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Oscar Wilde on Film
I'm sure you've heard all the rumors... after all, he was his own best ongoing literary achievement. However, you may not know his mother was a poet, and his father an expert on Irish folklore as well as several other subjects.
Black and Silver
(1981) Two British avant filmmakers, William and Marilyn Raban, took "The Birthday of the Infanta," which was itself inspired by a Velasquez painting, back to its visual roots.
75 min., Color & B/W, not available
Flesh and Fantasy
(1943) Julien Duvivier drew from "Lord Arthur Saville's Crime" for the best section of this anthology, starring Edward G. Robinson, with Thomas Mitchell as his fortune-teller.
93 min., B/W, not available
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1952) Anthony Asquith gathered the dames & sirs of the British stage for this adaptation of the play.
95 min., Color, not available
A Man of No
Importance
(1994) The BBC of Northern Ireland
funded this tale of bus conductor Alfie Byrne (Albert Finney), who has
his own Oscar Wilde suit and wears it -- in public! His dream is to
stage one more Wilde play, and his "Salome" rides his line every day.
All he has to do is get permission from his pastor and his landlord
(Michael Gambon), who's a butcher who smokes with his hat on in the shop.
At first they say OK. Then they realize Salome isn't so biblical a
story after all...
98 min., Color, (Out now, priced to
rent)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1945) Sanders, Hardwicke
and Landsbury lend their veddy British vocal charms to this Hollywood
production.
110 min., B/W & Color, $19.99 Laser
$34.99
Also:
Another Dan Curtis Production with old reliable
John Karlen, from Dark Shadows, and Shane Briant of Moving
Targets; restored to full-length.
111 min., Color, $29.98 tape only
Salome
There are two versions under this name, first the
notorious art-deco (1923) melange by Valentino's ladies -- and reported beards -- Natacha Rambova and Alla Nazimova (35 min., B/W, Silent, $24.95 includes Queen Elizabeth-1912), the
second Claude d'Anna's polite 1985 stab (95 min., Color, not available).
Clive Barker's Salome was
another story altogether...
Salome's Last Dance
(1988) Then look what Ken Russell did to it.
90 min., Color, Rated R, $89.99
The Secret of Dorian Gray
(1970) Helmut Berger is Dorian in this decadent European co-production remake.
93 min., Color, Rated R, not available
The Selfish Giant
(1987) Wilde's children's story of a big ogre who learns how to share; animated.
26 min., Color, Closed-Captioned, not available
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