Book Vs Movie "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945)

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs. Movie:</strong> <strong><em>The Picture of Dorian Gray </em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Oliver Wilde Novella Vs the 1945 Film Starring Angela Lansbury</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/Pictureofdoriangrayposter.jpg" alt="" width="228" height="350" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The month of October is one of our favorites because we get to indulge our love for scary ghost stories! This episode focuses on one of writer</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Oscar Wilde’s</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">biggest commercial and critical successes--</span><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Picture of Dorian Gray</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Wilde is one of those intimidating subjects to cover as he is one of the most controversial and celebrated writers & thinkers of the 19th Century. Fans worship his every bon mot and admire his bravery to live his life on his own terms. He died in 1900 at the age of 46 but his legacy looms large to this day. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Originally published in</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lippincott’s Magazine</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">in 1890, the story of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Picture of Dorian Gray</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">was created out of a dinner conversation between Wilde and Sherlock Holmes creator</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Dorian Gray is the subject of a painting by Basil Hallward who one can say has a bit of a crush on Gray. Being a</span> <a href= "https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libertine"><span style= "