TY - ADVS AU - Berman,Pandro S. AU - Fraser,Richard AU - Gilmore,Lowell AU - Hatfield,Hurd AU - Lansbury,Angela AU - Lawford,Peter AU - Lewin,Albert AU - Reed,Donna AU - Sanders,George AU - Stothart,Herbert AU - Wilde,Oscar ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - The picture of Dorian Gray SN - 141987134X PY - 2008/// CY - Burbank, CA PB - Distributed by Warner Home Video KW - Gray, Dorian (Fictitious character) KW - Drama KW - Influence (Psychology) KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Men KW - Conduct of life KW - Portraits KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Film adaptations KW - Horror films KW - Thrillers (Motion pictures) KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the Oscar Wilde novel; Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945; Special features: Commentary by Angela Lansbury and historian Steve Haberman; Oscar-winning short "Stairway to light;" Oscar-winning cartoon "Quiet please!;" theatrical trailer; Director of photography, Harry Stradling; editor, Ferris Webster; music, Herbert Stothart; George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser; Not rated N2 - Dorian Gray is an innocent young man who has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after he falls under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian soon jilts his fiancee, which leads to her suicide. This is the start of a life of increasing debauchery. Dorian realizes that the outward signs of this are apparent only in the portrait. Eventually the picture, secreted in his childhood playroom, becomes almost hideous to behold. But Dorian still has one pure love - Gladys, the niece of the original painter ER -