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Dragonwyck

  • 19461946
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  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
4.6K
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Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
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A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley mansion.

IMDb RATING
6.9/10
4.6K
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  • Director
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Writers
    • Anya Seton(by)
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Gene Tierney
    • Walter Huston
    • Vincent Price
Top credits
  • Director
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Writers
    • Anya Seton(by)
    • Joseph L. Mankiewicz(written for the screen by)
  • Stars
    • Gene Tierney
    • Walter Huston
    • Vincent Price
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    • 75User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
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    Gene Tierney "Dragonwyck" 1946 / 20th Century Fox
    Gene Tierney, Vincent Price, Walter Huston, and Anne Revere in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney in Dragonwyck (1946)
    Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (1946)

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    Gene Tierney
    Gene Tierney
    • Miranda Wellsas Miranda Wells
    Walter Huston
    Walter Huston
    • Ephraim Wellsas Ephraim Wells
    Vincent Price
    Vincent Price
    • Nicholas Van Rynas Nicholas Van Ryn
    Glenn Langan
    Glenn Langan
    • Dr. Jeff Turneras Dr. Jeff Turner
    Anne Revere
    Anne Revere
    • Abigail Wellsas Abigail Wells
    Spring Byington
    Spring Byington
    • Magdaas Magda
    Connie Marshall
    Connie Marshall
    • Katrine Van Rynas Katrine Van Ryn
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    • Klaas Bleeckeras Klaas Bleecker
    • (as Henry Morgan)
    Vivienne Osborne
    Vivienne Osborne
    • Johanna Van Rynas Johanna Van Ryn
    Jessica Tandy
    Jessica Tandy
    • Peggy O'Malleyas Peggy O'Malley
    Trudy Marshall
    Trudy Marshall
    • Elizabeth Van Bordenas Elizabeth Van Borden
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Nurseas Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Aylesworth
    Arthur Aylesworth
    • Farmeras Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Shelby Bacon
    • Boy Danceras Boy Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Baldwin
    Robert Baldwin
    • Farmeras Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Baldwin
    Walter Baldwin
    • Tom Wilsonas Tom Wilson
    • (uncredited)
    Trevor Bardette
    Trevor Bardette
    • Farmeras Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Bill Carter
    Bill Carter
    • Manas Man
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz
    • Writers
      • Anya Seton(by)
      • Joseph L. Mankiewicz(written for the screen by)
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    Storyline

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    In 1844, the Wells family lives in a small farm of their own in Greenwich, Connecticut and the sons and daughters have a rigid discipline and religious education from the patriarch Ephraim Wells. When his wife Abigail Wells receives a letter from her wealthy distant cousin Nicholas "Nick" Van Ryn inviting one of her daughters to live with his wife Johanna Van Ryn and him nursing their daughter Katrine Van Ryn, the naive Miranda Wells gets excited with the perspective of traveling. Her mother convinces Ephraim to let her go and Miranda travels with her father to New York. They meet Nick and they learn that he is a patroon of farmers at the Hudson Valley. Then Miranda travels to the Dragonwyck mansion where she is introduced to the voracious Johanna and the sweet Katrine and to the housekeeper Magda. Miranda also meets Dr. Jeff Turner, who is a sort of leader of the farmers that work for Nicholas, in a party and befriends him. Soon she notes that Katrine is neglected by her parents. When Johanna gets mysteriously ill and dies, Miranda returns home. But the atheistic Nick visits her family to propose to marry her. Now Miranda's dream comes true and she gets married with him and moves to Dragonwyck. Will they live happily ever after? —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • melodrama
    • land rights
    • 1840s
    • mansion
    • hudson valley
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    • Taglines
      • DANGEROUSLY She dared to LOVE! (original ad - all caps)
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Mystery
      • Romance
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • Not Rated
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    • Trivia
      Vincent Price lost 30lbs. for the film.
    • Goofs
      As Miranda and Van Ryn dance through the doorway from the balcony into the ballroom, she holds her closed fan in her hand. When the shot changes after they enter the room, the fan dangles from her wrist.
    • Quotes

      Nicholas Van Ryn: But I will not live by ordinary standards. I will not run with the pack. I will not be chained into a routine of living which is the same for others. I will not look to the ground and move on the ground with the rest: so long as there are those mountaintops, and clouds, and limitless space.

    • Connections
      Featured in Le château du dragon: fantasme de l'excès (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Creole Lullaby
      (uncredited)

      Written by Alfred Newman

      Lyrics Charles Henderson

      Sung by female voice off camera

    User reviews75

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    Top review
    7/10
    A very enjoyable cross between "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca".
    A cross between "Jane Eyre" and "Rebecca", "Dragonwyck" was the kind of Gothic Romance that was very popular at the time and which stays just on the right side of camp, though coming when it did it might be difficult to keep a straight face at times; it's almost like a parody of the books that influenced it. It marked the directorial debut of Joseph L. Mankiewicz who handles the fairly daft material as well as can be expected. Gene Tierney is the Connecticut farm girl brought to the great house of the title by her distant cousin Vincent Price as a kind of governess to his young daughter. He's got a slightly dotty wife, (that fine and underused actress Vivienne Osborne), and, of course, a housekeeper verging on the sinister, (Spring Byington), not to mention scores of tenant farmers, all of whom hate his guts.

    I always had trouble accepting Tierney as poor farm girls. Once she puts on a ballgown she becomes more like herself while Price, in the best of his early roles, is excellent as the rich patroon, (that's basically a landowner to you and me), and there's good work, too, from Walter Huston and Anne Revere, (everybody's mother in the movies), as Tierney's parents. Only the dreadfully wooden Glenn Langan, (he grew up to be "The Amazing Colossal Man"), hampers proceedings as the local doctor in love with Tierney.

    It's certainly a handsome looking picture. beautifully designed and photographed in black and white by the great Arthur Miller, and there's oodles of plot to be getting on with. In the Mankiewicz canon, it's been somewhat overlooked but it's very enjoyable; 'a women's picture' to be sure but one with a very sturdy backbone.
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    • Jun 8, 2019

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Dutch
    • Also known as
      • Weißer Oleander
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $1,900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,434
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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