The Moon and Sixpence (film)

The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maughams novel of the same name. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

Several years later, Wolfe is in Paris to see his friend, kindhearted Dirk Stroeve Steven Geray. Stroeve is a bad painter, but an astute judge of others talent. When Wolfe asks if he knows Strickland, he confidently states that the man is a great painter, even though he has not sold any of his work and barely ekes out a living with odd jobs. However, Stroeves beloved wife Blanche loathes the man.Finding Strickland seriously ill near Christmas, Stroeve persuades a very reluctant Blanche to take him into their happy home, promising to nurse him back to health by himself. After six weeks, the artist recovers and makes himself at home, even evicting his host from his own studio. When Stroeve asks him to leave, Blanche unexpectedly announces she is going with him. Stroeve first tries to throttle Strickland. Then, after regaining his composure, he gives the couple the apartment and departs himself. ........

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