The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 Original Theatrical Trailer The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1945 American horror-drama film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel of the same name. Released in June 1945 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is directed by Albert Lewin and stars George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton and Hurd Hatfield as Dorian Gray. Shot primarily in black-and-white, the film features four colour inserts in three-strip Technicolor of Dorian's portrait; these are a special effect, the first t

Oscar Wilde was one of Victorian Britain’s most famous writers. He is best known for the play The Importance of Being Earnest, the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol, which he wrote in prison while reflecting on justice and human suffering. The modern label “gay” did not exist during Oscar Wilde’s lifetime in the late 1800s. However, during his trial, Wilde made an emotional public defense of love between men, calling it “the love that dare not speak its na