The Razor's Edge
Hunger no love... woman... or wealth could satisfy!
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$1 200 000
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$0
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J. Watson Webb Jr.
All team (11)
All team (11)
Short description
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
What's left behind the scenes
- 20th Century Fox acquired the film rights to the original novel in March 1945 for $250,000 plus 20% of the net profits. The contract specified that if filming did not begin by February 2, 1946, the company would be fined $50,000. To avoid paying the fine, producer Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) organized filming in the mountains near Denver, Colorado, in August 1945 (which represented the Himalayas in the film). Since the cast had not yet been finalized, Larry was played by a body double and filmed only from a distance. Zanuck hoped that Tyrone Power (1914-1958) would take the lead role, so he delayed the start of production as long as possible to allow Power to be demobilized, which occurred in January 1946.
- 89 sets were built with decorations. At the time (1946), the shooting schedule was the longest in the history of cinema.
- Playwright and novelist W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was hired to write the screenplay, and his script is still kept in the film company's archives. It remains unknown how much of his screenplay was ultimately used in the movie.
- While filming a scene in the hospital, Ann Baxter (1923-1985) drew on her own childhood memories of losing her three-year-old brother.
- Playwright and novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was hired to write the screenplay, and the script he wrote is still kept in the film company's archives. How much of his script was ultimately used in the film remains unknown.
- While filming the hospital scene, Anne Baxter (1923-1985) drew upon her own childhood memories of losing her three-year-old brother.
- Because 20th Century Fox did not use the screenplay Maugham had written based on his own novel of the same name (1944), the company felt somewhat indebted to him. Director George Cukor (1899-1983) suggested giving Maugham a painting, and later recounted that Maugham was given a canvas by Henri Matisse (1869-1954).
- 20th Century Fox acquired the rights to adapt the source novel in March 1945 for $250,000 plus 20% of the net profit. The contract stipulated that if filming did not begin by February 2, 1946, the film company would be fined $50,000. To avoid paying the fine, producer Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) organized filming in the mountains near Denver, Colorado, in August 1945 (they portrayed the Himalayas in the film). The film’s cast had not yet been finalized at that time, so a stunt double played Larry, and he was only filmed from a distance. Zanuck hoped that Tyrone Power (1914-1958) would star in the lead role, so he kept delaying the start of filming to give Power time to be demobilized, which happened in January 1946.
- The 20th Century Fox film company did not use Somerset Maugham's screenplay, written based on his own novel of the same name (1944), and therefore felt somewhat indebted to him. Director George Cukor (1899-1983) proposed gifting Maugham a painting, and later recounted that Maugham was gifted a canvas by Henri Matisse (1869-1954).
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