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NO QUESTION, BASIL, IT'S THE BEST THING YOU'VE EVER DONE.

YOU'LL HAVE TO SEND IT TO THE GROSVENOR.

THE ACADEMY IS TOO LARGE AND TOO VULGAR.

WHENEVER I'VE GONE THERE, THERE HAVE EITHER BEEN

SO MANY PEOPLE I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE PICTURES,

WHICH WAS DREADFUL. OR SO MANY PICTURES

THAT I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE THE PEOPLE-- WHICH WAS WORSE.

THE GROSVENOR IS REALLY THE ONLY PLACE.

I DON'T THINK I'LL SEND IT ANYWHERE.

NO, I SHAN'T SEND IT ANYWHERE.

MY DEAR FELLOW, WHY? WHAT AN ODD LOT YOU PAINTERS ARE.

YOU'LL DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD TO GAIN A REPUTATION.

AS SOON AS YOU'VE GOT ONE, YOU WANT TO THROW IT AWAY.

I KNEW YOU'D LAUGH AT ME. IT'S JUST SIMPLY THAT I CAN'T EXHIBIT IT.

I'VE PUT TOO MUCH OF MYSELF INTO IT.

YOU FLATTER YOURSELF, MY DEAR BASIL.

I DON'T SEE ANY RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN YOU

AND THIS REMARKABLE CREATURE.

REAL BEAUTY ENDS WHERE INTELLECTUAL EXPRESSION BEGINS.

WHICH IS YOURS, SIR.

INTELLECT ITSELF IS A MODE OF EXAGGERATION.

IT QUITE SPOILS THE HARMONY OF ANY FACE.

YOU BECOME ALL NOSE OR ALL FOREHEAD

OR SOMETHING HORRID.

LOOK AT THE SUCCESSFUL MEN IN ANY OF THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS,

EXCEPT IN THE CHURCH.

BUT THEN IN THE CHURCH THEY DON'T THINK.

A BISHOP KEEPS ON SAYING AT THE AGE OF 80

WHAT HE WAS TOLD TO SAY AS A BOY AT THE AGE OF 18.

SO HE'S INCLINED TO LOOK FAIRLY DELIGHTFUL.

I'M SURE THE MYSTERIOUS, YOUNG FELLOW IN THAT PICTURE ILLUSTRATES THAT.

NO, BASIL, YOU DON'T RESEMBLE HIM HIM IN THE LEAST.

IN FACT, I SHOULD BE SORRY TO LOOK LIKE HIM.

YOU KNOW IT'S BEST NOT TO BE TOO DIFFERENT.

THE UGLY AND THE STUPID HAVE THE BEST OF IT IN THIS WORLD.

THEY CAN SIT AT THEIR EASE AND GAPE AT THE PLAY.

YOUR RANK AND WEALTH, HARRY,

MY ART, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE WORTH OR NOT,

DORIAN GRAY'S LOOKS-- WE SHALL ALL SUFFER

FOR WHAT THE GODS HAVE LOADED US WITH.

DORIAN GRAY-- SO THAT'S HIS NAME.

- I DIDN'T MEAN TO TELL YOU. - BUT WHY NOT?

PEOPLE I LIKE, I NEVER GIVE THEIR NAMES.

IT'S LIKE GIVING THEM UP. I'VE COME TO LOVE SECRECY.

IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THING THAT CAN BEGIN TO MAKE LIFE BETTER.

I NEVER TELL PEOPLE WHERE I'VE GONE TO.

- I SUPPOSE YOU THINK THAT'S ABSURD? - NOT AT ALL, BASIL,

YOU SEEM TO FORGET I AM MARRIED. AND THE ONE CHARM OF MARRIAGE IS

THAT IT MAKES A LIFE OF DECEPTION NECESSARY FOR BOTH PARTIES.

I NEVER KNOW WHERE MY WIFE IS AND MY WIFE NEVER KNOWS WHAT I AM DOING.

WE TELL EACH OTHER THE MOST ABSURD STORIES WITH THE MOST SERIOUS FACES.

MY WIFE'S VERY GOOD AT IT, MUCH BETTER THAN I AM.

IT'S MY BELIEF THAT YOU'RE REALLY A VERY GOOD HUSBAND,

BUT THAT YOU'RE THOROUGHLY ASHAMED OF YOUR VIRTUES.

YOUR CYNICISM, HARRY, IS SIMPLY A POSE.

BEING NATURAL IS SIMPLY A POSE, AND THE MOST IRRITATING POSE I KNOW.

LET'S DO GO OUTSIDE, IT'S SO STUFFY IN HERE.

BASIL, I WANT YOU TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHY

YOU DON'T WANT TO EXHIBIT DORIAN GRAY'S PICTURE.

- I WANT THE REAL REASON. - I'VE TOLD YOU THE REAL REASON.

YOU SAID IT WAS BECAUSE YOU PUT

TOO MUCH OF YOURSELF INTO IT, WHICH IS CHILDISH.

HARRY,

I THINK THAT EVERY PORTRAIT THAT IS PAINTED WITH FEELING

IS A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AND NOT THE SITTER.

HE IS MERELY THE ACCIDENT, THE OCCASION.

I CAN BELIEVE ANYTHING PROVIDED IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SIMPLY, TWO MONTHS AGO I WENT TO A CRUSH AT LADY BRANDON'S.

YOU KNOW HOW WE ARTISTS HAVE TO SHOW OURSELVES IN SOCIETY

EVERY NOW AND THEN, JUST TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE EXIST AT ALL.

I'D BEEN THERE ABOUT 10 MINUTES

WHEN I BECAME CONSCIOUS OF SOMEBODY LOOKING AT ME.

I TURNED AROUND AND I SAW--

DORIAN GRAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME.

OUR EYES MET.

AND I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT A CURIOUS SENSATION

OF TERROR CAME OVER ME. SOMETHING SEEMED TO TELL ME

THAT I WAS ON THE VERGE OF SOME CRISIS IN MY LIFE.

I TURNED AWAY TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM.

IT WASN'T CONSCIENCE BUT COWARDICE OF SOME KIND.

CONSCIENCE AND COWARDICE ARE REALLY THE SAME THING.

CONSCIENCE IS SIMPLY THE TRADE NAME OF THE FIRM.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU DO EITHER.

WHATEVER IT WAS, I TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE ROOM.

AND SUDDENLY, I CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THIS YOUNG MAN

AND HIS PERSONALITY.

WE WERE QUITE CLOSE BY THIS TIME

AND I ASKED LADY BRANDON TO INTRODUCE ME.

AND HOW DID SHE EXPLAIN THIS EXTRAORDINARY FELLOW?

SHE GENERALLY TREATS HER GUESTS

EXACTLY LIKE AN AUCTIONEER TREATS HIS GOODS.

EITHER EXPLAINS THEM COMPLETELY AWAY OR TELLS ONE

EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM EXCEPT WHAT ONE WANTS TO KNOW.

YOU'RE RATHER HARD ON HER.

SHE TRIED TO FOUND A SALON, ONLY SUCCEEDED IN OPENING A RESTAURANT.

HOW COULD ONE ADMIRE HER?

BUT TELL ME, WHAT DID SHE EVENTUALLY SAY?

OH, SOMETHING LIKE--

"I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE ACTUALLY DOES...

I DON'T THINK HE DOES ANYTHING.

OH YES, HE PLAYS THE PIANO, OR IS IT THE VIOLIN, MR. GRAY?"

WE BOTH STARTED LAUGHING. WE SEEMED TO BE FRIENDS RIGHT AWAY.

LAUGHTER ISN'T A BAD BEGINNING FOR A FRIENDSHIP.

IT'S BY FAR THE BEST ENDING FOR ONE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FRIENDSHIP IS. OR WHAT ENMITY IS FOR THAT MATTER.

YOU LIKE EVERYONE. THAT IS TO SAY...

YOU'RE INDIFFERENT TO EVERYONE.

I CHOSE MY FRIENDS FOR THEIR GOOD LOOKS,

MY ACQUAINTANCES FOR THEIR GOOD CHARACTERS,

AND MY ENEMIES FOR THEIR GOOD INTELLECTS.

A MAN CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL IN HIS CHOICE OF ENEMIES.

I HAVEN'T ONE THAT'S A FOOL. THEY'RE ALL MEN OF SOME INTELLECTUAL POWER,

CONSEQUENTLY, THEY ALL APPRECIATE ME.

BUT TELL ME MORE ABOUT DORIAN GRAY.

HE'S ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO MY WORK.

AT THE MOMENT, ALMOST DAILY.

HE'S MUCH MORE THAN A MODEL OR A SITTER.

I TELL YOU, HARRY,

THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH HIM IS THE BEST WORK OF MY LIFE.

THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY. I MUST SEE HIM.

HE'S SIMPLY AN INSPIRATION TO ME.

YOU MAY SEE NOTHING IN HIM,

I THINK THAT I SHALL SEE EVERYTHING, THAT'S ALL.

THEN WHY WON'T YOU EXHIBIT THE PORTRAIT?

BECAUSE THERE COULD SEEM TO CERTAIN SHALLOW, PRYING EYES

A CERTAIN ARTISTIC IDOLATRY.

WE LIVE IN A TIME, HARRY, WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF ART

AS A FORM OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

I DON'T WANT THAT FOR HIM OR FOR MYSELF.

- IS HE FOND OF YOU? - HE LIKES ME, I THINK.

THOUGH NOW AND THEN, HE DOES SEEM TO TAKE A REAL DELIGHT

IN GIVING ME PAIN. I FLATTER HIM.

PERHAPS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKER THAN HE WILL.

GENIUS LASTS LONGER THAN BEAUTY.

NO, I WON'T TIRE, HARRY.

YOU CAN'T FEEL WHAT I FEEL, YOU CHANGE TOO OFTEN.

THOSE WHO ARE ALWAYS FAITHFUL KNOW ONLY THE TRIVIAL SIDE OF LOVE.

IT'S THE FAITHLESS WHO KNOW ITS TRAGEDIES.

AH, I'VE JUST REMEMBERED.

- WHAT? - THE NAME.

MY AUNT LADY AGATHA, TOLD ME SHE DISCOVERED

SOME WONDERFUL,YOUNG CREATURE WHO WAS

GOING TO HELP HER IN THE EAST END.

SHE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HIS BEING GOOD-LOOKING.

- I DON'T WANT YOU TO MEET HIM. - WHAT NONSENSE YOU DO TALK.

DORIAN?

I BEG YOUR PARDON, BASIL. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD ANYONE WITH YOU.

THIS IS LORD HENRY WOTTON.

I'VE JUST BEEN HEARING WHAT A FINE SITTER YOU ARE.

YOU'RE ALSO ONE OF MY AUNT'S FAVORITE VICTIMS, I'M AFRAID.

I AM IN LADY AGATHA'S BLACK BOOKS AT PRESENT.

I PROMISED TO GO TO A CLUB WITH HER

IN WHITECHAPEL LAST TUESDAY. YOU KNOW, I FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT.

YOU LOOK GENUINELY CONTRITE ABOUT IT.

I WILL MAKE YOUR PEACE WITH MY AUNT. SHE'S QUITE DEVOTED TO YOU.

I DON'T THINK IT REALLY MATTERS ABOUT YOU'RE NOT BEING THERE.

YOU'RE TOO SERIOUS TO GO IN FOR PHILANTHROPY, MR. GRAY--

AND PROFOUND.

COME INSIDE, DORIAN. AND, HARRY, DO GO OFF TO ONE OF YOUR DOS OR SOMETHING.

- IT SEEMS I'M UNWANTED. - DON'T GO.

BASIL IS ONLY IN ONE OF HIS STARTLING ORDER SULKS,

AND BESIDES I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY

YOU THINK I SHOULDN'T GO IN FOR PHILANTHROPY.

YOU DON'T REALLY MIND, BASIL, DO YOU?

YOU'VE OFTEN TOLD ME YOU LIKE YOUR SITTERS TO HAVE SOMEONE TO CHAT TO.

THERE ISN'T MUCH LEFT TO DO

AND DORIAN'S WHIMS ARE LAWS TO EVERYONE EXCEPT HIMSELF.

SO JUST SIT, HARRY.

AND DORIAN--

ON WITH THE COAT.

