The picture of Dorian Gray [videorecording] / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; screenplay by Albert Lewin ; directed by Albert Lewin.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1000035741 | Warner Home Video3000017773 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Publication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2008.Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w with Technicolor inserts ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 141987134X
- 9781419871344
- Also known as: Portrait of Dorian Gray
- Oscar Wilde's The picture of Dorian Gray [Cover title]
- Director of photography, Harry Stradling; editor, Ferris Webster; music, Herbert Stothart.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Picture of Dorian Gray was writer/director Albert E. Lewin's fascinating follow-up to his expressive-esoterica masterpiece The Moon and Sixpence. Hurd Hatfield essays the title character, a London aristocrat who would sell his soul to remain handsome and young--and, in a manner of speaking, he does just that. Under the influence of his decadent (albeit witty) friend Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders), Dorian Gray becomes the embodiment of virtually every sin known to man. The greatest of his sins is vanity: Gray commissions artist Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) to paint his portrait. Admiring his own painted countenance, Gray silently makes a demonic pact. The years pass: everyone grows older but Gray, who seemingly gets younger and more good-looking every day. Hallward eventually stumbles upon the secret of Dorian's eternal youth: he finds his painting hidden in the attic, the portrait's face grown grotesquely aged and disfigured. Gray kills Hallward so that his secret will remain safe. Later on, Gray falls in love with Hallward's niece Gladys (Donna Reed). Certain that Gray is responsible for Hallward's death, Gladys' ex-boyfriend David Stone (Peter Lawford) sets out to prove it. He is joined in this mission by the brother of dance hall performer Sybil Vane (Angela Lansbury), who killed herself after Gray betrayed her. Essentially a black and white film, Picture of Dorian Gray bursts into Technicolor whenever the picture is shown in close-up. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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.
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.
Not rated.
DVD, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer.
English dialogue, optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).