W. Somerset. Rain. A set of 13 original still photographs from the 1932 film.

by MAUGHAM

£1,125 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset. Rain. A set of 13 original still photographs from the 1932 film. Los Angeles. United Artists . 1932. 13 original 8 x 10 inch single weight glossy silver gelatin print still photographs from the 1932 Lewis Milestone film, based on Somerset Maugham's short story Miss Thompson which appeared in The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), and also John Colton and Clemence Randolph's subsequent play adaptation. The film starred Joan Crawford as a prostitute named Sadie who is temporarily stranded on a Pacific island and Walter Huston as a missionary who is torn between his desire to reform Sadie and his physical attraction to her. The story resolves in a manner faithful to Maugham's story with the missionary's suicide and Sadie's unapologetic return to her depraved lifestyle. SKU: 2060786

• Binding: Hardcover

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