ONTO THE PLATFORM.

TRY NOT TO MOVE ABOUT TOO MUCH TODAY.

AND DON'T TAKE ANY NOTICE OF WHAT HE SAYS.

HE'S A VERY BAD INFLUENCE ON ALL OF HIS FRIENDS, EXCEPT ME.

IS YOUR INFLUENCE REALLY AS BAD AS THAT?

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A GOOD INFLUENCE.

ALL INFLUENCE IS IMMORAL.

- WHY? - 'CAUSE TO INFLUENCE SOMEONE IS TO GIVE HIM ONE'S SOUL.

IF HE NO LONGER THINKS HIS NATURAL THOUGHTS

OR BURNS WITH HIS NATURAL PASSIONS,

HE'S BECOME THE ECHO OF SOMEONE ELSE'S MUSIC.

THE ACTOR OF A PART THAT HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN FOR HIM.

TO REALIZE'S ONE NATURE AS PERFECTLY AS ONE CAN,

THAT WHAT WE ARE FOR.

PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE HIGHEST OF ALL DUTIES

IS THE DUTY ONE OWES TO ONESELF.

Basil: DORIAN, YOUR HEAD, A LITTLE ON ONE SIDE.

I STILL BELIEVE THAT IF A MAN COULD

LIVE OUT HIS LIFE, FULLY AND COMPLETELY--

YES?

GIVE FORM TO EVERY THOUGHT,

EXPRESSION TO EVERY IDEA AND SO ON,

WELL, THE WORLD MIGHT FORGET ITS PAST MALADIES.

WE ARE PUNISHED FOR OUR REFUSALS.

THE BODY SINS ONCE AND IS DONE WITH IT.

IT'S IN THE BRAIN, AND THE BRAIN ALONE,

THAT THE GREAT SINS OF THE WORLD TAKE PLACE.

YOU MUST KNOW THAT, MR. GRAY?

HAVE HAD PASSIONS THAT MADE YOU AFRAID,

THOUGHTS THAT FILLED YOU WITH TERROR,

DAYDREAMS AND SLEEPING DREAMS--

PLEASE STOP! THERE'S SOME ANSWER TO ALL YOU'RE SAYING, I KNOW.

BUT I CAN'T FIND IT FOR THE MOMENT.

I'D LIKE TO THINK.

OR NOT TO.

Dorian: BASIL, I'M GETTING WEARY STANDING UP HERE.

JUST A LITTLE LONGER.

IT'S SO STIFLING IN HERE.

I'M SORRY--

I TEND TO FORGET ABOUT THESE THINGS WHEN I AM WORKING.

THAT WAS BETTER THAN EVER-- STILLNESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HARRY'S BEEN SAYING TO YOU BUT YOU CERTAINLY--

-- WEREN'T BEING PAID COMPLIMENTS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN.

WHATEVER IT WAS, DON'T BELIEVE A WORD HE SAYS.

HE'S RIGHT. YOU ARE INDEED A WONDERFUL CREATION.

YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK YOU KNOW,

JUST AS YOU KNOW LESS THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW.

YOU HAVE THE MOST MARVELOUS YOUTH.

THAT IS THE ONE THING WORTH HAVING.

I DON'T FEEL THAT WAY, LORD HENRY.

DON'T FROWN SO, MR. GRAY.

BEAUTY IS A FORM OF GENIUS-- HIGHER IN FACT.

IT REQUIRES NO EXPLAINING. IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT FACTS OF THE WORLD.

LIKE SUNLIGHT ON WATER OR THE DARKNESS OF SEASONS.

IT MAKE PRINCES OF THOSE WHO HAVE IT.

YOU SMILE--

AH, WHEN YOU'VE LOST IT,

IT WILL BE NO TIME TO SMILE.

THE MYSTERY OF THE WORLD IS IN THE VISIBLE, NOT THE INVISIBLE.

MR. GRAY, THE GODS HAVE BEEN GOOD TO YOU FOR THE PRESENT.

DON'T SQUANDER THE GOLD OF YOUR DAYS.

THE MOMENT I SAW YOU,

I KNEW THAT YOU WERE UNCONSCIOUS OF WHAT YOU MIGHT BE.

I FELT I MUST TELL YOU.

BEAUTY FADES. LIMBS FAIL.

SENSES ROT.

YOUTH...

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD.

Basil: DORIAN, I AM WAITING.

YOU ARE GLAD THAT YOU HAVE MEET ME, MR. GRAY?

GLAD NOW. I WONDER IF I SHALL ALWAYS BE.

ALWAYS-- WHAT A DREADFUL WORD IT IS.

WOMEN ARE SO FOND OF USING IT.

THEY SPOIL EVERY ROMANCE BY TRYING TO MAKE IT LAST FOREVER.

IT'S ALSO A MEANINGLESS WORD.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CAPRICE

AND A LIFELONG PASSION,

IS THAT THE CAPRICE LASTS SLIGHTLY LONGER.

IN THAT CASE, PERHAPS OUR FRIENDSHIP SHOULD BE A CAPRICE.

IT'S DONE.

NO MORE, AS I THOUGHT. IT'S QUITE DONE. JUST NOW.

MY DEAR FELLOW, YOU MUST BE OVER THE MOON.

IT'S THE MOST BRILLIANT MODERN PORTRAIT I'VE EVER SEEN. IT REALLY IS.

MR. GRAY, COME OVER AND LOOK AT YOURSELF.

IS IT REALLY FINISHED?

Basil: YES, QUITE FINISHED.

I DIDN'T THINK WE'D DO ANYTHING TODAY.

OH, DORIAN I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL I AM.

IT'S AS IF IT'S DONE ITSELF.

THAT'S ENTIRELY DUE TO ME, ISN'T IT?

DORIAN, WHAT IS IT?

DON'T YOU LIKE IT?

OF COURSE HE LIKES IT, WHO WOULDN'T?

I'LL GIVE ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO ASK FOR IT. I MUST HAVE IT.

IT'S NOT MY PROPERTY, HARRY.

- Harry: WHOSE PROPERTY IS IT? - Basil: DORIAN'S, OF COURSE.

HE'S A VERY LUCKY FELLOW.

THIS PICTURE WILL ALWAYS REMAIN YOUNG.

IT WILL NEVER BE OLDER THAN THIS DAY IN JUNE.

IF ONLY IT COULD GROW OLD INSTEAD OF ME.

I WOULD GIVE MY SOUL FOR THAT.

YOU'D HARDLY CARE FOR SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT, WOULD YOU, BASIL?

RATHER HARD LINES ON YOUR WORK.

Basil: I SHOULD OBJECT VERY STRONGLY.

I'M SURE. YOU LIKE YOUR ART BETTER THAN YOUR FRIENDS.

I'M NO MORE TO YOU THAN ONE OF YOUR GREEN BRONZE FIGURES.

- NOT AS MUCH. - DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOUR PICTURE HAS TAUGHT ME. LORD HENRY IS RIGHT.

WHEN I DO FIND I AM GROWING OLD, I SHALL SIMPLY KILL MYSELF.

( sobbing )

LISTEN TO ME. I'VE NEVER HAD SUCH A FRIEND AS YOU.

YOU TELL ME THAT YOU COULD BE JEALOUS OF MATERIAL THINGS.

- YOU'RE FINER THAN... - I'M JEALOUS OF THAT PORTRAIT!

WHY SHOULD IT KEEP WHAT I LOSE?

EVERY MOMENT IT TAKES SOMETHING FROM ME.

WHY DID YOU PAINT IT? SO THAT ONE DAY I SHALL BE MOCKED BY IT?

HARRY, THIS YOUR DOING.

IT IS THE REAL DORIAN GRAY, THAT'S ALL.

- Basil: IT IS NOT! - THEN IF IT IS NOT,

WHAT HAS IT TO DO WITH ME?

I CAN'T QUARREL WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENDS AT ONCE.

DON'T YOU KNOW, BETWEEN YOU, YOU'VE MADE ME HATE

THE FINEST PIECE OF WORK I'VE EVER DONE?

WELL, IT'S ONLY COLOR AND CANVAS.

I WON'T LET IT CUT ACROSS OUR LIVES.

I'LL DESTROY IT.

DON'T, BASIL! DON'T!

IT WOULD BE MURDER.

YOU APPRECIATE MY WORK? I WAS BEGINNING TO DOUBT IT.

APPRECIATE IT? IT'S PART OF MYSELF. I FEEL IT.

WHEN YOU'RE DRY YOU SHALL BE VARNISHED, FRAMED AND SENT HOME.

I WISH YOU TWO WOULDN'T SQUABBLE OVER THAT PICTURE.

YOU MUCH BETTER LET ME HAVE IT, BASIL.

THAT SILLY BOY DOESN'T REALLY WANT IT AND I REALLY DO.

LET ANYONE BUT ME HAVE IT, I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU.

IT'S YOURS, YOU KNOW THAT. I GAVE IT TO YOU BEFORE IT EXISTED.

Harry: WHY DON'T WE GO TO THE THEATER TONIGHT?

THERE'S SURE TO BE SOMETHING ON SOMEWHERE.

YOU TOO, BASIL, WON'T YOU?

I CAN'T I'VE GOT TOO MUCH WORK TO DO.

BESIDES, I HATE DRESSING UP.

THEN YOU AND I SHALL GO ALONE, MR. GRAY.

I SHALL STAY WITH THE REAL DORIAN.

IS IT THE REAL DORIAN?

AM I REALLY LIKE THAT?

YES, JUST LIKE THAT.

DON'T GO TO THE THEATER TONIGHT.

- STAY AND DINE WITH ME. - I CAN'T.

- WHY? - I PROMISED TO GO TO THE THEATER WITH LORD HENRY.

HE WON'T LIKE YOU ANY BETTER FOR KEEPING PROMISES.

DON'T GO!

- PLEASE. - I'M GOING, BASIL.

VERY WELL, THEN GOODBYE, HARRY.

GOODBYE, DORIAN.

COME AND SEE ME SOON. COME TOMORROW.

- CERTAINLY. - YOU WON'T FORGET?

- OF COURSE NOT. - I'LL REMIND HIM.

MY HANSOM'S OUTSIDE, MR. GRAY.

I CAN DROP YOU OFF AT YOUR PLACE.

GOODBYE, BASIL. IT'S BEEN SUCH AN INTERESTING AFTERNOON.

UNCLE GEORGE, I WANT TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF YOU.

- MONEY, I SUPPOSE? - IT ISN'T MONEY I WANT.

ONLY PEOPLE WHO PAY THEIR BILLS WANT THAT, AND I NEVER PAY MINE.

I ALWAYS DEAL WITH BROTHER DARTMOOR'S TRADESMEN,

CONSEQUENTLY, THEY NEVER BOTHER ME AT ALL.

WHAT I WANT IS INFORMATION, USELESS INFORMATION, NATURALLY.

I CAN TELL YOU ANYTHING THAT'S IN AN ENGLISH BLUE BOOK.

BUT THESE FELLOWS WRITE US A LOT OF NONSENSE, NOWADAYS.

WHEN I WAS IN THE DIPLOMATIC, THINGS WERE MUCH BETTER.

NOW I HEAR, THEY LET THEM IN BY EXAMINATION.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

EXAMINATIONS, SIR,

ARE PURE HUMBUG FROM BEGINNING TO END.

IF A MAN'S A GENTLEMAN HE KNOW QUITE ENOUGH,

AND IF HE ISN'T A GENTLEMAN, WHATEVER HE KNOWS IS BAD FOR HIM.

MR. DORIAN GRAY DOES NOT BELONG TO BLUE BOOKS, UNCLE GEORGE.

HE'S OLD LORD KELSO'S GRANDSON.

AND HIS MOTHER WAS A DEVEREUX. LADY MARGARET DEVEREUX.

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT HER.

WHO DID SHE MARRY? YOU'VE KNOWN NEARLY EVERYONE IN YOUR TIME.

OF COURSE, I KNEW HER. EXTRAORDINARILY BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

MADE ALL THE MEN FRANTIC-- RUNNING AWAY WITH SOME PENNILESS NOBODY.

A SUBALTERN IN A FOOT REGIMENT-- SOMETHING OF THE KIND.

POOR CHAP WAS KILLED IN A DUEL AT SPA JUST AFTERWARDS.

