The Picture of Dorian Grey (Russian: Портрет Дориана Грея) was a 1915 Russian silent drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same title. Directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold and Mikhail Doronin, with art direction by Vladimir Yegorov, this screen adaptation should not be confused with another film also released in 1915, one produced by the Thanhouser Company in the United States and starring actor Harris Gordon.[1][a] A print of Thanhouser's version is preserved in the Library of Congress, and digitized portions of that motion picture are available on YouTube and on other streaming services. No footage, however, from this Russian release is listed among the holdings of major film repositories around the world, so it is currently presumed to be lost.[2]
| The Picture of Dorian Grey | |
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Vsevolod Meyerhold |
| Based on | The Picture of Dorian Gray 1891 novel by Oscar Wilde |
| Starring | Varvara Yanova Vsevolod Meyerhold Gustav Enriton |
| Cinematography | Aleksandr Levitsky |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | Russia |
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Plot summary
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Cast
edit- Varvara Yanova as Dorian Grey
- Vsevolod Meyerhold as Lord Henry Wotton
- G. Enriton
- P. Belova
- Doronin
- Yelizaveta Uvarova
- Alexandre Volkoff
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ A slight variation in the given English titles of the Russian and American films helps to differentiate the two 1915 productions in listings. The spelling of Dorian's surname is "Grey" in the Russian version; "Gray", in Thanhouser's release.
References
edit- ^ Christie & Taylor p.432
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
Bibliography
edit- Christie, Ian & Taylor, Richard. The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. Routledge, 2012.
External links
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