The Picture of Dorian Gray

Description: The Picture of Dorian Gray PRODUCT DETAILS: Product Description Is the sole purpose of art to create beauty? When Dorian Gray, a handsome, young Victorian gentleman obsessed with the fleeting transience of his own beauty, becomes disturbed by a portrait that seems to capture too much of his soul, he makes a dark pact: He will remain forever young, while the age, disease and decay that should affect his body ravage The Picture of Dorian Gray. Over the years, Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) revels in every imaginable pleasure and experience--altruistic, decadent or evil--while somehow maintaining his youthful beauty even as the painting, locked away in a dark room, reveals an increasingly decaying, corrupt, aging visage. Although Gray may be able to avoid the ravages of time, he cannot escape the wrath of people he wrongs over the years. And when his one lethal weakness is finally discovered, Gray pays for all his evils in a shocking Content:SPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by Angela Lansbury and Historian Steve Haberman • Oscar-Winning** Short Stairway to Light • Oscar-Winning** Cartoon Quiet Please! • Theatrical Trailer • Subtitles: English , Français & Español (Feature Film Only).> These nip/tuck, Botoxed times would seem to be ripe for a remake of Oscar Wilde's ageless story of youth-worshiping aristocrat Dorian Gray. Until then, we have this 1945 prestige production starring Hurd Hatfield as Dorian, who, under the influence of the incorrigible Lord Henry Wotton, vows to live only for pleasure and to give in to all "exquisite temptations." While he sinks into a vile life of decadence and corruption, he remains young, while his painted portrait becomes "an emblem of his own conscience," growing more hideous as Gray becomes more monstrous. Angela Lansbury was nominated for an Academy Award for her heartbreaking performance as innocent singer Sibyl Vane, the first victim of Gray's George Sanders is at his contemptuous best as the cynical Lord Wotton, wringing every drip of disdain out of such Wilde-isms as, "I always choose my friends for their good lucks and my enemies for their good intellects." This pristine transfer does full justice to the film's Oscar-winning black and white cinematography (with vivid Technicolor inserts of the mesmerizing painting). With entertaining extras that replicate an old fashioned night at the movies, including a trailer and two Oscar-winning shorts, the Tom & Jerry cartoon, "Quiet Please" and "Stairway to Light," and affectionate, detailed, and illuminating commentary by Lansbury and film historian and screenwriter Steve Haberman, this DVD is suitable for framing. --Donald Liebenson Features: Factory sealed DVD PAYMENT SHIPPING RETURNS We only accept payment through PayPal. This is to ensure that all of our buyers qualify for eBay Buyer Protection. Most orders are shipped within 1-2 business days with standard shipping and tracking. A tracking number will be posted as soon as the item has shipped. Please make sure to provide the correct shipping address during checkout as the address cannot be changed afterwards. We are not responsible for any incorrect or undeliverable addresses. We do not ship to PO/APO Boxes. We offer easy returns on most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.

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