UGLY BUSINESS. THEY DID SAY KELSO GOT SOME BELGIUM BRUTE

TO INSULT HIS SON-IN-LAW IN PUBLIC,

AND THEN PAID HIM TO SPIT HIM LIKE A PIGEON.

I WAS THINKING IT WAS HUSHED UP, BUT KELSO ATE

HIS CHOP ALONE IN THE CLUB FOR A LONG TIME AFTERWARDS.

IT WAS A BAD BUSINESS.

KELSO BROUGHT HER BACK BUT SHE NEVER SPOKE TO HIM AGAIN.

THEN SHE DIED HERSELF BEFORE THE YEAR WAS OUT.

JUST AFTER THAT BOY IN THERE WAS BORN.

GOOD-LOOKING FELLOW. TAKES AFTER HIS MOTHER.

MIND YOU DON'T GO LEADING HIM ASTRAY, HARRY.

HE SHOULD HAVE SOME MONEY WAITING FOR HIM

IF KELSO DOES THE RIGHT THING.

I FANCY HE'S GOING TO BE WELL OFF.

SHE WAS THE MOST GLORIOUS LOOKING CREATURE I EVER SAW.

COULD HAVE MARRIED ANYBODY. BUT SHE WAS A ROMANTIC.

ALL THE WOMEN IN THAT FAMILY WERE.

THE MEN WERE A POOR LOT, BUT THE WOMEN WERE WONDERFUL.

TALKING OF SILLY MARRIAGES,

WHAT'S ALL THIS FIDDLE-FADDLE I HEAR ABOUT DARTMOOR MARRYING AN AMERICAN?

AIN'T ENGLISH GIRLS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HIM?

IT'S RATHER FASHIONABLE TO MARRY AMERICANS JUST NOW.

I'D BACK ENGLISH WOMEN AGAINST THE WORLD.

- THE BETTING IS ON THE AMERICANS. - THEY DON'T LAST, I'M TOLD.

LONG ENGAGEMENTS EXHAUST THEM. BUT THEY'RE CAPITAL

AT A STEEPLECHASE. THEY TAKE THINGS FLYING.

I DON'T THINK POOR DARTMOOR HAS A CHANCE.

WHO ARE HER PEOPLE? HAS SHE GOT ANY?

AMERICAN GIRLS ARE AS CLEVER AT CONCEALING THEIR PARENTS

AS ENGLISH WOMEN ARE AT CONCEALING THEIR PAST.

PORK PACKERS, I SUPPOSE.

I HOPE SO, UNCLE GEORGE, FOR POOR DARTMOOR'S SAKE.

I AM TOLD THAT PORK PACKING IS THE MOST LUCRATIVE

PROFESSION IN AMERICA-- AFTER POLITICS.

- IS SHE PRETTY? - SHE BEHAVES AS IF SHE WERE BEAUTIFUL.

ALL AMERICAN WOMEN DO. IT'S THE SECRET OF THEIR CHARM.

WHY CAN'T AMERICAN WOMEN STAY IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY?

THEY KEEP ON TELLING US IT'S A WOMAN'S PARADISE.

IT APPEARS TO BE. THAT IS WHY LIKE EVE,

THEY'RE SO ANXIOUS TO GET OUT OF IT.

( laughter )

POOR DARTMOOR.

DO YOU THINK HE WILL MARRY THIS FASCINATING YOUNG PERSON?

I BELIEVE-- SHE'S MADE UP HER MIND TO PROPOSE TO HIM, DUCHESS.

OH, HOW DREADFUL. SOMEBODY SHOULD INTERFERE.

I'M TOLD ON EXCELLENT AUTHORITY,

THAT HER FATHER KEEPS AN AMERICAN DRY GOODS STORE.

DRY GOODS? WHAT ARE AMERICAN DRY GOODS?

AMERICAN NOVELS.

DON'T MIND HIM. HE NEVER MEANS ANYTHING HE SAYS.

WHEN AMERICA WAS DISCOVERED--

I WISH TO GOODNESS IT HAD NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED.

OUR GIRLS HAVE NO CHANCE NOWADAYS. IT'S MOST UNFAIR.

PERHAPS AMERICA HAS NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED.

I WOULD SAY IT HAD MERELY BEEN DETECTED.

OH COME, I'VE SEEN SPECIMENS OF THE INHABITANTS.

THEY DRESS WELL. AND MOST OF THEM ARE EXTREMELY PRETTY.

THEY GET ALL THEIR DRESSES IN PARIS.

I WISH I COULD AFFORD TO.

THEY SAY WHEN GOOD AMERICANS DIE, THEY GO TO PARIS.

WHERE DO BAD AMERICANS GO WHEN THEY DIE?

- THEY GO TO AMERICA. - ( laughter )

HARRY, I'M QUITE VEXED WITH YOU.

WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO PERSUADE OUR MR. GRAY TO GIVE UP THE EAST END?

I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH EVERYTHING EXCEPT SUFFERING.

HARRY, THE PEOPLE IN WHITECHAPEL

ARE UTTERLY WRETCHED AND UNHAPPY.

THERE'S SOMETHING MORBID ABOUT THE CULT OF MODERN SYMPATHY.

- COME, COME LORD HENRY. - I SHOULD SYMPATHIZE WITH A MAN WHO HAS TOOTHACHE.

BUT I DON'T. HE MAY BE IN DREADFUL PAIN,

BUT I CAN'T STAND HIM AND I CAN'T GO NEAR HIM. I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM HIM.

YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THE EAST END. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM.

IT'S THE PROBLEM OF SLAVERY. WE TRIED TO SOLVE IT BY AMUSING THE SLAVES.

HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE IT THEN?

I WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN ENGLAND EXCEPT THE WEATHER.

THE 19th CENTURY HAS GONE BANKRUPT

THROUGH AN OVER-EXPENDITURE OF SYMPATHY.

HOW VERY COMFORTING.

I'VE ALWAYS FELT RATHER GUILTY WHEN I CAME TO SEE YOUR AUNT.

YOU SEE, I TAKE NO INTEREST IN THE EAST END EITHER.

IN FUTURE, I SHALL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT HER WITHOUT BLUSHING.

YOUR BLUSH IS SO VERY BECOMING, DUCHESS.

ONLY WHEN ONE WAS YOUNG.

WHEN AN OLD WOMAN BLUSHES IT'S NOT A GOOD SIGN.

MR. GRAY, I WISH YOU COULD TELL ME

HOW TO BECOME YOUNG AGAIN.

CAN YOU REMEMBER ANY GREAT ERRORS THAT YOU COMMITTED IN YOUR EARLY DAYS?

- ONLY TOO MANY. - THEN COMMIT THEM OVER AGAIN.

TO REGAIN ONE'S YOUTH ONE SHOULD REPEAT ALL ONE'S FOLLIES.

WHAT A DELIGHTFUL THEORY. I MUST PUT INTO PRACTICE.

- A DANGEROUS THEORY. - IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT SECRETS.

PEOPLE NOWADAYS DIE OF A SORT OF CREEPING COMMON SENSE.

THEY DISCOVER TOO LATE

THAT THE ONLY THINGS ONE NEVER REGRETS ARE ONE'S MISTAKES.

- ( laughter ) - ( bell rings )

OH, HOW ANNOYING. I MUST GO.

- OH, MUST YOU? - YES, I MUST, DEAR.

LORD HENRY, YOU'RE QUITE DELIGHTFUL AND DREADFULLY DEMORALIZING.

- DON'T GOT YET, EDIE. - YES, I MUST GO, AGATHA. GOODBYE.

LORD HENRY, YOU MUST COME AND DINE WITH US SOME NIGHT.

FOR YOU DEAR LADY, I WOULD THROW OVER ANYBODY.

THAT IS VERY NICE AND VERY WRONG OF YOU.

SO MIND YOU COME TUESDAY.

- GOODBYE. - GOODBYE.

YOU TALK BOOKS AWAY, LORD HENRY.

WHY DON'T YOU WRITE ONE.

I AM FAR TOO FOND OF READING BOOKS TO WRITE ONE, MR. ERSKINE.

I SHOULD LIKE TO WRITE A NOVEL, CERTAINLY.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC IN ENGLAND FOR ANYTHING

EXCEPT NEWSPAPERS, REVIEWS, PRIMERS AND ENCYCLOPEDIAS.

OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD,

THE ENGLISH HAVE THE LEAST SENSE OF LITERATURE.

I'M AFRAID YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MYSELF USED TO HAVE LITERARY AMBITIONS.

BUT I GAVE THEM UP LONG AGO.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT LIFE.

THE GENERATION INTO WHICH I WAS BORN

WAS VERY TEDIOUS.

AND NOW I AM DUE AT THE ATHENIUM.

IT'S THE HOUR WHEN WE SLEEP THERE.

ALL OF YOU, MR. ERSKINE?

40 OF US IN 40 ARMCHAIRS.

DON'T GO, HARRY.

STAY AND TALK WITH ME.

I THOUGHT YOU'D PROMISED TO GO SEE BASIL HALLWARD?

I'D SOONER BE WITH YOU.

I'VE TALKED QUITE ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY.

BUT JUST AS YOU WISH.

- TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WIFE. - TELL YOU WHAT?

I SAW YOU TOGETHER AT LOHENGRIN THE OTHER NIGHT.

AM I TO TAKE IT THAT YOU ARE ALREADY INTERESTED

IN THE PRACTICALITY OF MARRIAGE?

YES, I AM. VERY MUCH SO.

INDEED YOU MUST TELL ME ABOUT IT.

IF YOU REMEMBER I WAS ASKING ABOUT YOUR WIFE.

OH VICTORIA, SHE'S A CURIOUS WOMAN.

A MANIA FOR GOING TO CHURCH.

HER DRESSES ALWAYS LOOK AS IF THEY'D BEEN DESIGNED, AND ARRANGED,

AND PUT ON IN THE MIDDLE OF A TEMPEST.

SHE'S USUALLY IN LOVE WITH SOMEONE,

BUT AS HER PASSION IS HARDLY EVER RETURNED,

SHE'S MANAGED TO KEEP MOST OF HER ILLUSIONS.

SHE DOES TRY TO LOOK PICTURESQUE,

BUT ALWAYS ENDS UP LOOKING UNTIDY.

MARRIAGE?

NEVER MARRY A WOMAN WITH STRAW-COLORED HAIR.

- WHY, HARRY? - THEY'RE SO SENTIMENTAL.

BUT I LIKE PEOPLE TO BE SENTIMENTAL.

MY ADVICE TO YOU IS, DORIAN, DON'T MARRY AT ALL.

MEN MARRY BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED.

WOMEN BECAUSE THEY'RE CURIOUS. BOTH ARE DISAPPOINTED.

MY LIFE, HARRY, IS NOT ONE OF YOUR APHORISMS.

I THINK I DESERVE BETTER OF YOU THAN THAT.

WHO ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH?

AN ACTRESS.

THAT'S RATHER A COMMONPLACE DEBUT.

YOU WOULDN'T SAY SO IF YOU SAW HER.

- WHO IS SHE? - HER NAME, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN, IS SIBYL VANE.

- I NEVER HEARD OF HER. - NOBODY HAS.

BUT THEY WILL DO. SHE'S A GENIUS.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN HER?

ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

AND WHERE DID YOU COME ACROSS HER?

I'LL TELL YOU, HARRY, BUT YOU MUST LISTEN, AND LISTEN PROPERLY.

I THINK A LITTLE WHILE AGO,

BEFORE I'D MET YOU, IT MIGHT NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AT ALL.

I HAD BEEN WALKING ABOUT LONDON.

JUST WALKING, JUST LOOKING AND WATCHING

PEOPLE I PASSED OR WHO PASSED ME.

SOME OF THEM SEEMED FASCINATING SIMPLY TO SEE.

SOME OF THE OTHERS TERRIFIED ME AND I'D HURRY ON WITHOUT STAYING.

DON'T KNOW WHAT ON EARTH I WAS EXPECTING.

ANYWAY, ONE NIGHT,

I WAS OUT IN THE DIRECTION OF YOUR AUNT AGATHA'S FAMOUS EAST END.

ABOUT HALF PAST 8:00, I PASSED BY AN ABSURD LITTLE THEATER,

ALL AFLARE IN GAS JETS AND PLAYBILLS.

