The Picture of Dorian Gray (1915 film)

{{short description|1915 film directed by Eugene Moore}}

{{for|the Russian adaptation made the same year|The Picture of Dorian Grey (1915 film)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Picture of Dorian Gray

| image = Scene_from_1915_Thanhouser_film_The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray.jpg

| caption = Scene with actors (from left) W. Ray Johnston, Harris Gordon, and Ernest Howard

| director = Eugene Moore

| producer =

| based_on = {{Based on|The Picture of Dorian Gray
1891 novel|Oscar Wilde}}

| writer =

| starring = {{ubl|Harris Gordon|Helen Fulton|Ernest Howard|W. Ray Johnston}}

| cinematography =

| editing =

| studio = Thanhouser Film Corporation

| distributor = Mutual Film Company

| released = {{Film date|1915|07|20}}

| runtime = 2 reels, 35mm
2000 feet (30 minutes)

| country = United States

| language = Silent with English intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1915 American silent film based on Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which was first published in its full length in July 1891.{{cite book|last=Mank|first=Gregory William |title=Hollywood Cauldron: Thirteen Horror Films from the Genre's Golden Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zyyf9E7OAlkC&pg=PA398|date=21 June 2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-6255-1|pages=298–}}[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876508 IMDB entry] Produced by Thanhouser Company in New York, this screen adaptation stars Harris Gordon in the title role with principal supporting characters performed by Helen Fulton, W. Ray Johnston, and Ernest Howard.

A print of the film is preserved in the Library of Congress, and a substantial portion of the "two-reeler" can be viewed in digital form on the online streaming service YouTube.Bennett, Carl. [https://silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PictureOfDorianGray1915.html "The Picture of Dorian Gray"] entry in the "Progressive Silent Film List", Silent Era Company, State of Washington. Retrieved April 19, 2023.