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The Picture of Dorian Gray

starring: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford
directed by: Albert Lewin

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929002955
Format: Black & White, Subtitled, Full Screen
Label: Warner
Manufacturer: Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2008
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 1723
Studio: Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 1945



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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/07/2008 Run time: 110 minutes

Amazon.com:
These nip/tuck, Botoxed times would seem to be ripe for a remake of Oscar Wilde's ageless story of youth-worshiping aristocrat Dorian Gray. Until then, we have this 1945 prestige production starring Hurd Hatfield as Dorian, who, under the influence of the incorrigible Lord Henry Wotton, vows to live only for pleasure and to give in to all 'exquisite temptations.' While he sinks into a vile life of decadence and corruption, he remains young, while his painted portrait becomes 'an emblem of his own conscience,' growing more hideous as Gray becomes more monstrous. Angela Lansbury was nominated for an Academy Award for her heartbreaking performance as innocent singer Sibyl Vane, the first victim of Gray's callousness. George Sanders is at his contemptuous best as the cynical Lord Wotton, wringing every drip of disdain out of such Wilde-isms as, 'I always choose my friends for their good lucks and my enemies for their good intellects.' This pristine transfer does full justice to the film's Oscar-winning black and white cinematography (with vivid Technicolor inserts of the mesmerizing painting). With entertaining extras that replicate an old fashioned night at the movies, including a trailer and two Oscar-winning shorts, the Tom & Jerry cartoon, 'Quiet Please' and 'Stairway to Light,' and affectionate, detailed, and illuminating commentary by Lansbury and film historian and screenwriter Steve Haberman, this DVD is suitable for framing. --Donald Liebenson



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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Outstanding film !
I buy this Dvd because I remembered watching bits of this film many years ago during my childhood ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An excellent movie
The movie was excellent, the delivery was actually ahead of expected time. Class will show.....keep ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great performance & excellent storyline
For those that like the old black & whites (TCM bufs) this is a great version of the story. I always ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Wonderful!
I loved "The Picture of Dorian Gray" movie. It's a wonderful production and depiction of Wilde's book. Maybe ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Disappointing
Although the movie stays pretty much close to the book, it's disappointing. George Sanders performance is over ... Read More

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