LaurieA opened this issue on Mar 15, 2003 ยท 91 posts
artnik posted Sat, 15 March 2003 at 2:00 PM
Has anyone here seen the original movie "The Picture of Dorian Gray"? It came out in the mid forties, and starred Hird Hatfield(who?). I'm not that old, but I'm a film buff of sorts. When they suddenly flashed the color shot of the corrupt portrait,that was probably one of the scariest moments in movies. The color shots of the picture were the only color shots in tha movie which was black and white. I viewed an exhibit of Ivan Albright, and some other macabre artists, such as Bacon, etc. They were here at the Chicago Art Institute. One of the pictures was Albright's original work for that movie. Although he didn't just do macabre paintings,his attention to detail and realism beyond reality was almost unbelievable. If you get a chance to see the original tape, with the color shots, check it out for yourself. Not all prints of the movie have the color shots in them.