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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.
A farm girl becomes a governess in a Hudson Valley mansion and falls in love with a mysterious patroon. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and soundtracks for this drama mystery romance film.
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- Drama, Mystery, Romance
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1946-04-19
Dragonwyck is a novel written by American author Anya Seton which was first published in 1944. It is a fictional story of the life of Miranda Wells and her abusive marriage to Nicholas Van Ryn, set against a historical background of the Patroon system, Anti-Rent Wars, the Astor Place Riots, [1] and steamboat racing on the Hudson River. [2]
Gene Tierney and Vincent Price star in an adaptation of Anya Seton's bestselling novel. Excellent fun for fans of Gothic romance and historical fiction.
- 103 min
- 1.7M
- Jill Czarnyszewicz
Aug 31, 2023 · “Dragonwyck,” based on a historical novel by Anya Seton, is set in the eighteen-forties and is remarkable for the way it fuses macabre, gothic melodrama with a highly analytic view of...
Dragonwyck. For Miranda Wells (Gene Tierney), moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas (Vincent Price), seems like a dream. However, the situation...
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First published in 1944, Dragonwyck was a national bestseller that was made into a major motion picture starring Gene Tierney and Vincent Price in 1946. A classic gothic romance, the story features an 18-year-old Miranda Wells who falls under the spell of a mysterious old mansion and its equally fascinating master.