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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
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3 March 1945 (USA)
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His life was a muddy morass into which he dragged all who knew him! Such was Dorian Gray, the man who wanted eternal youth, and bartered his soul to get it!
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A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. full summary | full synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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2 nominations
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(23 articles)
Stone, Van Houten have 'Satisfaction'
(From Monsters and Critics. 14 October 2009, 10:11 AM, PDT)
Sharon Stone and Carice Van Houten Seek ‘Satisfaction’
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 13 October 2009, 11:19 AM, PDT)
(From Monsters and Critics. 14 October 2009, 10:11 AM, PDT)
Sharon Stone and Carice Van Houten Seek ‘Satisfaction’
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 13 October 2009, 11:19 AM, PDT)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | George Sanders | ... | Lord Henry Wotton |
| Hurd Hatfield | ... | Dorian Gray |
 | Donna Reed | ... | Gladys Hallward |
 | Angela Lansbury | ... | Sibyl Vane |
| Peter Lawford | ... | David Stone |
| Lowell Gilmore | ... | Basil Hallward |
| Richard Fraser | ... | James Vane |
| Douglas Walton | ... | Allen Campbell |
| Morton Lowry | ... | Adrian Singleton |
| Miles Mander | ... | Sir Robert Bentley |
| Lydia Bilbrook | ... | Mrs. Vane |
| Mary Forbes | ... | Lady Agatha |
| Robert Greig | ... | Sir Thomas |
| Moyna MacGill | ... | Duchess |
| Billy Bevan | ... | Malvolio Jones (chairman) |
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110 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Donna Reed didn't enjoy making this movie because she was promised the role played by Angela Lansbury.
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Revealing mistakes: When Lord Henry first spots the butterfly on the drape in Basil's studio, the mesh edges of his fake beard are clearly visible.
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Lord Henry Wotton:
I like persons better than principles and persons with no principles better than anything at all.
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Moonlight Sonata
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A Note Regarding SpoilersIs "The Picture of Dorian Gray" based on a book?
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This wonderfully atmospheric retelling of Oscar Wilde's chilling novel is one of the best horror films ever made. It outdoes DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN because it is about a man -- not a monster. Yet the monster IS the man -- and hides within all of us. The story works even more effectively than the similar plot in Robert Louis Stevenson's STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR HYDE because here we have the dual sides of a man portrayed not as two separate characters but as two reflecting images -- like two mirrors facing each other, sending the images out to infinity. The painting itself is one of the most horrifing images ever created in films -- a surreal reflection of what each of us can become if we lose our humanity and replace it with careless egotism.