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The picture of Dorian Gray [videorecording] : El retrato de Dorian Gray / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; director, screenplay, Albert Lewin ; producer, Pandro Berman.

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Material type: Film

FilmLanguage: English Original language: eng, fre, spa Language: n--us-- Publication details: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video , 2008Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w with Technicolor inserts ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

1-4198-7134-X

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DDC classification:

DVD 791.43 LEW

LOC classification:

DAA 0584 (viewing copy)

Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser.Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Multimedia	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	DVD 791.43 LEW (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		037962

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1945

Based on the novel by Oscar Wilde.

Sources used: video packaging; Catalog of copyright entries, motion pictures, 1940-1949.

Special features: Commentary by Angela Lansbury and historian Steve Haberman; Oscar-winning short "Stairway to light;" Oscar-winning cartoon "Quiet please!;" theatrical trailer

George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser.

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.

DVD, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital mono., dual-layer

English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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