Camera Interviews Mr W. Somerset Maugham (1929)

W. Somerset Maugham the author and playwriter is featured. Introductory intertitle reads: Probably sixty per cent of Mr. Maugham s play and book fans are of the gentler sex, and here is Mr. Maugham himself for Eve to (in his lovely Riviera L, S of Maugham on a terrace with the sea visible below. He holds out his hand towards a dove who is sitting on a low wall. The dove flies off. M, S of Maugham as he shields his eyes from the sun and looks out to sea. He turns to face the camera. C, U of the side of Maugham s face. The author of Caesar s Wife, East of Suez, Our betters, etc. , has a large family. Here it is Maugham emerges from a large doorway with several small dogs and puppies running around his heels. C, U of Maugham sitting down with the dogs clambering all over him, licking him etc. He laughs. Mr. Maugham likes to work here and who wouldn t High angle long shot of Maugham walking along a high ledge which seems to be surrounding a swimming pool or pond.