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Dragonwyck Overview:

Dragonwyck (1946) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Ernst Lubitsch.

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Gene Tierney unravels the mystery surrounding “Dragonwyck”

By Stephen Reginald on Jul 21, 2021 From Classic Movie Man

Gene Tierney unravels the mystery surrounding “Dragonwyck” Dragonwyck (1946) is an American historical drama directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, and Glenn Langan. The film is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by An... Read full article

Dragonwyck

By Barry P. on Apr 18, 2020 From Cinematic Catharsis

(1946) Written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Based on the novel by Anya Seton; Starring: Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere and Vivienne Osborne; Available on Blu-ray (Region B) and DVD Rating: ****½ “I didn’t expect you to understan... Read full article

Dragonwyck (1946)

on Sep 22, 2014 From Journeys in Classic Film

Dragonwyck holds much in common with a lot of movies, maybe because author Anya Seaton spent a couple weeks locked up with Gothic romances. If you’ve sat and enjoyed Rebecca, Jane Eyre, or Wuthering Heights than Dragonwyck has a lot of merit with its sumptuous costumes and sets inhabited by a ... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: DRAGONWYCK (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 1, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Although it’s not as well known today as Gothic thrillers like Rebecca (1940) and Gaslight (1944), Dragonwyck (1946) sprang from the tremendous vogue for romantic thrillers that those movies helped to establish during the 1940s. The picture was adapted from a 1944 novel by Anya Seton, and the ... Read full article

Classic Films in Focus: DRAGONWYCK (1946)

By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 1, 2012 From Virtual Virago

Although it’s not as well known today as Gothic thrillers like Rebecca (1940) and Gaslight (1944), Dragonwyck (1946) sprang from the tremendous vogue for romantic thrillers that those movies helped to establish during the 1940s. The picture was adapted from a 1944 novel by Anya Seton, and the ... Read full article

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Dragonwyck Quotes:

Abigail Wells: [talking about Miranda] Sometimes when a woman's unhappy, she just can't talk about it, Ephraim.
Ephraim Wells: Are you gonna tell me it's a man? What man I'd like to know? She's given frostbite to every mother's son in the country.
Abigail Wells: Perhaps the right man hasn't come along.
Ephraim Wells: No, she won't find find him with her nose in the air, wanting what she can't get! A woman oughta get a man first and then want him!
Nicholas Van Ryn: [to Miranda] To my wife promptness at meals is the greatest human virtue.
Miranda Wells: But there's everything here you could possibly want!
Ephraim Wells: Everything is what no man should ever want.
Magda: [to Miranda] You mustn't take me seriously, Miss. No one ever does.
Johanna Van Ryn: What can you possibly do up there?
Nicholas Van Ryn: Possibly? Anything from pinning butterflies to hiding an insane twin brother. Actually, I read. I hope that my explanation satisfies you?
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Dragonwyck Facts
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 20, 1947 with Vincent Price reprising his film role.
In the first cut, Miranda meets Dr. Turner on the riverboat going to Dragonwyck. Although it was cut by order of producer Zanuck, actor Glenn Langan can still be seen from behind walking toward Miranda. A brief opening scene showing Miranda reading a novel in a graveyard was also cut.
The family name Schermerhorn, which is the subject of gossip at the ball at Dragonwyck is actually the name of writer Mankiewicz's ex-in-laws.
Gregory Peck was the first choice to play Nicholas Van Ryn, but he bowed out when he learned Ernst Lubitsch was dropping out as director. When second choice Laird Cregar died, Price was assigned.
"Dragonwyck" was recreated twice for radio: the Lux Radio Theater on 10/7/46 with Price and Tierney recreating their roles with Gale Gordon as Ephraim Wells and on 1/20/47 foe Screen Guild with Price and Langan in their original roles and 'Theresa Wright (I)' as Miranda.
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