Uma simples camponesa de Connecticut é recrutada por um parente distante, um patrono aristocrático, para ser a governanta de sua filha em sua mansão no Vale do Hudson.Uma simples camponesa de Connecticut é recrutada por um parente distante, um patrono aristocrático, para ser a governanta de sua filha em sua mansão no Vale do Hudson.Uma simples camponesa de Connecticut é recrutada por um parente distante, um patrono aristocrático, para ser a governanta de sua filha em sua mansão no Vale do Hudson.
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- 3 vitórias no total
- Klaas Bleecker
- (as Henry Morgan)
- Nurse
- (não creditado)
- Farmer
- (não creditado)
- Boy Dancer
- (não creditado)
- Farmer
- (não creditado)
- Tom Wilson
- (não creditado)
- Farmer
- (não creditado)
- Man
- (não creditado)
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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.
The plot follows a young farm girl (Tierney) who goes to stay with her mother's cousin, Nicholas Van Ryan (Price), in his castle upon his request. It isn't long after her arrival that she hears strange things from the servants, and it's not long after that she realises all isn't quite right with Dragonwyck. The plot is rather thinly spread, but the film always manages to stay interesting because of the fact that it doesn't let you know anything until you really need to know. Things are hinted at throughout the film, but the audience never really knows anything for sure. Even by the time the film reaches it's climax, there are several things that have been left open. Vincent Price's performance here stands out from the rest of his oeuvre because he manages to be charming at the same time as being dark and brooding. After having seen the likes of The Abominable Dr Phibes, it's hard to imagine the man being charming; but here it's hard to imagine why Gene Tierney wouldn't fall for him. Dragonwyck has a few problems, but on the whole this is a quality forties melodrama and comes with high recommendations, especially to the Vincent Price fan.
If you enjoyed _My Cousin Rachel_ (another tragically elusive film!) or the Orson Welles _Jane Eyre_, you'll probably have a good time with _Dragonwyck_. The classic elements are there: lovely, innocent heroine (Tierney); brooding, mysterious, wealthy man (Price); luxurious yet sinister mansion; ghostly and/or murderous plot twists. One plot twist will probably come as absolutely no surprise, given the relentless typecasting of Price (has he ever been a good guy, except in _House of the Seven Gables_? --another great gothic, by the way). Nevertheless his character has touches of subtlety and surprising developments. Tierney's character is perhaps less subtly shaded but does develop nicely over the course of the movie. Jessica Tandy is quite fun in an energetic supporting role, and Tierney's stern, craggy father is another strong supporting character.
Few have probably read the novel that inspired the film, but after seeing the film I sought out the source and I have to say the film tightens up the story considerably. Certainly it makes changes, but overall the film is more satisfying in many ways. It may not be quite in the company of such classics as _Rebecca_ and _Jane Eyre_, but it's nonetheless a lot of fun.
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesVincent Price had to work hard could to convince producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz to cast him as Van Ryn. Mankiewicz remembered him as the good-natured guy in Laura (1944) or as a portly prelate in his last film,As Chaves do Reino (1944). But determined to convince him, Price lost the 30lbs he had gained for the film, auditioned, and won the coveted role.
- Erros de gravaçãoAs 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.
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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.
- ConexõesFeatured in Biografias: Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
- Trilhas sonorasCreole Lullaby
(uncredited)
Written by Alfred Newman
Lyrics Charles Henderson
Sung by female voice off camera
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- Orçamento
- US$ 1.900.000 (estimativa)
- Faturamento bruto mundial
- US$ 5.434
- Tempo de duração1 hora 43 minutos
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- 1.37 : 1