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Albright painted and altered the picture while the movie was being made to allow it to represent the development of Dorian's character. [citation needed] The portrait of Dorian Gray seen in the beginning of the film was painted by Henrique Medina, and is titled Portrait of Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray. It was originally sold at an MGM auction ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray: Directed by Albert Lewin. With George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury. A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Albert Lewin
- 1945-03-03
Chicago artist Ivan Albright executed this grisly work for the 1945 movie adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.In Wilde’s tale, a portrait of the young and attractive Gray decays as the protagonist leads an increasingly wayward life, recording the extent of his moral corruption in paint.
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella -length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The novel-length version was published in April 1891. The story revolves around a portrait of ...
Picture of Dorian Gray, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Look at Yourself Still from the opening scene, Lord Henry (George Sanders) dropping in on painter Basil (Lowell Gilmore) and his handsome model (Hurd Hatfield, title character), young Gladys (Carol Diane Keppler) inspiring a fateful wish and the first color insert, in The Picture Of Dorian Gray, 1945.
- Albert Lewin, Earl Mcevoy, Frank Myers
- George Sanders
Aug 1, 2011 · How Oscar Wilde Painted Over “Dorian Gray”. Wilde made clear that he wished to show not only the thrills and pleasures of a ruthlessly aesthetic life but also its limits and dangers. By Alex ...
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May 23, 2014 · In the 1945 film The Picture of Dorian Gray, there are actually two pictures of Mr. Gray — a “before” and an “after”– painted by two different artists. The “after” painting by American artist Ivan Albright now lives in the Art Institute in Chicago, where you can find it on display. The other picture of Dorian was...
