STUNNING is the EXACT word for Barry Lyndon, @
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For me,
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
++ I have always thought I had actually seen this and maybe have as a kid, but I am so very happy I did now. And yes, this would have been another new watch that knocked out another old favorite for the 40's List.
The actor who plays Dorian is ideal (Hurd Hatfield), and with George Sanders who playfully tosses about all the truly delicious Oscar Wilde lines, this was a great film to watch.
Add to that, Angela Lansbury who's beauty is angelic and a wonderful Donna Reed, not to mention a very young Peter Crawford and the painter, Lowell Gilmore who was excellent in his tragic nobility.
While the movie is VERY tame due to the date of the film and the restrictions at that time, they could only hint at the scandals of Dorian Gray; that did not hinder the story for me.
I really loved how, when showing the painting on its own, they did so in color which truly made such an amazing effect.