Encore 1951 (W. Somerset Maugham)-2(2)
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Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham:
"The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke;
"Winter Cruise" (from the 1947 collection of Maugham stories Creatures of Circumstance), helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae;
"Gigolo and Gigolette" (from the 1940 collection of Maugham stories The Mixture as Before), directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler.
Maugham introduces each part of the film with a piece to camera from his garden on the French Riviera. "Encore" is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio. The film was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
"The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke;
"Winter Cruise" (from the 1947 collection of Maugham stories Creatures of Circumstance), helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae;
"Gigolo and Gigolette" (from the 1940 collection of Maugham stories The Mixture as Before), directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler.
Maugham introduces each part of the film with a piece to camera from his garden on the French Riviera. "Encore" is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio. The film was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival