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WCGreen

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5. What could have been a melodramatic exercise was made much more by the cynical

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:56 AM

Aug 2012

performance by Clifton Webb as the prim and prissy Elliot. And the fact W. Somerset Maugham was a character in the story was a clever way to present the novel and the movie...

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One of the first adult novel that I read was the Razor's Edge.... [View all] WCGreen Aug 2012 OP

never saw the movie FirstLight Aug 2012 #1

The 1940's version is much better than the Bill Murray movie.. WCGreen Aug 2012 #2

Yes. It was on TCM a day or two ago. trof Aug 2012 #3

The movie is so good. CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #4

What could have been a melodramatic exercise was made much more by the cynical WCGreen Aug 2012 #5