The Razor's Edge

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drama film film

The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama film → film →
adaptationOf	The Razor's Edge (novel) →
authorOfSourceWork	W. Somerset Maugham →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress →
awardReceivedBy	Anne Baxter →
basedOn	The Razor's Edge (novel) →
blackAndWhite	true →
character	Elliott Templeton → Isabel Bradley → Larry Darrell → Sophie MacDonald → W. Somerset Maugham (character) →
cinematographyBy	Arthur C. Miller →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Edmund Goulding →
distributor	20th Century Fox → Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation →
editedBy	J. Watson Webb Jr. →
genre	drama film →
mainCharacter	Larry Darrell →
musicBy	Alfred Newman →
narrativeDevice	framing narration by Maugham →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White → Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black-and-White → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck →
productionCompany	20th Century Fox →
protagonistOccupation	World War I veteran →
releaseYear	1946 →
runtimeMinutes	145 →
screenwriter	Darrell F. Zanuck → Lamar Trotti →
setInPeriod	post-World War I era →
setting	Chicago → Europe → India → Paris →
sourceWorkPublicationYear	1944 →
starred	Anne Baxter → Clifton Webb → Gene Tierney → Herbert Marshall → John Payne → Tyrone Power →
theme	enlightenment → search for meaning → spiritual quest →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne Baxter → Arthur C. Miller ("The Razor’s Edge") → Barbara McLean → Tyrone Power →	notableWork
Arthur C. Miller ("The Razor’s Edge") → Barbara McLean →	workedOn
The Razor's Edge (1946 film) ("The Razor's Edge (novel)") →	adaptationOf
The Razor's Edge (1946 film) ("The Razor's Edge (novel)") →	basedOn