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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) (TV)
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23 April 1973 (USA)
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In late Victorian London, a beautiful young man is given a portrait of himself by an admiring artist...
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(Credited cast) | Shane Briant | ... | Dorian Gray |
 | Nigel Davenport | ... | Lord Harry Wotton |
| Charles Aidman | ... | Basil Hallward |
| Fionnula Flanagan | ... | Felicia |
| Linda Kelsey | ... | Beatrice |
| Vanessa Howard | ... | Sybil Vane |
| John Karlen | ... | Alan Campbell |
| Dixie Marquis | ... | Madame de Ferrol |
| Brendan Dillon | ... | Victor |
 | Kim Richards | ... | Beatrice as a child |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| William Beckley | ... | Syme |
| Hedley Mattingly | ... | Parker |
| Tom McCorrey | ... | James Vane (as Tom McCorry) |
| Patricia Tidy | ... | Charwoman |
| Ben Wrigley | ... | Hansom Cab Driver |
| Diana Wyatt | ... | Lady Narborough |
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Dorian Gray:
[as he observes his portrait] How sad...
Lord Harry Wotton: What? What do you mean?
Dorian Gray: How sad it is... That I shall grow old, but this picture will remain always young. My hair will turn gray, my skin will wrinkle, and my teeth will rot. While my picture remains exactly as it is now. If only it were the other way...
Lord Harry Wotton: Dorian...
Dorian Gray: If it were I who would remain always young and the picture would grow old. For that, I would give everything...
Lord Harry Wotton: Dorian...
Dorian Gray: Yes, everything! For that... I would even give my soul.
Basil Hallward: [smirks and raises his glass] To long life.
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Lord Harry Wotton: What? What do you mean?
Dorian Gray: How sad it is... That I shall grow old, but this picture will remain always young. My hair will turn gray, my skin will wrinkle, and my teeth will rot. While my picture remains exactly as it is now. If only it were the other way...
Lord Harry Wotton: Dorian...
Dorian Gray: If it were I who would remain always young and the picture would grow old. For that, I would give everything...
Lord Harry Wotton: Dorian...
Dorian Gray: Yes, everything! For that... I would even give my soul.
Basil Hallward: [smirks and raises his glass] To long life.
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Version of Portret Doryana Greya (1915)
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This was originally broadcast in the early 1970s, by ABC Circle Films, I think, and it was a great drama for its time and it still holds up well today. Dan Curtis, who directed this also has a big collection of the Dark Shadows series and he has a good feel for the gothic aspects of the 19th century story. Nigel Davenport really steals the show as Dorian's older mentor/corrupting influence. Also, the homosexual aspects are handled extraordinarily well, by saying what they need to say, without saying anything, just a look, or a suggestion, nothing overt. Altho it follows the old MGM story, this one has a lot sharper edge to it and is more realistic, especially about Dorian's depravity. Davenport does really carry the show with his all-knowing, cynical observations that lead the way for Dorian's destruction and doom . . . but it is Dorian who makes the decisions, not Davenport.