I LOOKED AT THE PROGRAM.

IT TURNED OUT THE PLAY THAT NIGHT WAS "ROMEO AND JULIET."

CAN'T SAY I RELISHED THE IDEA OF BEING CONFRONTED

WITH SHAKESPEARE IN THIS ODD LITTLE PLACE.

BUT BY THIS TIME, I'D GOT INTERESTED IN THE ATMOSPHERE

AND THOUGHT I'D SEE OUT THE FIRST ACT.

ROMEO WAS LIKE AN OLD BEER BARREL.

AND MERCUTIO WAS PLAYED BY THE LOCAL COMEDIAN

JUST IN ORDER TO PUT IN HIS FAVORITE GAGS.

AND THEN JULIET CAME ON.

HARRY, SHE WAS THE LOVELIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

YOU SAID TO ME ONCE THAT PATHOS LEFT YOU UNMOVED,

BUT THAT BEAUTY, SOMETHING MERELY BEAUTIFUL

COULD FILL YOUR EYES WITH TEARS.

I TELL YOU, HARRY, I COULD HARDLY SEE THIS GIRL

FOR THE MIST OF TEARS THAT CAME ACROSS MY LINE OF SIGHT.

AND WHEN SHE SPOKE, HER VOICE...

I'D NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT.

I CAN'T FORGET IT. THE EVENING.

I CAN'T FORGET HER. SHE'S EVERYTHING IN LIFE TO ME.

- EVERY NIGHT I GO AND WATCH HER. - I SEE.

HARRY, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME WHAT IT IS, LOVING AN ACTRESS?

BECAUSE I HAVE LOVED SO MANY OF THEM, DORIAN.

WHEN ONE IS IN LOVE ONE ALWAYS BEGINS BY DECEIVING ONESELF.

AND ALWAYS ENDS BY DECEIVING OTHER PEOPLE.

THAT IS WHAT IS KNOWN IN THE WORLD AS ROMANCE.

HARRY, SIBYL IS THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT NOW.

ONE NIGHT I THREW HER SOME FLOWERS AND SHE LOOKED UP AT ME.

AT LEAST, I THOUGHT SHE DID.

EVERY NIGHT I GO TO SEE HER AND EVERY NIGHT SHE'S MORE MARVELOUS.

THAT IS THE REASON, I SUPPOSE, WHY YOU NEVER DINE WITH ME NOW.

I THOUGHT YOU MUST HAVE SOME CURIOUS ROMANCE ON HAND.

YOU HAVE, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE WHAT I EXPECTED.

HARRY, I WANT YOU AND BASIL TO COME WITH ME SOME NIGHT AND SEE HER.

I'M NOT AT ALL APPREHENSIVE. YOU'LL SEE WHAT I MEAN AT ONCE.

VERY WELL.

TODAY IS WHAT, TUESDAY? SHALL WE FIX TOMORROW?

WHAT DOES SHE PLAY TOMORROW?

JULIET. ALL RIGHT, THE BRISTOL AT 8:00, AND I'LL PICK UP BASIL.

- WILL YOU? - POOR BASIL.

I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM FOR A WEEK AT LEAST.

IT'S RATHER AWFUL OF ME. HE'S SENT ME MY PORTRAIT

IN A MOST WONDERFUL FRAME WHICH HE DESIGNED HIMSELF.

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'M A FRACTION JEALOUS OF THE PICTURE

FOR BEING A WHOLE MONTH YOUNGER THAN ME.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT TOMORROW.

MOTHER, I'M SO HAPPY.

YOU MUST SEE THAT. YOU DO FEEL IT?

HAPPY? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HAPPY.

WHAT IS IT THAT HE SEES IN ME?

I DON'T EVEN FEEL HUMBLE.

I FEEL PROUD, MOTHER.

YES, TERRIBLY PROUD.

HOW DID YOU LOVE FATHER?

FORGIVE ME.

DON'T LOOK THAT WAY.

I MUST BE AS HAPPY AS YOU EVER WERE. JUST LET IT GO ON.

MY CHILD, YOU'RE MUCH TOO YOUNG TO THINK OF THESE THINGS AND WHAT THEY ENTAIL.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF THIS YOUNG MAN? NOT EVEN HIS NAME.

IT ALL COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED AT A WORSE TIME,

WHAT WITH JAMES OFF TO AUSTRALIA.

I MUST SAY, I DO THINK YOU COULD HAVE SHOWN MORE CONSIDERATION.

I DARESAY HE'S RICH, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

DON'T SAY THESE THINGS.

WAIT A MOMENT WHILE I CHANGE.

( knocking on door )

COME IN.

OH, IT'S YOU, JAMES.

- WHERE IS SIBYL? - SHE'S CHANGING.

ARE MY THINGS READY?

QUITE READY.

I HOPE YOU TAKE TO THE SEA, JAMES, OR AT LEAST, THAT IT TAKES TO YOU.

YOU WILL REMEMBER, IT WAS YOUR OWN CHOICE.

YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A SOLICITOR IF I HAD HAD MY WAY.

SOLICITORS ARE A VERY RESPECTED CLASS OF PEOPLE,

IN THE COUNTRY, THEY OFTEN DINE WITH THE BEST FAMILIES.

I HATE OFFICES, AND I HATE CLASS.

BUT YOU'RE QUITE RIGHT.

I'VE CHOSEN MY OWN LIFE.

ALL I SAY TO YOU IS,

KEEP A WATCH OVER SIBYL.

DON'T LET HER COME TO ANY HARM.

YOU DO TALK VERY FUNNY SOMETIMES, JAMES.

I'LL WATCH OVER SIBYL. WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK I'LL DO?

I HEAR THERE'S A GENTLEMAN

COMES EVERY NIGHT TO THE THEATER.

COMES BY HERE TO TALK TO HER. IS THAT RIGHT?

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, JAMES.

WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO RECEIVING

A GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION IN THE PROFESSION.

IT'S SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD.

AND MANY DON'T, OR WON'T.

USED TO HAPPEN TO ME ALL THE TIME.

AND THAT'S WHEN ACTING WAS REALLY UNDERSTOOD.

AS FOR SIBYL, I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING

WHETHER THIS PRESENT ATTACHMENT OF HERS IS SERIOUS OR NOT.

I DO KNOW THAT THE YOUNG MAN IN QUESTION IS A PERFECT GENTLEMAN.

HE'S ALWAYS MOST POLITE TO ME.

HE HAS ALL THE AIR OF BEING VERY RICH, INDEED.

BUT YOU DON'T KNOW HIS NAME?

NO.

NO, HE HASN'T YET REVEALED HIS REAL NAME.

I CONFESS THAT. I THINK IT'S ROMANTIC OF HIM.

I'D SAY HE'S PROBABLY A MEMBER OF THE ARISTOCRACY.

JUST WATCH OVER HER. MOTHER--

YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH OVER HER.

WHY ARE YOU TALKING TO ME LIKE THIS?

I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AFTER SIBYL FROM FIRST TO LAST.

AND IF HE IS A WORTHY GENTLEMAN,

THERE'S NO REASON SHE SHOULDN'T CONTRACT AN ALLIANCE WITH HIM.

ESPECIALLY IF HE IS A MEMBER OF THE ARISTOCRACY.

HE HAS THE APPEARANCE OF IT, I MUST SAY.

IT'D BE A BRILLIANT MARRIAGE FOR SIBYL.

THEY'D BE QUITE A COUPLE. HIS LOOKS ARE REMARKABLE.

EVERYBODY NOTICES THEM.

HOW SERIOUS YOU BOTH LOOK.

WHAT'S THE MATTER NOW?

NOTHING.

GOODBYE, MOTHER.

OH, GOODBYE SON.

TAKE CARE, IN ALL THAT WET WEATHER.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER, SIBYL. I'LL GET A DROP FOR BOTH OF US ROUND THE CORNER.

ALL RIGHT.

EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT FOR BOTH OF US.

YOU'LL COME BACK FROM AUSTRALIA WITH EVERYTHING YOU WANT,

AND I'LL BE HERE IN LONDON WITH EVERYTHING I WANT.

WE'LL ALL BE TOGETHER. THAT'S WHAT LIFE WILL BE LIKE.

JIM, YOU'RE NOT LISTENING TO A WORD I'M SAYING.

I'VE JUST SET OUT THE MOST EXQUISITE PLANS FOR BOTH OF US.

SAY SOMETHING TO ME, PLEASE.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SAY?

JUST THAT YOU'LL BE A GOOD BOY AND NOT FORGET US.

YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO FORGET ME THAN I AM TO FORGET YOU, SIBYL.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU HAVE A NEW FRIEND, I HEAR.

WHO IS HE?

WHY HAVEN'T YOU INTRODUCED ME TO HIM?

DOES HE MEAN YOU ANY GOOD?

STOP IT. YOU'RE NOT TO SAY ANYTHING AGAINST HIM.

I LOVE HIM.

SOMEONE WHOSE NAME YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW?

WHO IS HE? I'VE A RIGHT TO KNOW.

IF ONLY YOU COULD SEE HIM,

YOU'D THINK HIM THE MOST WONDERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD.

SOMEDAY YOU WILL.

WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM AUSTRALIA,

YOU'LL LIKE HIM SO MUCH. EVERYBODY DOES.

AND I LOVE HIM.

I WISH YOU COULD COME TO THE THEATER TOMORROW.

HE'S GOING TO BE THERE AND I'M PLAYING JULIET. WHAT ABOUT THAT?

TO BE IN LOVE AND TO PLAY JULIET.

I SHOULD PROBABLY FRIGHTEN THE COMPANY TO DEATH.

JIM, YOU'RE LEAVING ME WHEN I'M HAPPIER THAN I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE.

LIFE'S BEEN HARD FOR BOTH OF US, BUT IT'LL BE DIFFERENT NOW.

YOU'RE GOING TO A NEW WORLD, AND MINE'S ALREADY FOUND.

AND MINE ISN'T. AND I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOURS. I WISH TO GOD I DID.

LOVE MAKES PEOPLE GOOD.

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?

I'M GOING.

BUT I TELL YOU THIS,

IF HE EVER DOES YOU ANY WRONG,

I SHALL KILL HIM.

COME ON.

Basil: ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED? I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

- IT'S PERFECTLY TRUE. - Basil: TO WHOM?

SOME LITTLE ACTRESS OR OTHER.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT. DORIAN'S FAR TOO SENSIBLE.

DORIAN'S FAR TOO WISE NOT TO DO FOOLISH THINGS NOW AND THEN, BASIL.

MARRIAGE IS HARDLY A THING ONE CAN DO NOW AND THEN, HARRY.

EXCEPT IN AMERICA. I DIDN'T SAY HE WAS MARRIED.

I SAID HE WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. THERE'S A GREAT DIFFERENCE.

BUT ONE HAS TO THINK OF DORIAN'S BIRTH AND POSITION AND WEALTH.

TO MARRY A GIRL LIKE THAT IS UNTHINKABLE.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE HIM MARRY THIS GIRL, TELL HIM THAT.

HE'S QUITE SURE TO DO IT THEN.

WHENEVER A MAN DOES A THOROUGHLY STUPID THING,

IT'S SO OFTEN FROM THE NOBLEST MOTIVES.

- Basil: I HOPE SHE'S ALL RIGHT. - SHE'S BETTER THAN ALL RIGHT. SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.

DORIAN SAYS SHE'S BEAUTIFUL. HE'S NOT OFTEN WRONG ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING.

YOUR PORTRAIT OF HIM

HAS QUICKENED HIS APPRECIATION ALTOGETHER

ESPECIALLY ABOUT PEOPLE'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

THAT'S NOT THE ONLY EFFECT IT'S HAD ON HIM.

ANYHOW, WE-- YOU AND I-- ARE GOING TO SEE HER TONIGHT.

THAT IS, IF DORIAN HAS FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT US IN HIS DELIRIUM.

HARRY, YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS.

I SHOULD BE MISERABLE IF I WERE MORE SERIOUS THAN I AM AT THIS MOMENT.

YOU CAN'T APPROVE OF THIS BUSINESS IT'S AN INFATUATION, SURELY.

I NEITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE. IT'S AN ABSURD ATTITUDE TOWARDS LIFE.

DORIAN MEETS A BEAUTIFUL GIRL WHO HAPPENS TO PLAY JULIET AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER.

WELL, WHY NOT?

I HOPE HE WILL MAKE THIS GIRL HIS WIFE,

PASSIONATELY ADORE HER FOR SIX MONTHS,

THEN SUDDENLY BECOME FASCINATED BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

YOU DON'T BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD OF THAT.

IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO UPSET DORIAN GRAY'S LIFE,

NO ONE WOULD BE MORE UPSET THAN YOU.

YOU'RE MUCH BETTER THAN YOU PRETEND TO BE.

THE REASON WE LIKE TO THINK SO WELL OF OTHERS,

IS BECAUSE WE'RE AFRAID FOR OURSELVES.

WE PRAISE THE BANKER THAT HE MAY ALLOW US TO OVERDRAW OUR ACCOUNT.

OR TRY TO FIND GOOD QUALITIES IN THE BURGLAR

IN THE HOPE THAT HE'LL LEAVE OUR PROPERTY ALONE.

I MEAN EVERYTHING I'VE SAID.

I'VE NOTHING BUT THE GREATEST CONTEMPT FOR OPTIMISM.

HARRY, MY DEAR BASIL,

YOU MUST BOTH CONGRATULATE ME. I'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY.

OF COURSE IT'S SUDDEN AND ALL THAT.

BUT ALL THE REALLY DELIGHTFUL THINGS ARE.

IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONE THING I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR ALL MY LIFE.

I HOPE YOU'LL ALWAYS BE AS HAPPY, DORIAN,

BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I CAN FORGIVE YOU

FOR NOT LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT YOUR ENGAGEMENT. YOU TOLD HARRY.

YES, AND I DON'T FORGIVE YOU BEING LATE.

COME AND SIT DOWN, DORIAN. TELL ME WHAT IT IS THAT'S BEEN MAKING YOU SO HAPPY.

THERE ISN'T VERY MUCH TO TELL.

AFTER I LEFT YOU YESTERDAY EVENING,

I HAD DINNER IN THAT ITALIAN RESTAURANT

ON RUPERT STREET YOU INTRODUCED ME TO,

AND AT 8:00 WENT DOWN TO THE THEATER.

SIBYL WAS PLAYING ROSALIND.

OF COURSE, THE SCENERY WAS DREADFUL AND ORLANDO ABSURD,

BUT SIBYL-- YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HER.

OF COURSE OUR ENGAGEMENT IS A DEAD SECRET.

I SHOULDN'T TELL YOU THIS, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT.

AT WHAT PARTICULAR POINT DID YOU MENTION THE WORD MARRIAGE, DORIAN?

AND WHAT DID SHE SAY IN REPLY?

OR PERHAPS YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT.

DEAR HARRY, I DIDN'T TREAT IT AS A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

AND I SUPPOSE I NEVER MADE ANY FORMAL PROPOSAL.

- WHAT DID YOU SAY THEN? - THAT I LOVED HER, OF COURSE.

SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NOT BEING WORTHY TO BE MY WIFE.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WOMEN ARE WONDERFULLY PRACTICAL. MUCH MORE PRACTICAL THAN WE ARE.

IN SITUATIONS OF THAT KIND WE OFTEN FORGET TO SAY

ANYTHING ABOUT MARRIAGE. THEY ALWAYS REMIND US.

LEAVE IT ALONE, HARRY. YOU'RE ONLY ANNOYING DORIAN.

DORIAN IS NEVER ANNOYED WITH ME.

I DON'T MIND. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE ANGRY WITH YOU.

WHEN YOU SEE SIBYL VANE,

YOU WILL KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO COULD CONSIDER WRONGING HER,

WOULD BE A MONSTER WITHOUT A HEART AT ALL.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE WANTS TO DEGRADE THE THING HE LOVES.

I NEVER HAVE. I LOVE SIBYL VANE.

WHEN I AM WITH HER, I REGRET EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE EVER LEARNED.

THE SIMPLEST TOUCH OF HER HAND MAKES ME FORGET YOU

AND YOUR THEORIES ABOUT LIFE, LOVE AND PLEASURE.

PLEASURE IS THE ONLY THING WORTH HAVING A THEORY ABOUT.

BELIEVE ME, NO CIVILIZED MAN EVER REGRETS A PLEASURE.

AND NO UNCIVILIZED MAN EVER REALLY KNOWS WHAT A PLEASURE IS.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT'S TO ADORE SOMEONE.

THAT IS BETTER THAN BEING ADORED. IT'S A DOWNRIGHT NUISANCE.

WHEN WOMEN WORSHIP SOMEONE,

THEY'RE ALWAYS BOTHERING THEM TO DO SOMETHING FOR THEM.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT WHATEVER THEY'VE ASKED FOR,

THEY'VE ALREADY GIVEN FIRST. THEY CREATE LOVE IN ONE'S NATURE.

THEY'VE A RIGHT TO DEMAND IT BACK.

- THAT'S QUITE TRUE. - NOTHING IS EVER QUITE TRUE.

WELL, THIS IS.

CAN'T YOU ADMIT THAT WOMEN GIVE MEN THE VERY ESSENCE OF THEMSELVES?

POSSIBLY, BUT THEY INVARIABLY WANT IT BACK IN VERY SMALL CHANGE.

WOMEN, SOME WITTY FRENCHMAN PUT IT,

INSPIRE US TO DO MASTERPIECES,

THEN ALWAYS PREVENT US FROM CARRYING THEM OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I LIKE YOU AT ALL.

YOU WILL ALWAYS LIKE ME, DORIAN.

I REPRESENT ALL THE SINS YOU HAVE NEVER HAD THE COURAGE TO COMMIT.

NOW AFTER ALL THAT, YOU MUST HAVE A CIGARETTE.

A CIGARETTE IS THE PERFECT TYPE OF THE PERFECT PLEASURE.

IT'S DELICIOUS,

AND IT LEAVES ONE UNSATISFIED. WHAT MORE COULD ONE ASK?

WHAT UTTER RUBBISH YOU DO TALK. LET'S GET DOWN TO THE THEATER.

Basil: IF YOU WILL JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT.

WHEN SIBYL VANE COMES ON THE STAGE.

IT WILL BE YOUR TURN TO FIND A NEW IDEAL OF LIFE.

SHE MAY REPRESENT SOMETHING EVEN YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED.

I HAVE KNOWN EVERYTHING BUT I AM ALWAYS READY FOR A NEW EMOTION.

I'M AFRAID THAT IN THIS CASE, HOWEVER, THERE'S NO SUCH THING.

YOUR WONDERFUL GIRL MAY BE THRILLING AT THE VERY LEAST.

I LOVE ACTING.

SO MUCH MORE REAL THAN REAL LIFE.

( clock chimes )

WELL, LET'S GO THEN, DORIAN.

YOU'LL COME WITH ME.

NO, BASIL, THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR TWO OF US IN THE BROUGHAM.

YOU CAN FOLLOW IN A HANSOM.

( cheering, whistling )

I'M SORRY. I'VE MADE YOU BOTH WASTE AN EVENING.

DORIAN, MISS VANE IS PROBABLY ILL.

WE'LL COME AGAIN SOME OTHER NIGHT.

I WISH SHE WERE ILL, BUT SHE IS CALLOUS AND COLD.

SHE'S ALTERED ENTIRELY.

LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT SHE WAS A GREAT ARTIST,

THIS EVENING SHE'S COMMONPLACE AND MEDIOCRE.

DON'T TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT ANYONE YOU LOVE.

LOVE IS A MORE WONDERFUL THING THAN ART.

THEY ARE BOTH FORMS OF IMITATION.

DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO HIM, I BEG OF YOU.

I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN AND I BELIEVE IN HER.

ANYONE THAT YOU LOVE MUST BE MARVELOUS.

ANY GIRL THAT CAN PRODUCE THE EFFECT YOU DESCRIBED TO US

MUST BE VERY EXTRAORDINARY AND UNIQUE

TO PRODUCE THAT EFFECT IN YOU.

THAT IS WORTH DOING IN ITSELF.

YOUR IDEA OF MARRIAGE IS QUITE RIGHT.

I DIDN'T THINK SO AT FIRST,

BUT NOW I ADMIT IT FREELY.

SIBYL VANE WAS MADE FOR YOU.

WITHOUT HER, YOU WOULD HAVE PROBABLY

BEEN INCOMPLETE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

THANK YOU, BASIL. I KNEW YOU WOULD TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

I THINK WE SHOULD GO.

YOU TOO, DORIAN.

IT ISN'T GOOD FOR ONE'S MORALS TO SEE BAD ACTING.

BESIDES, I DON'T SUPPOSE YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR WIFE ACT MUCH LONGER.

WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF SHE PLAYS JULIET LIKE A WOODEN DOLL?

SHE'S VERY LOVELY INDEED.

AND IF SHE KNOWS AS LITTLE ABOUT LIFE AS SHE DOES ABOUT ACTING,

SHE'LL BE A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE.

NOW, MY DEAR BOY, DON'T LOOK SO TRAGIC.

COME AND DRIVE DOWN TO THE CLUB WITH BASIL AND ME,

AND WE'LL DRINK A TOAST TO THE BEAUTY OF SIBYL VANE.

SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT?

PLEASE GO, HARRY. TAKE HIM WITH YOU, BASIL.

OH, HARRY.

DORIAN.

I ACTED SO BADLY TONIGHT.

HORRIBLY. YOU WERE DREADFUL.

ARE YOU ILL OR SOMETHING?

HAVEN'T YOU ANY IDEA WHAT IT WAS?

YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WENT THROUGH.

DORIAN, YOU SHOULD HAVE UNDERSTOOD.

YOU UNDERSTAND NOW, DON'T YOU?

UNDERSTAND WHAT?

WHY I WAS SO BAD TONIGHT.

WHY I SHALL NEVER BE GOOD AGAIN.

YOU ARE ILL. WHEN YOU ARE ILL, YOU SHOULDN'T GO ON.

YOU MAKE YOURSELF RIDICULOUS.

MY FRIENDS WERE BORED. I WAS BORED.

DORIAN.

BEFORE I KNEW YOU,

ACTING WAS THE ONE REALITY OF MY LIFE.

I ONLY LIVED FOR THE THEATER.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL TRUE, WHAT WENT ON.

AND THEN YOU CAME.

OH, MY DEAREST...

YOU FREED ME FROM ALL THAT.

YOU TAUGHT ME REALITY.

TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE,

I SAW THE HOLLOWNESS OF EVERYTHING I'VE DEVOTED MYSELF TO.

YOU MADE ME UNDERSTAND WHAT LOVE REALLY IS.

TAKE ME AWAY.

TAKE ME AWAY WHERE WE CAN BE ALONE.

I HATE THE STAGE.

YOU SEE WHAT A BLASPHEMY IT WOULD BE

TO PLAY AT BEING IN LOVE.

YOU HAVE KILLED ALL THAT.

YES, YOU KILLED IT.

YOU USED TO STIR MY IMAGINATION,

NOW YOU DON'T EVEN STIR MY CURIOSITY.

YOU PRODUCE NO EFFECT ON ME AT ALL.

I LOVED YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE A MARVELOUS THING,

BECAUSE YOU SEEMED TO GIVE SUBSTANCE

TO ALL THINGS I'D EVER DREAMED OF.

YOU HAVE THROWN THAT AWAY.

YOU ARE SHALLOW. YOU ARE STUPID.

MY GOD, WHAT COULD I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF?

YOU ARE A NOTHING!

I'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN.

I'LL NEVER THINK OF YOU.

I'LL EVEN FORGET YOUR NAME.

I ONLY WISH I'D NEVER LAID EYES ON YOU.

AND WHAT LITTLE YOU KNOW ABOUT LOVE,

MARS YOUR ART.

WITHOUT YOUR ART, YOU'RE NOTHING.

I WOULD HAVE MADE YOU FAMOUS,

SPLENDID, MAGNIFICENT.

YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSHIPPED BY EVERYONE,

AND MY NAME WOULD HAVE BEEN ON YOU.

WHAT ARE YOU NOW?

A THIRD-RATE ACTRESS WITH A PRETTY FACE.

YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS?

YOU'RE ACTING.

I LEAVE THAT TO YOU. YOU DO IT SO WELL.

DORIAN!

NEVER TOUCH ME AGAIN.

DORIAN, DON'T LEAVE ME!

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T ACT WELL!

I WAS THINKING OF YOU ALL THE TIME.

BUT I WILL TRY. BELIEVE ME, I WILL!

IT CAME SUDDENLY ACROSS ME, MY LOVE!

I'LL WORK HARD. I'LL IMPROVE.

DON'T BE CRUEL TO ME, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU

BETTER THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD!

IT'S ONLY ONCE I HAVEN'T PLEASED YOU.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.

I SHOULD HAVE SHOWN MYSELF MORE OF AN ARTIST.

IT WAS FOOLISH OF ME, BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT.

OH, DON'T LEAVE ME!

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING RIDICULOUS ABOUT THE EMOTIONS

OF PEOPLE WHOM ONE HAS CEASED TO LOVE.

I'M GOING NOW.

I DON'T WISH TO BE UNKIND,

BUT I CAN'T SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU HAVE DISAPPOINTED ME. THAT IS ALL.

( sobbing )

( door opening )

YOU RANG, MONSIEUR?

NO, OF COURSE I DIDN'T RING.

OH, YES, I DID.

IT'S TOO COLD FOR MONSIEUR.

SHALL I CLOSE THE WINDOW?

NO, I'M NOT COLD.

YES, SHUT IT.

WILL THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE?

WHAT?

DID YOU SEE THAT MISS VANE GOT MY LETTER?

Victor: I DELIVERED IT MYSELF.

ALTHOUGH THE ADDRESS WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND.

DID YOU GIVE IT TO HER PERSONALLY?

NO, I BUT I GAVE IT TO SOMEONE

WHO CALLED HERSELF THE LANDLADY.

SHE SEEMED RATHER CROSS AT BEING DISTURBED,

BUT SHE PROMISED IT WOULD BE DELIVERED INTO THE RIGHT HANDS.

VERY WELL, VICTOR. I'M NOT AT HOME TO ANYONE EXCEPT MISS VANE.

AND LORD HENRY?

WHAT ABOUT HIM?

I'M ONLY AT HOME TO MISS VANE.

DO YOU REMEMBER? MISS SIBYL VANE.

IT'S JUST THAT HIS MAN BROUGHT A LETTER THIS MORNING.

IT WAS MARKED URGENT.

I LEFT IT ON YOUR BREAKFAST TRAY.

YES, I GOT IT. IT CAN'T BE THAT IMPORTANT.

I'LL READ IT LATER.

DON'T FORGET TO LET HER IN AT ONCE.

THAT'S ALL.

YES, MONSIEUR.

Henry: VICTOR, I HAVE TO SEE GRAY AT ONCE.

Victor: HE'S NOT AT HOME.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I HAVE TO SEE HIM.

Victor: MR. GRAY WOULD NOT LIKE TO BE DISTURBED.

- ( knocking at door ) - WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Henry: ARE YOU IN THERE? I MUST SPEAK TO YOU.

MY DEAR BOY, I HAD TO SEE YOU.

FORGIVE ME, BUT YOUR SHUTTING US OUT LIKE THIS--

I'M SO TERRIBLY SORRY FOR YOU.

YOU MUSTN'T SIT ALONE BROODING ABOUT IT.

- YOU MEAN ABOUT SIBYL VANE? - YES, OF COURSE.

THE WHOLE THING IS TRAGIC FROM EVERY POINT OF VIEW.

BUT YOU MUSTN'T THINK OF IT AS YOUR FAULT.

DID YOU STAY WITH HER LONG AFTER WE BOTH LEFT?

- A WHILE. - I KNEW YOU WOULD.

- WAS IT A SCENE? - I WAS BRUTAL.

BRUTAL AND UNFORGIVABLE, BUT THAT IS OVER NOW.

I'M NOT EVEN SORRY FOR WHAT HAPPENED,

EXCEPT FOR THE PAIN I CAUSED.

IT HAS TAUGHT ME TO KNOW MYSELF.

I'M GLAD YOU LOOK ON IT LIKE THAT.

I WAS AFRAID I WOULD FIND YOU IN DESPAIR.

THAT IS ALL OVER. I'M AS HAPPY AS I SHALL EVER BE.

FOR ONE THING, I KNOW WHAT CONSCIENCE IS.

AND DON'T SWEAR AT THAT ANY MORE,

NOT IN FRONT OF ME. I CAN SEE THROUGH IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO BE GOOD, AS MUCH AS I CAN.

I CAN'T FACE THE IDEA

OF MY INNER SELF BEING HIDEOUS ANY LONGER.

AND HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO START THIS MORAL REGENERATION?

BY MARRYING SIBYL VANE.

MARRYING SIBYL VANE? BUT, DORIAN--

I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.

SOMETHING SARCASTIC ABOUT MARRIAGE. WELL, DON'T.

I'VE WRITTEN AGAIN TO SIBYL SINCE LAST NIGHT.

I'VE ASKED HER AGAIN TO MARRY ME. IF SHE'LL HAVE ME.

MY MIND'S MADE UP. SHE'S GOING TO BE MY WIFE.

DORIAN, MY NOTE. DIDN'T YOU GET IT? I SENT IT THIS MORNING.

YES, I DID GET IT, BUT I DIDN'T READ IT.

MY MIND WAS ON SIBYL.

- YOU KNOW NOTHING? - NOTHING.

DORIAN, DON'T BE AFRAID. THAT LETTER WAS TO TELL YOU

SIBYL VANE IS DEAD.

HOW DARE YOU! THAT'S THE MOST HORRIBLE LIE YOU'VE EVER PERPETRATED.

I'M SORRY, DORIAN, BUT IT'S QUITE TRUE. IT'S IN ALL THE NEWSPAPERS.

I THOUGHT YOU'D HAVE SEEN THEM BY NOW.

THAT'S WHY I WROTE TELLING YOU NOT TO ADMIT ANYONE

TILL I CAME ROUND. THERE'LL BE AN INQUEST.

BUT NATURALLY, YOU MUST NOT BE MIXED UP IN IT.

IF ANYBODY SHOULD HAVE HEARD YOUR NAME BY ANY CHANCE

AT THE THEATER, LIKE THE GIRL'S MOTHER, FOR INSTANCE--

THAT CAN ALL BE ARRANGED.

THESE THINGS ALWAYS CAN BE.

IN FRANCE, IT MIGHT MAKE A MAN SEEM FASHIONABLE.

BUT IN LONDON, PEOPLE ARE SO PREJUDICED.

HERE, ONE SHOULD NEVER

MAKE ONE'S DEBUT WITH A SCANDAL.

ONE SHOULD KEEP THAT IN RESERVE. GIVE AN INTEREST

TO ONE'S OLD AGE.

I'M SURE THAT NOBODY COULD HAVE RECOGNIZED EITHER OF US.

- IN THAT LITTLE PLACE. - RECOGNIZED?

INQUEST? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

YOU MEAN THAT SYB--

TELL ME THE WHOLE THING.

THERE'S NO QUESTION OF IT BEING AN ACCIDENT,

THOUGH IT COULD BE PUT THAT WAY TO THE PUBLIC.

WE KNOW THEY CAN BE MADE TO BELIEVE ANYTHING.

I WON'T BOTHER YOU WITH THE DETAILS NOW

YOU CAN READ THEM LATER, BUT IT SEEMS

SHE WAS FOUND DEAD ON HER DRESSING ROOM FLOOR.

THE NEWSPAPERS SAY

THAT SHE SWALLOWED SOMETHING BY MISTAKE,

SOMETHING THEY USE IN THEATERS FOR SOME REASON.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS BUT IT HAD

EITHER PRUSSIC ACID OR WHITE LEAD IN IT.

I SHOULD FANCY IT WAS PRUSSIC ACID

AS SHE SEEMS TO HAVE DIED INSTANTLY.

THAT IS SOMETHING. THOUGH NOT VERY MUCH, ALL THE SAME.

YES, IT'S VERY TRAGIC, BUT YOU MUSTN'T ALLOW

YOURSELF TO BE MIXED UP IN IT.

"THE MORNING POST" SAYS SHE WAS 17.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT SHE WAS YOUNGER THAN THAT.

SHE LOOKED SUCH A CHILD.

DORIAN, YOU'RE NOT TO ALLOW THIS THING TO BRING YOU DOWN.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU WILL DO.

YOU WILL COME AND DINE WITH ME.

AFTERWARDS, WE WILL LOOK IN AT THE OPERA.

YES, THE OPERA, IT'S A PATTI NIGHT.

EVERYONE WILL BE THERE.

YOU CAN COME TO MY SISTER'S BOX.

SHE'LL HAVE SOME SMART WOMEN WITH HER.

SO, I HAVE MURDERED SIBYL VANE,

JUST AS IF I'D CUT HER THROAT MYSELF

WITH A KNIFE.

THE SUN SHINES AND THE BIRDS SING.

AND TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO DINE WITH YOU,

GO ON THE OPERA, THEN SUP SOMEWHERE AFTERWARDS?

HOW EXTRAORDINARILY THEATRICAL THIS WOULD HAVE SEEMED

IF ONE HAD WATCHED IT HAPPEN.

SOMEHOW,

NOW THAT IT HAS HAPPENED ACTUALLY, AND TO ME,

IT ALL SEEMS TOO MUCH TO CONTEMPLATE AT ONE TIME.

THAT WAS THE FIRST LOVE LETTER I'VE WRITTEN IN MY LIFE.

THE FIRST-- AND THAT TO A GIRL ALREADY DEAD.

DID I REALLY LOVE HER?

SHE TRIED TO EXPLAIN HERSELF TO ME, BUT I WASN'T MOVED ONE BIT.

SHE SEEMED SHALLOW TO ME. AND THEN AFTERWARDS,

SOMETHING MADE ME FEEL AFRAID.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT IT WAS HORRIBLE.

I KNEW I'D DONE WRONG, THAT I'D HAVE TO GO BACK.

WELL, THERE SHE IS--

DEAD.

MY GOD, HARRY. WHAT SHALL I DO?

I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW THE DANGER I'M IN,

AND THERE'S NOTHING TO KEEP ME STRAIGHT.

PERHAPS SHE COULD HAVE DONE THAT FOR ME.

SHE'D NO RIGHT TO KILL HERSELF, NO RIGHT.

MY DEAR DORIAN, THE ONLY WAY THAT A WOMAN CAN REFORM A MAN

IS BY BORING HIM SO THAT HE LOSES ALL INTEREST IN LIFE.

IF YOU HAD MARRIED THIS GIRL, YOU'D HAVE BEEN WRETCHED.

OF COURSE, YOU'D HAVE TREATED HER KINDLY.

ONE CAN BE KIND TO PEOPLE FOR WHOM ONE CARES NOTHING.

BUT SHE'D HAVE SOON FOUND OUT

THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY INDIFFERENT TO HER.

WHEN A WOMAN FINDS THAT OUT ABOUT HER HUSBAND,

I CAN ONLY SAY THAT IN ANY CASE,

THE WHOLE THING WOULD HAVE BEEN A FAILURE.

YES, I SUPPOSE IT WOULD.

HARRY, WHY IS IT THAT I CANNOT FEEL ALL THIS

AS MUCH AS I WANT TO?

I KNOW THAT I'M NOT HEARTLESS. DO YOU THINK I AM?

THERE IS ALWAYS SOME LUXURY

TO BE HAD IN SELF-REPROACH.

BUT IN THIS CASE, WHAT IS IT THAT'S HAPPENED?

A GIRL HAS KILLED HERSELF FOR LOVE OF YOU.

I WISH SUCH A THING HAD EVER HAPPENED TO ME.

IT WOULD MAKE ME IN LOVE WITH LOVE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADORED ME--

THERE HAVE NOT BEEN MANY, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME--

HAVE ALWAYS INSISTED ON GOING ON LONG AFTER

I'D CEASED TO CARE FOR THEM OR THEY TO CARE FOR ME.

THE ONLY CHARM OF THE PAST

IS THAT IT IS THE PAST.

I WAS INHUMANLY CRUEL TO HER. YOU SEEM TO FORGET THAT.

