Quartet opens with what turns out to be a questionable introduction from source story author W. Somerset Maugham. In the rather stodgy introduction to the film–featuring adaptations of four personal favorites from Maugham’s extensive bibliography–Maugham indentifies adjectives critics have given read more
Released in 1948, Quartet was the first of three anthology films based on W. Somerset Maugham short stories and introduced by the author on screen. The follow-up films were Trio (1950) and Encore (1951). In each of these films, the short stories were treated as stand-alone productions, in that the d read more
Quartet
Directed by Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, and Ralph Smart
Written by W. Somerset Maugham and R.C. Sherriff
1948/UK
Gainsborough Pictures
First viewing/Amazon Prime I find some of my best surprises on Amazon Prime. This is an anthology film which brings four short sto read more
Caftan Woman Posted by Caftan Woman on Oct 12, 2012
Dustin Hoffman
Last month filmmakers and fans enjoyed another successful go round of the Toronto International Film Festivall (tiff). My sister Maureen aka Twitter's @missmccrocodile is a veteran Festival attendee. Her photographs of the annual event impart some of the excitemen read more
