Dragonwyck

1946

1h 43m

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6.7/10

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For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

Directors

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers

Anya Seton(novel by)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz(writer by)

Stars

Gene Tierney

Walter Huston

Vincent Price

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Miranda Wells

Ephraim Wells

Nicholas Van Ryn

Dr. Jeff Turner

Abigail Wells

Magda

Katrine Van Ryn

Klaas Bleecker

Johanna Van Ryn

Peggy O'Malley

Elizabeth Van Borden

Nurse (uncredited)

Farmer (uncredited)

Dowager (uncredited)

Tommy Wells (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden

Murdered Man (uncredited)

Larry Steers

Servant (uncredited)

Charles Waldron

Farmer (uncredited)

Directors

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers

Anya Seton(novel by)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz(writer by)

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8/10

I believe in myself, and I am answerable to myself! I will not live according to printed mottoes like the directions on a medicine bottle! Dragonwyck is directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz who also adapts the screenplay from the Anya Seton novel of the same name. It stars Vincent Price, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Jessica Tandy and Spring Byington. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. Connecticut farm girl Miranda Wells (Tierney) is recruited by her aristocratic patroon cousin Nicholas Van Ryan (Price) to be governess to his young daughter at his Hudson Valley mansion. Originally thinking it to be a new step up in life, Miranda finds that Nicholas and the Dragonwyck mansion have dark secrets to tell. Bluebeard and Rebecca come swirling together in this neatly constructed Gothic thriller. It has the requisite eeriness about it, the period atmosphere is strong and Price turns in a wonderfully sinister performance as the tormented Van Ryan. Narratively there's other interests besides the core story of "mad love and dark secrets", such as observations on faith and class structure issues, while the patroon land owner system forms a most historically interesting backdrop. PCA presence means that the spicy aspects of the story (drug use and poisoning) are sketched in grey, but we know what's going on and film doesn't suffer for it. It takes a while to really get going, for the drama to take a hold, and the light dustings of the supernatural hint at what a better film it could have been. Yet this is comfortably recommended to Gothic thriller fans and fans of Price and Tierney especially. 7.5/10

John Chard18 Mar, 2019