I'M AFRAID THAT WOMEN APPRECIATE CRUELTY--

DOWNRIGHT CRUELTY, MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

THEY HAVE WONDERFULLY PRIMITIVE INSTINCTS.

WE MAY EMANCIPATE THEM

BUT THEY REMAIN SLAVES LOOKING FOR THEIR MASTERS ALL THE SAME.

I WONDER IF YOU KNOW ME

AS WELL AS YOU THINK, HARRY.

I DON'T WANT US TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN EVER.

IT HAS BEEN AN EXPERIENCE. THAT IS ALL.

I CANNOT THINK THERE COULD BE MUCH ELSE IN STORE.

THERE'S EVERYTHING IN STORE FOR YOU, DORIAN.

WITH ALL THE GODS HAVE GIVEN YOU,

THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DO.

AND NOW YOU'D BETTER DRESS. AND DRIVE DOWN TO THE CLUB. WE'RE RATHER LATE AS IT IS.

I FEEL TOO TIRED TO EAT ANYTHING.

I THINK I SHALL JOIN YOU AT THE OPERA.

WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF YOUR SISTER'S BOX?

27, I BELIEVE. IT'S ON THE GRAND TIER.

YOU WILL FIND HER NAME ON THE DOOR.

BUT I'M SORRY YOU WON'T DINE WITH ME FIRST.

I DON'T FEEL UP TO IT.

BUT I'M AWFULLY OBLIGED TO YOU.

FOR EVERYTHING.

WE'RE ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR FRIENDSHIP, DORIAN.

GOODBYE.

I SHALL SEE YOU BEFORE 9:30, I HOPE.

REMEMBER, PATTI IS SINGING.

( distant bell rings )

- YOU RANG, MONSIEUR? - YES.

I SHALL BE GOING TO THE OPERA THIS EVENING, VICTOR.

ALL RIGHT, MONSIEUR.

- I'LL PUT OUT YOUR CLOTHES. - LATER WILL DO.

IN THE MEANTIME--

I WANT YOU TO GO AROUND TO MR. HUBBARD.

HE IS THE FRAMEMAKER IN SOUTH AUDLEY STREET.

I HAVE PICTURES I WANT HIS ADVICE ABOUT.

- I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN-- - TELL HIM IT'S IMPORTANT,

AND I SHALL LIKE HIM TO COME AROUND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THAT'S ALL. OH-- ASK MRS. LEAF TO GIVE YOU THE KEY OF THE SCHOOLROOM.

THE OLD SCHOOLROOM, MONSIEUR?

IT'S SO LONG SINCE ANYONE WENT IN THERE, IT MUST BE FULL OF DUST.

I'M SURE IT'S NOT FIT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT, MONSIEUR.

I'LL SEE TO IT THAT SHE PUTS IT IN ORDER BEFORE YOU GO IN THERE.

I DON'T WANT IT PUT IN ORDER, BY YOU, MRS. LEAF OR ANYONE ELSE.

I SIMPLY WANT THE KEY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

JUST AS YOU WISH, MONSIEUR.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE COVERED IN COBWEBS IF YOU WENT IN THERE.

MRS. LEAF TELLS ME IT HASN'T BEEN OPENED FOR NEARLY FIVE YEARS.

THAT IS UNIMPORTANT! I SIMPLY WANT TO SEE THE PLACE.

- THAT'S ALL! - YES, MONSIEUR.

MR. HALLWARD IS WAITING TO SEE YOU.

- SHALL I SEND HIM IN? - YES.

THEN GET OFF TO THE FRAMEMAKERS!

THANK YOU, VICTOR.

DORIAN, I'M SO GLAD TO FIND YOU IN.

I MET HARRY OUTSIDE IN THE STREET.

HE SEEMED BLAND ABOUT THE WHOLE AFFAIR.

THIS MUST BE AWFUL FOR YOU. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT

BE WITH THE POLICE OR SOMETHING.

- WHY SHOULD I BE WITH THE POLICE? - HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT

YOU GOING TO THE OPERA. I DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT.

DORIAN, I HOPE YOU DON'T GET TOO INVOLVED.

INVOLVED? WHY SHOULD I BE INVOLVED?

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM GOING TO THE OPERA.

YOU ARE GOING TO THE OPERA?

YES. WHY DON'T YOU COME?

I AM MEETING LADY GWENDOLYN,

HARRY'S SISTER, FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE ARE MEETING IN HER BOX.

DORIAN, SIBYL VANE IS LYING DEAD IN SOME LODGING HOUSE,

AND YOU TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE OPERA?

THE GIRL YOU LOVE--

HASN'T EVEN YET FOUND A GRAVE TO CRAWL INTO FOR ALL WE KNOW.

DON'T TALK ABOUT HORRID SUBJECTS, BASIL. WHAT IS PAST, IS PAST.

YOU CALL YESTERDAY THE PAST?

I DON'T WANT TO BE AT THE MERCY OF MY EMOTIONS.

I WANT TO USE THEM.

TO ENJOY THEM.

AND TO DOMINATE.

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED YOU.

TO ME YOU LOOK THE SAME CREATURE

THAT USED TO, DAY AFTER DAY, COME TO MY STUDIO,

BUT THEN YOU WERE SIMPLE AND NATURAL,

AFFECTIONATE.

BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COME OVER YOU.

YOU TALK AS IF YOU HAD NO HEART, NO PITY IN YOU.

IS IT HARRY'S INFLUENCE?

I OWE A GREAT DEAL TO HIM. MORE THAN I DO TO YOU.

- YOU TAUGHT ME TO BE VAIN. - I'M BEING PUNISHED FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. OR WHAT YOU WANT.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?!

I WANT THE DORIAN I USED TO PAINT.

WHEN I HEARD THAT SIBYL VANE HAD KILLED HERSELF--

KILLED HERSELF? YOU MEAN THERE ISN'T ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT?

SURELY YOU DON'T THINK IT WAS A VULGAR ACCIDENT?

OF COURSE SHE KILLED HERSELF.

- DORIAN, HOW AWFUL! - THERE'S NOTHING AWFUL ABOUT IT.

IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT ROMANTIC TRAGEDIES OF THE AGE.

AS A RULE, THE PEOPLE WHO ACT LEAD THE MOST COMMONPLACE LIVES,

THEY ARE GOOD HUSBANDS OR FAITHFUL WIVES,

OR SOMETHING TEDIOUS.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, MIDDLE CLASS VIRTUE AND ALL THAT.

HOW DIFFERENT SIBYL WAS TO THAT.

SHE LIVED HER FINEST TRAGEDY. SHE WAS ALWAYS A HEROINE.

THE LAST NIGHT SHE PLAYED,

THE NIGHT YOU SAW HER, SHE ACTED BADLY

BECAUSE SHE'D KNOWN THE REALITY OF LOVE.

WHEN SHE KNEW IT'S UNREALITY,

SHE DIED... AS JULIET MIGHT HAVE DIED.

HER DEATH HAS ALL THE PATHETIC USELESSNESS OF MARTYRDOM,

ALL ITS WASTED BEAUTY.

I KNOW YOU ARE SURPRISED AT ME TALKING TO YOU LIKE THIS, BASIL.

YOU HAVE NOT REALIZED HOW I HAVE DEVELOPED.

TO BECOME THE SPECTATOR OF ONE'S OWN LIFE, AS HARRY SAYS,

IS TO ESCAPE THE SUFFERING OF LIFE.

DON'T LEAVE ME, BASIL. DON'T LET'S QUARREL.

I AM WHAT I AM.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO BE SAID.

WELL, DORIAN, I WON'T MENTION THIS AGAIN, AFTER TODAY.

I ONLY HOPE THEY DON'T MENTION YOUR NAME

IN CONNECTION WITH IT.

THE INQUEST IS THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE THEY SUMMONED YOU?

YOU MUST DO ME A DRAWING OF SIBYL.

I SHOULD LIKE SOMETHING MORE OF HER

THAN THE MEMORY OF A FEW KISSES AND A FEW WORDS.

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN, IF IT WILL PLEASE YOU.

BUT YOU MUST COME AND SIT TO ME AGAIN.

I CAN'T GET ON WITHOUT YOU.

I CAN NEVER SIT TO YOU AGAIN, BASIL.

- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE. - MY DEAR BOY, WHAT NONSENSE.

WHY? DIDN'T YOU LIKE WHAT I DID OF YOU?

WHY HAVE YOU PUT THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF IT?

YOU KNOW, IT IS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE.

- LET ME HAVE A LOOK AT IT. - BASIL, YOU MUST NOT LOOK AT IT.

- I DON'T WISH YOU TO. - NOT LOOK AT MY OWN WORK? ARE YOU SERIOUS?

WHY SHOULDN'T I LOOK AT IT?

DON'T!!

IF YOU TRY TO LOOK AT IT, BASIL,

ON MY WORD OF HONOR, I WILL NEVER SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN.

I AM QUITE SERIOUS. I DON'T OFFER ANY EXPLANATION,

AND YOU ARE NOT TO ASK FOR ANY. BUT REMEMBER,

IF YOU TOUCH THAT SCREEN, EVERYTHING IS OVER BETWEEN US.

- DORIAN! - DON'T SPEAK.

WHAT'S THE MATTER?

WELL, I WON'T LOOK AT IT IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO.

BUT REALLY, THIS IS RATHER ABSURD

THAT I SHOULDN'T LOOK AT MY OWN WORK.

PARTICULARLY, AS I AM GOING TO EXHIBIT IT IN PARIS THIS AUTUMN.

YOU WANT TO EXHIBIT IT?

YES, GEORGE PETIT IS GOING TO COLLECT ALL MY BEST PICTURES

FOR AN EXHIBITION AT THE RUE DE SEZE.

YOU TOLD ME A MONTH AGO, YOU WOULD NEVER EXHIBIT IT.

YOU CAN'T HAVE FORGOTTEN.

YOU ASSURED ME MOST SOLEMNLY THAT NOTHING IN THE WORLD

COULD INDUCE YOU TO SEND IT TO AN EXHIBITION.

YOU TOLD HARRY EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

- BASIL? - Basil: YES?

WE HAVE EACH OF US A SECRET.

LET ME KNOW YOURS AND I SHALL TELL YOU MINE.

WHAT WAS YOUR REASON

FOR REFUSING TO EXHIBIT MY PICTURE?

JUST ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION.

HAVE YOU EVER

NOTICED IN THE PICTURE SOMETHING CURIOUS?

SOMETHING THAT, PERHAPS AT FIRST,

DIDN'T STRIKE YOU AND THEN,

SUDDENLY REVEALED ITSELF TO YOU?

I SEE THAT YOU DID. DON'T SPEAK.

WAIT TILL YOU HEAR WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

DORIAN, FROM THE FIRST MOMENT I MET YOU,

YOUR PERSONALITY

HAD THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT ON ME.

I WAS DOMINATED.

SOUL, BRAIN AND POWER BY YOU.

YOU BECAME FOR ME

THE VISIBLE INCARNATION OF THAT UNSEEN IDEAL.

I WORSHIPPED YOU.

I GREW JEALOUS OF ANYONE YOU SPOKE TO.

I WANTED TO HAVE YOU ALL TO MYSELF.

I WAS ONLY HAPPY WHEN I WAS WITH YOU.

WHEN YOU WERE AWAY FROM ME YOU WERE STILL PRESENT IN MY WORK.

I COULD NEVER TELL YOU THIS,

YOU WOULD NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD.

I HARDLY UNDERSTOOD MYSELF.

I ONLY KNOW

AND I KNEW THEN,

THAT I HAD SEEN PERFECTION FACE TO FACE.

ALL THE WORLD HAD BECOME

WONDERFUL, IN MY EYES.

TOO WONDERFUL, PERHAPS.

FOR IN SUCH WORSHIP THERE IS DANGER.

WEEKS AND WEEKS WENT ON

AND I GREW MORE AND MORE ABSORBED.

AS I WAS PAINTING,

EVERY FLAKE AND FILM OF COLOR

SEEMED TO REVEAL MY LOVE FOR YOU.

I FELT I HAD TOLD TOO MUCH, PUT TOO MUCH OF MYSELF INTO IT.

AND THERE IT WAS.

