The Picture of Dorian Gray

Special Features (Blu-ray)

• Commentary with Angela Lansbury and Film Historian Steve Haberman: Haberman provides a wealth of detail about the making of Dorian Gray and the cast and crew responsible for it, while at the same time interviewing Lansbury, who was a new face in Hollywood when she made this film but was a respected veteran of stage and screen when she recorded this commentary. Having worked with many of her fellow cast members (e.g., Hurd Hatfield and George Sanders) on subsequent projects, Lansbury's sense of them as both actors and people is vivid and familiar, and she speaks of them with great affection. This is an essential commentary, both for fans of Dorian Gray and for anyone interested in how the old studio system worked.
• Stairway to Light (480i; 1.37:1; 10:22): This Oscar-winning short from 1945 recounts the history (more accurately, the legend) of 18th Century French physician Philippe Pinel, who is generally credited with revolutionizing the treatment of mental patients to shift the focus from confinement to treatment.
• Quiet Please! (480i; 1.37:1; 7:36): This Tom and Jerry cartoon about a dog who doesn't want his sleep disturbed by the antics of the battling cat and mouse won the Oscar for Best Short Subject, Cartoons, for 1945.
• Theatrical Trailer (480i; 1.37:1; 2:26): "The most unusual story to ever reach the screen!"

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