Dragonwyck (film)
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| Directed by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Produced by |
Darryl F. Zanuck Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited) |
| Written by | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Based on |
Dragonwyck (novel) 1944 novel by Anya Seton |
| Starring |
Gene Tierney Walter Huston Vincent Price Glenn Langan Anne Revere Spring Byington Harry Morgan Jessica Tandy |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Arthur C. Miller |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox |
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103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3 million (US rentals) |
Dragonwyck is a 1946 American period drama film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Ernst Lubitsch (uncredited) from a screenplay by Mankiewicz, based on the novel Dragonwyck by Anya Seton. The music score was by Alfred Newman and the cinematography by Arthur C. Miller. The film stars Gene Tierney, Walter Huston and Vincent Price.
The film opens on a small farm in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1844. Farmer's daughter Miranda Wells (Gene Tierney) is brought up by her strait-laced low church parents, Ephraim (Walter Huston) and Abigail (Anne Revere). Miranda, a budding young woman, lives on the farm with her family, but often escapes everyday life on the farm through daydreams of a more romantic location and lifestyle, filled with luxury and flair.
When Miranda’s mother Abigail receives a letter from a distant cousin, Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price), Miranda is thrilled by the news. The autocratic, charming and atheistic Nicholas is the owner of Dragonwyck Manor, an exclusive estate with extensive lands and a luxurious mansion. The estate is quite the envy of his fellow Hudson River landholders. In the letter, Nicholas asks if one of Abigail’s daughters could come and serve as governess for his eight-year-old girl Katrine (Connie Marshall). Abigail tells Miranda that Nicholas is descended from the original Dutch patroons, yet Abigail is dubious, and the devoutly religious Ephraim is opposed.
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