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(06/05/08 4:17 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	An HTF poster says The Picture of Dorian Gray is due October 7 with Angela Lansbury commentary and additional extras. Not sure if it's part of a set or a stand-alone release. We'll probably be getting an announcement soon regarding Beast With Five Fingers, The Walking Dead, etc. Anyone with news can post it here and I'll update this post with any and all Halloween titles. John
ARGumshoe		#1	[-]
(06/05/08 4:31 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"The Picture of Dorian Gray is due October 7 with Angela Lansbury commentary and additional extras." Excellent news!
Joe Karlosi		#2	[-]
(06/05/08 4:37 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I'm all for BEAST, WALKING, and FRANK 70 -- but DORIAN was dullsville the one time I saw it, some 7 years ago. Eh, I'd give it one more try. ---------------------- "It's MORE ... than a hobby!"
bgart13.thelatarniaforums		#3	[-]
(06/05/08 5:23 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I saw the laserdisc of DORIAN GRAY recently, thanks to a Latarnian. A very good film, lowkey and unassuming, but very effective. Excited about the dvd release, and the other titles too. Ben
dhtreptow		#4	[-]
(06/05/08 5:28 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	COOL! I came so close to getting the import. That's one in my top-10 wish-list.
Van Helsing 1958		#5	[-]
(06/05/08 5:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	No love for PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE???
bgart13.thelatarniaforums		#6	[-]
(06/05/08 5:35 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Oh, we can give him a big group hug, too...
JimPV		#7	[-]
(06/05/08 7:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	dhtreptow wrote: COOL! I came so close to getting the import. Me TOO! Good news re: Dorian. Wow, and with an Angela Lansbury commentary...! Joe Karlosi wrote: ...DORIAN was dullsville the one time I saw it, some 7 years ago. Eh, I'd give it one more try. Read Greg Mank's essay on it in his Hollywood Cauldron (if you haven't already). Made me appreciate the film a lot more. Last Edited By: JimPV 06/05/08 8:01 PM. Edited 1 times.
dhtreptow		#8	[-]
(06/05/08 8:30 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	JimPV wrote: dhtreptow wrote: COOL! I came so close to getting the import. Me TOO! Good news re: Dorian. Wow, and with an Angela Lansbury commentary...! I was lucky, I got to see the actual picture of Dorian Gray, at a retrospect of the painter's (Ivan Albright) work. It's pretty jarring in the flesh, Dorian's skin has an almost metallic sheen.
sirharryflashman		#9	[-]
(06/05/08 9:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I've been waiting for The Picture of Dorian Gray to get a DVD release for years. George Sanders simply purrs Wilde's best lines/dialogue as Lord Henry Wotton. This is the film that me a Sanders fan for life. The first time I saw the film I was also floored by Angela Lansbury as Sybil Vane. Wide eyed innocence personified. She conveys some impressive emotional range with those eyes too. I'd never rated her very highly, but her performance in this film still surprises me on every viewing. While Hurd Hatfield has never been my idea of Wilde's golden boy Dorian, his performance has grown on me over the years. His strange detachment and cold aloofness works on some level. There's something very disturbing beneath the surface in his performance that creeps me out on some level. Donna Reed has little to do, but my God she looks stunning! I'm absolutely chuffed to read the news that one of my favorite films is finally making it to DVD. Great news! Cheers, Charles Prepolec Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes available October 2008 BakerStreetDozen.com: Sherlock Holmes in Film, Books and Media Last Edited By: sirharryflashman 06/05/08 9:19 PM. Edited 1 times.
