Trio (film)
| Trio | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
Australian daybill
|
|
| Directed by |
Ken Annakin Harold French |
| Produced by | Antony Darnborough |
| Written by |
W. Somerset Maugham (stories and screenplay) Noel Langley R. C. Sherriff |
| Starring |
James Hayter Kathleen Harrison Nigel Patrick Wilfred Hyde-White Jean Simmons Michael Rennie Roland Culver |
| Cinematography |
Geoffrey Unsworth Reginald H. Wyer |
| Edited by | Alfred Roome |
|
Production
company |
|
| Distributed by |
General Film Distributors (UK) Paramount Pictures (US) |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £147,000 (by 1953) |
Trio (also known as W. Somerset Maugham's Trio) is a 1950 British anthology film based on three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All" and "Sanatorium". Ken Annakin directed "The Verger" and "Mr. Know-All", while Harold French was responsible for "Sanatorium".
Trio is the second of a film trilogy, all consisting of adaptations of Maugham's stories, preceded by the 1948 Quartet and followed by the 1951 Encore.
The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (Cyril Crowhurst) and was the final one released under the Gainsborough Pictures banner.
The new vicar (Michael Hordern) of St. Peter's Church is astonished to learn that the long-serving verger, Albert Foreman (James Hayter), is illiterate. When Foreman refuses to learn to read, the vicar feels he has no choice but to fire him.
On the way back to his lodgings, Foreman notices that there is not a tobacconist shop in the area. Needing work, he decides to open one. He also takes the opportunity to propose to his landlady, Emma (Kathleen Harrison). Their fledgling business is very successful, and Foreman soon sets up another shop, run by his stepdaughter and her husband. Over the next decade, Foreman starts up more and more shops, becoming a wealthy man in the process and depositing his profits at the bank.
The bank manager (Felix Aylmer) recommends that he invest his sizeable savings to get a better return on his money, causing Foreman to reveal that he has not been able to because he could not read the necessary papers. The stunned manager exclaims (rhetorically) 'what would you be if you could read?'; Foreman replies that he would be the verger of St. Peter's Church.
Reserved Mr. Gray (Wilfred Hyde-White) finds himself forced to share a cabin on an ocean liner with the loud, opinionated, supremely self-confident gem dealer Max Kelada (Nigel Patrick). Kelada soon dominates all the onboard social gatherings, much to the annoyance of his fellow passengers, who take to calling him "Mr. Know-All" behind his back because of his insistence that he is an expert on all subjects.
...
Wikipedia