The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Hurd Hatfield: Dorian Gray

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• Dorian Gray : If only it was the picture who was to grow old, and I remain young. There's nothing in the world I wouldn't give for that. Yes, I would give even my soul for it.

• David Stone : [Referring to Dorian's shuttered room]  What rare things have you stored away there, Dorian?

  Dorian Gray : Skeletons of inquisitive guests.

• Dorian Gray : You think it's only God who sees the soul.

• Basil Hallward : [having seen Dorian's corrupted portrait]  But this is monstrous. It's beyond nature, beyond reason. What does it mean?

  Dorian Gray : On the day you finished this painting, I made a wish. Perhaps you would call it a prayer. My wish was granted.

  Basil Hallward : But you told me you had destroyed my painting.

  Dorian Gray : I was wrong. It has destroyed me.

  Basil Hallward : It has the eyes of the Devil!

  Dorian Gray : Each of us has heaven and hell in him.

  Basil Hallward : If this is true... if this is what you've done with your life, it is far worse than anything that's being said of you. Do you know how to pray, Dorian?

• Dorian Gray : Wait. You must not look at it.

  Basil Hallward : [about to uncover his painting]  Not look at my own work? You're not serious. Why shouldn't I look at it?

  Dorian Gray : I don't offer any explanation and do not ask for any. But if you try to look at that picture, Basil, on my word of honor, I will never speak to you again.

  Basil Hallward : What on earth is the matter with you?

• Dorian Gray : [contemplatively]  Yes; there is something quite lethal about a painting.

• Sibyl Vane : [Listening to Dorian play the piano]  It's wonderful. Did... did you write it?

  Dorian Gray : Fredric Chopin wrote it... for a woman he loved. Her name was George Sand. Someday I'll tell you about it.

  Sibyl Vane : I should like that.

  Dorian Gray : [Playing a couple of notes]  What does music mean to you?

  Sibyl Vane : I don't know. It's full of emotion... but it's not happy.

  Dorian Gray : No, it's not happy.

  Sibyl Vane : Why was he unhappy?

  Dorian Gray : [Playing a couple of notes]  Perhaps because he felt his youth slipping away from him.

  Sibyl Vane : What an odd thing for you to say.

  Dorian Gray : Why?

  Sibyl Vane : You're so young.

  Dorian Gray : Yes. And you also.

  Sibyl Vane : What is the music called. Has it a name?

  Dorian Gray : Kind of name. It's called... Prelude.

  [He gets up from the piano and they kiss]