Tumak		#10	[-]
(06/05/08 9:34 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	dhtreptow wrote: I was lucky, I got to see the actual picture of Dorian Gray, at a retrospect of the painter's (Ivan Albright) work. It's pretty jarring in the flesh, Dorian's skin has an almost metallic sheen. Me, too, at the Art Institute of Chicago some 20-25 years ago. Most unsettling, as is much of Albright's work. In the old FAVORITE ARTISTS/PAINTERS thread over in the Off Topic Discussions board, I posted a few of Albright's paintings (including Dorian Gray). They look kind of three dimensional or puffy. ...Really looking forward to this disc. Last Edited By: Tumak 06/05/08 9:36 PM. Edited 1 times.
dhtreptow		#11	[-]
(06/05/08 10:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tumak wrote: dhtreptow wrote: I was lucky, I got to see the actual picture of Dorian Gray, at a retrospect of the painter's (Ivan Albright) work. It's pretty jarring in the flesh, Dorian's skin has an almost metallic sheen. Me, too, at the Art Institute of Chicago some 20-25 years ago. Most unsettling, as is much of Albright's work. In the old FAVORITE ARTISTS/PAINTERS thread over in the Off Topic Discussions board, I posted a few of Albright's paintings (including Dorian Gray). They look kind of three dimensional or puffy. ...Really looking forward to this disc. That's where I saw it, but about 13 years ago. Isn't Albright a Chicago home-town boy? If I recall his technique was labor-intensive in the extreme, and the Dorian painting was a rare instance where he had to kick one out (and that his brother painted the pre-decay version). They had some weird demo of his color-paddle-system, that somehow was supposed to make you pant using complimentary color of what you saw, but I never quite grasped his reasoning,
dhtreptow		#12	[-]
(06/05/08 10:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	sirharryflashman wrote: While Hurd Hatfield has never been my idea of Wilde's golden boy Dorian, his performance has grown on me over the years. His strange detachment and cold aloofness works on some level. There's something very disturbing beneath the surface in his performance that creeps me out on some level. I think it's the whole amoral nature of his demeanor. Had he been Hyde-like, or outwardly hedonistic, I don't think he would have been nearly as creepy. It's odd, because why he would have friends and lovers is something of a mystery given what a void he his. It makes his admirers seem unhealthy for pursuing someone who's basically a mannequin.
Tumak		#13	[-]
(06/05/08 11:16 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	dhtreptow wrote: That's where I saw it, but about 13 years ago. Isn't Albright a Chicago home-town boy? That he was. The more I think about it, it was probably more like 30 years ago that I saw it...Perhaps the Art Institute honors him with a retrospective every 15 years or so. Guess that means we're due for another one in a couple of years! dhtreptow wrote: his brother painted the pre-decay version Wow! I didn't know that!
pinkfloyd95209	DORIAN GRAY question?	#14	[-]
(06/06/08 12:21 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Though this question is unrelated to the WARNER HORROR, it does have something to do with DORIAN GRAY. FORREST J. ACKERMAN has a DORIAN GRAY mask made up by DICK SMITH . Which DORIAN GRAY movie is this from? I know it is not from the 1945 version but I don't know which movie had that creepy DORIAN GRAY mask.
SAM33		#15	[-]
(06/06/08 6:12 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I think it was a TV version as I recall, maybe from the late 50's/early 60's? SAM33
rvoyttbots		#16	[-]
(06/06/08 6:58 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Yeah, that was a TV show from very early 60s.
Professor Von X		#17	[-]
(06/06/08 7:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	This IS good news. Dorian Gray is one of my favourites. An almost perfect film. Dull? I can't imagine anyone finding a movie of this calibre dull. Professor Von X
videoaddict		#18	[-]
(06/06/08 9:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	As sirharryflashman noted in his post, the dialogue in this film, especially Sanders', is so damn good I never tire of revisiting it. I'm really very happy this is coming this year as I thought we'd have to wait at least another year for it. In spite of the absence of sets from Universal and the Midnite Movies line, they'll still be some great stuff this fall thanks to Warner, Fox, and Sony. John
JimPV		#19	[-]
(06/06/08 10:16 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Wow, some terrific picks, sirharryflashman! And yes, Donna Reed's a total babe in this (I've always liked Angela Lansbury, too).
pinkfloyd95209		#20	[-]
(06/06/08 10:35 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	rvoyttbots wrote: Yeah, that was a TV show from very early 60s. Any info on this TV Show? What network? And is it available on video? I think it is a very creepy mask for a TV Show?

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