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Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». Top 44 movies of Best Picture Dark Period Pieces. Movies I've Loved. Noir Gibi Hissettiren Sinema. See all related lists ». Share this page:. Clear your history. Miranda Wells. Ephraim Wells. Nicholas Van Ryn. Vincent Price swoops in. He is fantastic in this -oily, charming, cold, entitled, also yearning for something more. There's some politics, some casual neglect of a child, social bitchery, a boring suitor and Gene's beautiful face.
This worked a lot better for me intellectually than as an entertaining movie, but I'm going to focus on the stuff I found interesting, even if the movie wasn't that great on the whole. I was expecting a traditional Gothic romance, and while this is certainly that, Dragonwyck is much more interested in subversion than in actually crafting a straight forward Gothic story.
Rochester would kinda suck as a husband, right? The first hour of the film is about sweet farm girl Miranda going to live with her rich distant cousin Nicholas…. This is a solid gothic potboiler with implications against monarchy and the feudal system. Elitist landowner Nicholas Van Ryn Vincent Price invites god fearing farm girl to his estate sinisterly named Dragonwyck. They are both sensational. A lush Gothic melodrama starring Gene Tierney, Vincent Price and Walter Huston that focuses on social class and the stark differences between the wealthy and the poor in nineteenth century New York State as young Gene Tierney is enlisted to work as a child minder at the Dragonwyck mansion.
Dragonwyck the house is a fantastic Gothic chateau and is one of the films more memorable aspects along with the radiant Tierney, whilst Vincent Price, still in the early stage of his career oozes a proto-menace, hinting at what is to come years down the line but at the time of Dragonwyck isn't quite there yet, as he festers and then succumbs to a breakdown in a marvelously overwrought horror-lite finale.
Good if a bit clumsy gothic melodrama that actually doubles pretty well as a movie condemning the exploitative landlord-renter class structure and the bloated sense of entitlement it gives to the man at the top which I guess was the point of the added sexism and ableism. Gene Tierney carries this one.
Letterboxd is an independent service created by a small team, and we rely mostly on the support of our members to maintain our site and apps. Where to watch Trailer. Dragonwyck Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz Synopsis Secret thoughts Her passion is kindled by the icy fire of Nicholas, the last of the Van Ryns, and the luxury of Dragonwyck, and a way of life of which she has only dreamed.
Dressed in satin and lace, she becomes part of Dragonwyck, with its Gothic towers, flowering gardens, acres of tenant farms, and dark, terrible secrets. This compelling novel paints a marvelous portrait of a country torn between freedom and feudal traditions; a country divided between the very wealthy and the very poor. Poor tenant farmers at Dragonwyck, the European royalty who visit, and American icons such as Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, and the Astors are vividly brought to life.
This is a heart-stopping story of a remarkable woman, her breathtaking passions, and the mystery and terror that await her in the magnificent hallways of Dragonwyck. There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. Books for People with Print Disabilities.
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