Spoiler IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH
I truly love this movie. It's got everything - beautiful sets and costumes, a fantastic Gothic novel which it's story was taken from, a top-notch cast, a lovely haunting music score, and not one but TWO unbelievably hot men - the darkly handsome Vincent Price and blond golden boy Glenn Langan.
Gene Tierney is a happy farm-bred girl who can't help dreaming of the wealth and beauty of the upper classes. Then, surprise! Her wish is granted - Gene's very distant cousin by marriage, Vincent Price, needs a governess for his daughter and sends a letter inviting one of Ann Revere's daughters (Gene's mother) to come to his huge estate, as he is a Patroon and care for the daughter. So off Gene goes, but not without warning from her sensible Ma and her tough, God-fearing Pa, Walter Huston, who plays his role well "Everything is what no man should ever want." When Gene and Walter meet Vincent in the Astor House, she is floored by his elegant manners and handsome, youthful appearance, as everyone expected him to be an old man. With some parting words from Walter and the Bible, Gene and Vincent go to the Catskills, where Vincent's magnificent ancestral home lies - Dragonwyck. When Gene gets there, she finds that the beautiful life of the gentry is a not a happy one, at least not here at Dragonwyck, though she is drawn to it's dark beauty and to it's master. Unfortunately Vincent has a wife, Vivienne Osborne, who looks as though she could be his mother and has a passion for eating. But she meets the unbelievably handsome Glenn Langan,the good country doctor. He has some dangerous ideas about patroonships and is Vincent's rival throughout the film. After the characters, are all established, the real fun begins. Fabulous balls, an eerie voice singing in the night and playing the harpsichord, murder, seduction, drug addiction, dissapearing children...
SPOILER COMING!! SPOILER COMING!! SPOILER COMING!! Near the end, Vincent Price utters the most chilling line in the film as he is dying - "That's right... take of your hats in the presence of the patroon." His acting is brilliant throughout the whole film. The American DVD of Dragonwyck will be released on September 9th! Don't miss a chance to see this film if you're a fan of any of the actors or Gothic drama - you won't be sorry.
I truly love this movie. It's got everything - beautiful sets and costumes, a fantastic Gothic novel which it's story was taken from, a top-notch cast, a lovely haunting music score, and not one but TWO unbelievably hot men - the darkly handsome Vincent Price and blond golden boy Glenn Langan.
Gene Tierney is a happy farm-bred girl who can't help dreaming of the wealth and beauty of the upper classes. Then, surprise! Her wish is granted - Gene's very distant cousin by marriage, Vincent Price, needs a governess for his daughter and sends a letter inviting one of Ann Revere's daughters (Gene's mother) to come to his huge estate, as he is a Patroon and care for the daughter. So off Gene goes, but not without warning from her sensible Ma and her tough, God-fearing Pa, Walter Huston, who plays his role well "Everything is what no man should ever want." When Gene and Walter meet Vincent in the Astor House, she is floored by his elegant manners and handsome, youthful appearance, as everyone expected him to be an old man. With some parting words from Walter and the Bible, Gene and Vincent go to the Catskills, where Vincent's magnificent ancestral home lies - Dragonwyck. When Gene gets there, she finds that the beautiful life of the gentry is a not a happy one, at least not here at Dragonwyck, though she is drawn to it's dark beauty and to it's master. Unfortunately Vincent has a wife, Vivienne Osborne, who looks as though she could be his mother and has a passion for eating. But she meets the unbelievably handsome Glenn Langan,the good country doctor. He has some dangerous ideas about patroonships and is Vincent's rival throughout the film. After the characters, are all established, the real fun begins. Fabulous balls, an eerie voice singing in the night and playing the harpsichord, murder, seduction, drug addiction, dissapearing children...
SPOILER COMING!! SPOILER COMING!! SPOILER COMING!! Near the end, Vincent Price utters the most chilling line in the film as he is dying - "That's right... take of your hats in the presence of the patroon." His acting is brilliant throughout the whole film. The American DVD of Dragonwyck will be released on September 9th! Don't miss a chance to see this film if you're a fan of any of the actors or Gothic drama - you won't be sorry.