George Sanders - Dear Boy in Exile

[JackFavell]

I just found your post, Goddess.

The Moon and Sixpence does seem to have more and more to it every time I see it, now that you mention it. There is more heart to it than I initially saw. We like to see George as the bad boy, the man who says things we all think but never speak. But then there's that ending! George is so wonderful as he drops the mask. It's so moving to me when he reveals his feelings. You know, this is a movie I can go back to over and over, very much like Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.

[MissGoddess]

I just found your post, Goddess.

The Moon and Sixpence does seem to have more and more to it every time I see it, now that you mention it. There is more heart to it than I initially saw. We like to see George as the bad boy, the man who says things we all think but never speak. But then there's that ending! George is so wonderful as he drops the mask. It's so moving to me when he reveals his feelings. You know, this is a movie I can go back to over and over, very much like Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.

that's an inspired comparison! both movies feature artistic expression and a self-absorbed character changed by learning to love someone. of course, that they are both written/directed by the same man is no coincidence! in fact, Albert Lewin seemed to really have Sanders' number, having also written the screenplays for Bel-Ami and Dorian Gray.

i thought one of the great things about the movie was the marvelous casting against-type of Eric Blore (as a seedy, former ne'er-do-well now henpecked by his wife) and Florence Bates (as the marvelously relaxed and wise 'Tiare'). any movie that presents us with 'Mrs Van Hopper' in a MuuMuu is worth watching!

an unusually relaxed and boyish young Sanders:

[Sue Sue Applegate]

I just finished reading Aherne's book, and so enjoyed reading the letters from Benita. Lovely thread!

[JackFavell]

Benita was quite a character herself! I was tremendously moved at the end of the book when Aherne talked of George's words to Benita after she found she had cancer and had to undergo surgery, then also his breaking down after Benita's death. He wasn't a cad underneath it all.

I love that photo! He really is a boy in that one. "Ordinary women inspire the deepest passion." Oh brother. That's laying it on thick!

I LOVE Florence Bates in Moon and Sixpence, and Lewin really gives her a whole scene on a platter, she gets to describe the life on the island and his final growing contentment, at least if I'm remembering correctly. BTW, I saw Florence on Lucy yesterday morning. They are finally showing some of the ones I haven't seen before.

Poor Eric Blore! He can never get away from that wife of his!

[MissGoddess]

I love that photo! He really is a boy in that one. "Ordinary women inspire the deepest passion." Oh brother. That's laying it on thick!

yes, Benita and mesdames-Gabor were just your ordinary girls-next-door.

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Oh, dahlings!

And after reading Aherne's homage, I feel that Sanders didn't commit suicide because he was bored, he just couldn't stand any more pain, and it was fear that pushed him over the edge.

[MissGoddess]

oh definitely. i read somewhere once that boredom is just fear in disguise. i guess i must petrified at work!

[JackFavell]

I completely agree, not about work , but about Sanders' suicide. I think he needed Benita's loving and stabilizing influence, plus he was ill himself I believe, which would have forced him into the kind of lifestyle which he would have abhorred... staying put. I am quite sure that he feared that more than anything, being trapped within himself.

[Sue Sue Applegate]

Agreed, gals!

[MissGoddess]

let's gorge a little on george!

love his oxfords...


a scandal in paris



the whole truth (has anyone seen this movie? it's the first i have heard of it.

if you're interested, it's here on YT:
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sleepy george


elegant george


gorgeous george!

[JackFavell]

Lovely! I think he's trying to outrun that woman and child in the first picture.

I've never even heard of The Whole Truth. It seems I need to brush up on my Georgie movies. I think I like George either asleep or elegant....

[norfious]

Wow, I haven't been on this forum in a while, but I am glad to come back and see a thread about George Sanders! He has always been one of my favorites.
Thank you for sharing all these great photos!

[MissGoddess]

Glad you like them and welcome back!

[JackFavell]

Oh, my new favorite picture!

[Rita Hayworth]

Oh, my new favorite picture!

Same Here.