The Picture of Dorian Gray (Ep. 131)

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It's spooky season yet again, so with Episode 131 of Adapt or Perish, we're taking a look at The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde's classic work of Gothic horror!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Oscar Wilde's original 1891 novel
• The 1915 silent movie version, directed by Eugene Moore, and starring Harris Gordon, Helen Fulton, Howard Hickman, and W. Ray Johnston
• The 1945 theatrical movie, written and directed by Albert Lewin, and starring Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, and George Sanders
• The 1961 episode of Golden Showcase, directed by Paul Bogart, written by Jacqueline Babbin and Audrey Maas, and starring John Fraser, George C. Scott, Susan Oliver, and Louis Hayward
• Dorian Gray/The Secret of Dorian, the 1970 theatrical movie, directed by Massimo Dallamano, written by Dallamano, Marcello Coscia, and Günter Ebert, and starring Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd, and Marie Liljedahl
• The 1973 TV movie, directed by Glenn Jordan, written by John Tomerlin, and starring Shane Briant, Charles Kidman, Nigel Davenport, and Fionnula Flanagan
• The 1976 episode of Play of the Month, directed by John Gorrie, written by John Osborne, and starring John Gielgud, Jeremy Brett, and Peter Firth
• The Sins of Dorian Gray, the 1983 TV movie, directed by Tony Maylam, written by Jerome Coopersmith and Peter Lawrence, and starring Anthony Perkins, Belinda Bauer, Olga Karlatos, and Michael Ironside
• Dorian/Pact with the Devil, the 2004 theatrical movie, directed by Allan A. Goldstein, written by Ron Riley and Peter Jobin, and starring Malcolm McDowell, Ethan Erickson, Jennifer Nitsch, and Christoph Waltz
• The 2004 theatrical movie, written and directed by Dave Rosenbaum, and starring Josh Duhamel
• Dorian Gray, the 2009 theatrical movie, directed by Oliver Parker, written by Toby Finlay, and starring Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Ben Chaplin, Rachel Hurd-Wood, and Rebecca Hall

Footnotes:

• Dorian Gray syndrome
• Stealth Friend of the Pod Billy Bevan
• Monty Python: The Oscar Wilde Sketch
• "Lion Song" by Rosin Coven

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