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Loading... The Picture of Dorian Gray [1945 film]by Albert Lewin (Director/Screenwriter)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 2021 movie #198. Dorian wishes that he always looks as he did in his 22 yo portrait. 38 years of corrupt (although largely offscreen) living leaves him as youthful as ever while his portrait (hidden in an attic room) turns hideous. A very young Angelia Lansbury appears. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Dorian Gray is an innocent young man who has his portrait painted by a close friend. Soon after he falls under the influence of amoral Lord Henry Wotton. Dorian soon jilts his fiancee, which leads to her suicide. This is the start of a life of increasing debauchery. Dorian realizes that the outward signs of this are apparent only in the portrait. Eventually the picture, secreted in his childhood playroom, becomes almost hideous to behold. But Dorian still has one pure love - Gladys, the niece of the original painter. No library descriptions found. |
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