''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a 1916 British
silent fantasy film
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directed by
Fred W. Durrant and starring
Henry Victor
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued h ...
,
Pat O'Malley and
Sydney Bland.
BFI Database
/ref> The film is based on the 1890 novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray
''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical 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''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...
'' by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...
.
Plot summary
Cast
* Henry Victor
Henry Victor (2 October 1892 – 15 March 1945) was an English-born character actor who had his highest profile in the film silent era, he appeared in numerous film roles in Britain, before emigrating to the US in 1939 where he continued h ...
- Dorian Gray
* Pat O'Malley - Sibyl Vane
* Sydney Bland - Basil Hallward
* Dorothy Fane - Lady Marchmont
* Jack Jordan
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- Lord Henry Wootton
* Douglas Cox - James Vane
* A.B. Imeson
A.B. Imeson (1875 – 28 February 1944) was an English stage and film actor.
Filmography
His first role was playing Satan in the silent film '' The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1916).
* '' Disraeli'' (1916)
* ''Ave Maria'' (1918)
* ''The Br ...
- Satan
* Miriam Ferris
* Edmund Goulding
See also
* Adaptations of ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''
Bibliography
* Kohl, Norbert. ''Oscar Wilde: The Works of a Conformist Rebel''. Cambridge University Press, 1989.
References
External links
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1916 films
British fantasy films
1910s English-language films
Films set in England
British silent feature films
1910s fantasy films
Films based on The Picture of Dorian Gray
British black-and-white films
1910s British films
Silent horror films
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