Somerset Maugham and the Cinema

by Robert Calder

William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent and productive authors of the twentieth century-and his works have been among the most cinematically transformed in history. For more than five decades, adaptations of his plays, stories, and novels dominated movie theaters and, later, television screens. More than ninety individual works were filmed, and for many filmgoers his name was a greater draw than that of the director. Works...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 029934620X
• ISBN13: 9780299346201
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"