The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Directed by

Albert Lewin

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, horror film, period drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 303 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man stays young while his portrait ages and shows the marks of his sins. The film follows his life of pleasure and the consequences he faces.

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What happens

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1945 American supernatural horror-drama film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Released in March 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the film was written and directed by Albert Lewin and produced by Pandro S. Berman. It stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray, alongside Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, and Lowell Gilmore. Cedric Hardwicke narrates. The film is shot primarily in black-and-white, except four inserts in three-strip Technicolor of Dorian's portrait ranging from the youthful painting by Henrique Medina and the final, degenerate portrait by Ivan Le Lorraine Albright. The film was a critical success, winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for Harry Stradling. Angela Lansbury won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and received an Academy Award nomination for her role as Sibyl Vane. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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