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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1974)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1974)
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This Dan Curtis made-for-TV effort was the seventh screen version of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. This time, newcomer Shane Bryant plays the debauched 19th-century nobleman who makes an unholy pact permitting him eternal youth and good looks. His multitudinous sins--and his actual age--are reflected in his portrait, which Gray keeps locked up in his attic. Nigel Davenport co-stars as Gray's elegantly corrupt mentor Sir Harry Wotton, while future Lou Grant star Linda Kelsey plays Dorian's unwitting sweetheart Beatrice Hallward, niece of the man who painted the cursed portrait. Originally videotaped and then transferred to film, the two-part Picture of Dorian Gray was first telecast April 23 and 24, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Director(s):
Glenn Jordan
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Synopsis of The Picture of Dorian Gray

This Dan Curtis made-for-TV effort was the seventh screen version of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. This time, newcomer Shane Bryant plays the debauched 19th-century nobleman who makes an unholy pact permitting him eternal youth and good looks. His multitudinous sins--and his actual age--are reflected in his portrait, which Gray keeps locked up in his attic. Nigel Davenport co-stars as Gray's elegantly corrupt mentor Sir Harry Wotton, while future Lou Grant star Linda Kelsey plays Dorian's unwitting sweetheart Beatrice Hallward, niece of the man who painted the cursed portrait. Originally videotaped and then transferred to film, the two-part Picture of Dorian Gray was first telecast April 23 and 24, 1973. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
111 mins

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Director(s):
Glenn Jordan
Producer(s):
Dan Curtis
Categories:
Sci-Fi & FantasyTelevisionHorror
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Susan B.

This is a great story by Oscar Wilde but a lacking production of it. Gray is not believable, he's a vapid character to start with with no mind of his own and rather blankly acted to boot. Ugh. I wish there were another rendition of this story available on video. This is a bad rendition of a great classic story.

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James L.

I agree this is a good story but a bad production. It definitely had the effects and video capacility of how Dark Shadows was filmed. I didn't like the actor playing Dorian. I guess I kept comparing it to the b/w film version starring George Sanders that I have seen on TCM. But this one did hint at more of the sins Dorian committed such as homosexuality, drugs (opium den) and other degrading/sadist activities. (You can't help but wonder what is wrong with the bar maids daughter that Dorian is drawn to) But the over all production was not the greatest. The actress playing Beatrice was playing it a little over the top. If you get a chance, watch the b/w version instead of this one. I personally didnt even watch the rest of the movie after he proposes to Beatrice. But that is my two cents worth. ~ Susan L.

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Deborah J.

I did not care for the movie, the whole time I kept waiting for something to happen and it never did, boring.

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