provide some astounding surprises for the officers, Pierre, and, for certain, Miss Reid; In 'The Gigolo and the Gigolette' segment, beautiful daredevil Stella Cotman (Glynis Johns), who entertains the jaded guests of a resort hotel by diving nightly from an eighty-foot platform into a flaming tank, is losing her nerve. ...Encore - 3 Stories by W. Somerset Maugham
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I first knew of this film in 1968 although it was made in 1948. I joined a golf club in Richmond and happened to play with a much older man who had been a class golfer in his youth, captaining the English Boys team in the International matches at that time. His name was Antony Darnborough.
I found that Anthony had been a film Producer and had made, famously, three films of short stories by W Somerset Maugham. The novel aspect of these films were that he had Maugham introduce each story.
All the great British actors of the day were involved and the films were well known classics. However, by now they are hardly ever shown, a pity because they are almost the best examples of the depth of talent available at that time to the British film makers.
Darnborough produced for Gainsborough films (J Arthur Rank)
The other two films in this sequence are TRIO (1950) and ENCORE (1951)
Among the actors appearing in these films (for those old enough to remember the halcyon days of British film making were...James Hayter, Anne Crawford, Nornton Wayne, Jean Simmons, Micheal Rennie, Wilfred Hyde-White, Roland Culver, John Lawrie, Nigel Patrick, Kay Walsh, Noel Purcell, Glynis Johns, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, Maurice Denham, Cecil Parker, Mervyn Johns, Ernest Thesiger, James Robertson Justice, Ian Fleming, Basil Radford, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Kathleen Harrison, Michael Hordern and Felix Aylmer.
I found that Anthony had been a film Producer and had made, famously, three films of short stories by W Somerset Maugham. The novel aspect of these films were that he had Maugham introduce each story.
All the great British actors of the day were involved and the films were well known classics. However, by now they are hardly ever shown, a pity because they are almost the best examples of the depth of talent available at that time to the British film makers.
Darnborough produced for Gainsborough films (J Arthur Rank)
The other two films in this sequence are TRIO (1950) and ENCORE (1951)
Among the actors appearing in these films (for those old enough to remember the halcyon days of British film making were...James Hayter, Anne Crawford, Nornton Wayne, Jean Simmons, Micheal Rennie, Wilfred Hyde-White, Roland Culver, John Lawrie, Nigel Patrick, Kay Walsh, Noel Purcell, Glynis Johns, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman, Maurice Denham, Cecil Parker, Mervyn Johns, Ernest Thesiger, James Robertson Justice, Ian Fleming, Basil Radford, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley, Kathleen Harrison, Michael Hordern and Felix Aylmer.
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If like me, you are a Glynis Johns fan, then this is for you. She is in only one of the three stories, the last one called 'Gigolo and Gigolette' about a stunt star (Glynis) losing her courage. It is not much of a story, but Glynis makes it more so. I have to be honest and admit that for me, Glynis Johns can do no wrong, but the stories are not that strong, hence four stars instead of five.
Glynis Johns reading the telephone directory would still get four stars.
Glynis Johns reading the telephone directory would still get four stars.
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