The Moon and Sixpence (1942)
Note: this print runs 81 minutes against a recorded 89 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Eric Blore, Albert Bassermann, Florence Bates, Mike Mazurki, Elena Verdugo, Heather Thatcher
Directed by Albert Lewin
The Moon and Sixpence is a 1942 film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1919 novel of the same name, which was in part based on the life of the painter Paul Gauguin. Dimitri Tiomkin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Two versions were filmed. In one, Devi Wani, a Javanese actress, played Ata; in the other, Ms. Verdugo played her, to accommodate audiences for whom marriage between a Polynesian and an Englishman was considered unacceptable.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
▶ Watch The Moon and SixpenceSaved films live in this browser, no account needed. See your list.
Also filed under
More from GOLDEN AGE
![[Royal Air Force in Burma; RCAF : Stock Shots : Roffman Footage] (1942)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fBwkYRGnd0s/hqdefault.jpg)
More from the 1940s
FAQ
Where can I watch The Moon and Sixpence for free?
The Moon and Sixpence streams free on MOVIE REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 1h 21m of it.
What year is The Moon and Sixpence from?
The Moon and Sixpence dates from 1942, directed by Albert Lewin. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the GOLDEN AGE channel.
Is The Moon and Sixpence in the public domain?
MOVIE REWIND indexes films that are in the public domain or made freely available on YouTube by their rights holders. Every title is health-checked, so if a copy is pulled it drops out of the rotation.
MOVIE REWIND is free and always will be: no ads, no account, no algorithm. It is kept running by one person, and the catalogue and all of its metadata are given away under CC0. If it showed you something worth watching, you can chip in.
Buy the archivist a coffee