I DECIDED THAT THE PICTURE COULD NEVER BE EXHIBITED.

BUT WHEN I GOT THIS OFFER FROM PARIS,

I THOUGHT PERHAPS I'D BEEN FOOLISH,

IN IMAGINING THAT I'D SEEN ANYTHING MORE IN IT.

SO I DETERMINED TO MAKE YOUR PORTRAIT

THE PRINCIPAL THING IN MY EXHIBITION.

IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT YOU WOULD REFUSE.

I SEE NOW THAT YOU WERE RIGHT.

THE PICTURE CAN NEVER BE SHOWN.

DORIAN,

YOU HAVE BEEN THE ONE PERSON WHO HAS REALLY

INFLUENCED MY ART.

ANYTHING THAT I HAVE DONE THAT IS GOOD,

I OWE TO YOU.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT IT COST ME TO TELL YOU THAT.

MY DEAR BASIL, WHAT HAVE YOU TOLD ME?

MERELY THAT YOU FELT YOU ADMIRED ME TOO MUCH?

THAT IS NOT EVEN A COMPLIMENT.

IT WASN'T INTENDED AS A COMPLIMENT.

IT WAS A CONFESSION.

NOW THAT I'VE MADE IT

SOMETHING SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OUT OF ME.

IT WAS A VERY DISAPPOINTING CONFESSION.

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?

YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE PICTURE, DID YOU?

THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO SEE?

THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO SEE. WHY DO YOU ASK?

BASIL,

YOU AND I ARE FRIENDS. WE ALWAYS WILL BE.

- YOU HAVE HARRY. - OH, HARRY.

HARRY SPENDS HIS DAYS SAYING WHAT IS INCREDIBLE,

AND HIS EVENINGS IN DOING WHAT IS IMPROBABLE.

BUT I DON'T THINK I'D GO TO HARRY IF I WERE IN TROUBLE.

I'D SOONER COME TO YOU.

YOU WILL SIT TO ME AGAIN?

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

THERE IS SOMETHING FATAL ABOUT A PORTRAIT.

IT HAS A LIFE OF ITS OWN.

I'M SORRY THAT YOU WON'T LET ME LOOK AT IT

BUT THAT CAN'T BE HELPED.

AND I DO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU FEEL.

GOODBYE, DORIAN.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE MYSELF OUT.

( door closes )

I'VE OBTAINED THE KEY TO THE SCHOOLROOM FROM MRS. LIEF, MONSIEUR?

VERY WELL, LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE.

- THAT'S ALL. - THE PERSON FROM THE FRAMEMAKER'S IS HERE.

- MR. HUBBARD? - YES.

ASK HIM TO WAIT A FEW MOMENTS.

I'LL CALL HIM MYSELF WHEN I WANT HIM.

WILL THERE BE ANYTHING ELSE?

WHEN MR. HUBBARD IS GONE YOU CAN PUT OUT MY CLOTHES FOR THE EVENING.

I SHALL WANT TO SEE HIM ALONE.

IS THERE ANOTHER KEY EXISTING TO THE SCHOOLROOM?

MRS. LEAF TELLS ME IT IS THE ONLY ONE.

- SHE'S MOST ANXIOUS-- - YES, THANK YOU, VICTOR, THAT WILL BE ALL.

( knocking on door )

Mr. Hubbard: MR. GRAY?

COMING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. GRAY.

I'M SORRY FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING, MR. HUBBARD.

I WAS FEELING UNWELL. HOW KIND OF YOU TO COME SO SOON.

ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU, SIR.

DROP ANYTHING, AS THEY SAY,

TO OBLIGE A GENTLEMAN LIKE YOURSELF.

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, SIR?

I THOUGHT I WOULD DO MYSELF THE HONOR OF COMING IN PERSON.

I'VE JUST GOT A BEAUTY OF A FRAME, SIR.

PICKED IT UP AT A SALE. OLD FLORENTINE.

- CAME FROM FONTHILL. - I'M SO SORRY

YOU GAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE OF COMING ROUND, MR. HUBBARD.

I SHALL CERTAINLY DROP IN AND LOOK AT THE FRAME. BUT TODAY,

I ONLY WANT A PICTURE CARRIED TO THE TOP OF THE HOUSE FOR ME.

IT IS RATHER HEAVY. I THOUGHT I WOULD ASK YOU

TO LEND ME A COUPLE OF YOUR MEN.

THERE'LL BE NO TROUBLE THERE, SIR. DELIGHTED TO BE OF ANY SERVICE.

WHICH IS THE WORK OF ART, SIR?

THIS. CAN YOU MOVE IT?

AS IT IS, COVER AND ALL?

I DON'T WANT TO GET IT SCRATCHED GOING UPSTAIRS.

THERE'LL BE NO DIFFICULTY THERE, SIR.

WOULD YOU AND I?

YES, YOU AND I CAN MANAGE WELL ENOUGH.

Dorian: LIFT.

NOW, WHERE SHALL WE CARRY IT TO, SIR?

IF YOU FOLLOW ME, I'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY.

I'M AFRAID IT IS RATHER HEAVY.

IT'S ON THE TOP FLOOR.

WE'LL GO UP BY THE FRONT STAIRCASE, IT'S WIDER.

Dorian: HERE WE ARE.

GENTLY.

DON'T MIND THE STAIRS, MR. HUBBARD.

PUT IT AGAINST THE WALL OVER HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE IT HUNG.

THAT'LL DO. THANK YOU.

MIGHT ONE LOOK AT THE WORK OF ART, SIR?

NO, IT WOULD NOT INTEREST YOU, MR. HUBBARD.

I SHAN'T TROUBLE YOU ANYMORE NOW.

I'M MUCH OBLIGED FOR YOUR KINDNESS IN COMING ROUND.

OF COURSE. EVER READY TO BE OF ANY SERVICE.

Basil: WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY DELIGHT,

RUNNING INTO YOU IN GROSVENOR SQUARE LIKE THAT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS HERE EARLIER.

I WAITED FOR YOU FOR HOURS.

FINALLY, I TOOK PITY ON YOUR TIRED SERVANT.

AND TOLD HIM TO GO TO BED. I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.

I'M OFF TO PARIS ON THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN

AND I PARTICULARLY WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU BEFORE I LEFT.

MY DEAR BASIL. WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

I HOPE IT IS NOT ABOUT MYSELF. I AM TIRED OF MYSELF TONIGHT.

I SHOULD LIKE TO BE SOMEBODY ELSE.

IT IS ABOUT YOURSELF.

I THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

SOME OF THE DREADFUL THINGS SAID AGAINST YOU IN LONDON.

I DON'T WISH TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. SCANDALS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, I LOVE.

SCANDALS ABOUT MYSELF DON'T INTEREST ME.

- AH, THAT'S HARRY. - BRANDY?

THANK YOU. THEY MUST INTEREST YOU, DORIAN.

MIND YOU, I DON'T BELIEVE THESE RUMORS AT ALL.

AT LEAST, I CAN'T BELIEVE THEM WHEN I SEE YOU.

SIN IS A THING WHICH WRITES ITSELF ACROSS A MAN'S FACE.

IT CANNOT BE HIDDEN.

SOME PEOPLE TALK OF SECRET VICES. THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS.

IF A WRETCHED MAN HAS A SECRET,

IT SHOWS ITSELF IN THE LINES OF HIS MOUTH,

THE DROOPING OF HIS EYES, THE MOLDING OF HIS HANDS.

WHEN I SEE YOUR BRIGHT, INNOCENT FACE

I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYTHING AGAINST YOU.

MIND YOU, I SELDOM SEE YOU NOWADAYS.

YOU NEVER COME DOWN TO MY STUDIO.

AND WHEN I HEAR THESE...

HIDEOUS THINGS THAT ARE BEING WHISPERED AGAINST YOU

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

WHY IS IT, DORIAN

THAT A MAN LIKE THE DUKE OF BERWICK

LEAVES THE ROOM OF A CLUB WHEN YOU ENTER IT?

BASIL, STOP.

YOU ARE TALKING OF THINGS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

YOU ASK ME WHY BERWICK LEAVES THE ROOM WHEN I ENTER IT?

IT IS BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HIS LIFE,

NOT BECAUSE HE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT MINE.

I KNOW HOW PEOPLE CHATTER IN THIS COUNTRY.

IN ENGLAND, IT IS ENOUGH FOR A MAN TO HAVE BRAINS AND DISTINCTION

FOR EVERY COMMON TONGUE TO WAG AGAINST HIM.

AND WHAT SORT OF LIVES DO THESE PEOPLE

WHO POSE AS BEING MORAL LEAD THEMSELVES?

MY DEAR FELLOW,

YOU FORGET THAT WE ARE IN THE NATIVE LAND OF THE HYPOCRITE.

THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION. ENGLAND IS BAD ENOUGH.

AND ENGLISH SOCIETY IS ALL WRONG.

THAT IS-- THAT IS WHY--

I WANT YOU TO BE FINE.

BUT YOU HAVE NOT BEEN FINE, DORIAN.

ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE A MAN BY THE EFFECT

HE HAS OVER HIS FRIENDS. DON'T SHRUG YOUR SHOULDERS.

( yelling ) DON'T BE INDIFFERENT. LISTEN TO ME, DORIAN!

THEY SAY YOU CORRUPT EVERYONE

WITH WHOM YOU BECOME INTIMATE.

THAT IT IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU TO ENTER A HOUSE

FOR SHAME OF SOME KIND TO FOLLOW AFTER.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS TRUE OR NOT.

I DON'T KNOW.

KNOW YOU? DO I KNOW YOU?

I WONDER.

TO ANSWER THAT...

I WOULD HAVE TO SEE YOUR SOUL.

SEE MY SOUL?

( laughs ) BUT ONLY GOD CAN DO THAT.

YOU SHALL SEE IT YOURSELF.

TONIGHT.

COME!

IT IS YOUR OWN HANDIWORK. WHY SHOULDN'T YOU LOOK AT IT?

YOU CAN TELL THE WORLD ALL ABOUT IT IF YOU CHOOSE.

NOBODY WOULD BELIEVE YOU. IF THEY DID BELIEVE YOU

THEY WOULD LIKE ME ALL THE BETTER FOR IT.

I KNOW THE AGE BETTER THAN YOU DO,

THOUGH YOU PRATE ABOUT IT SO TEDIOUSLY.

COME, I TELL YOU. YOU HAVE CHATTED ENOUGH ABOUT CORRUPTION.

NOW YOU SHALL LOOK ON IT FACE TO FACE.

DON'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING.

YOU THINK SO?

COME UPSTAIRS, BASIL.

I KEEP A DIARY OF MY LIFE FROM DAY TO DAY

AND IT NEVER LEAVES THE ROOM IN WHICH IT IS WRITTEN.

I SHALL SHOW IT TO YOU IF YOU COME WITH ME.

I'VE ALREADY MISSED MY TRAIN.

THAT DOESN'T MATTER, I COULD GO TOMORROW.

BUT DON'T ASK ME TO READ ANYTHING, DORIAN.

ALL I WANT IS A PLAIN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION.

THAT SHALL BE GIVEN TO YOU.

UPSTAIRS.

I COULD NOT GIVE IT TO YOU HERE.

YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO READ LONG.

IT IS MY BIRTHDAY.

TOMORROW YOU SHALL HAVE LOST YOUR TRAIN.

YOU INSIST ON KNOWING?

YES, I DO.

I AM DELIGHTED.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO KNOW...

WHATEVER THERE IS TO KNOW.

( door closes )

YOU STILL THINK ONLY GODS SEE SUCH THINGS?

DRAW BACK THE CURTAIN.

YOU'RE MAD, DORIAN, OR YOU'RE PLAYING A PART.

IF YOU WON'T, THEN I SHALL.

IT'S TOO LATE FOR PRAYER, BASIL,

IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OF.

( screams )

KNEEL, DORIAN, KNEEL!

I TOLD YOU, BASIL, PRAYER COMES TOO LATE.

( Basil groans )

DORIAN! OH, DORIAN!

( Basil groans )

( bell rings )

( ringing continues )

GOOD EVENING, SIR. I'M SORRY.

NO, IT IS I WHO AM SORRY. I SEEM TO HAVE FORGOTTEN MY LATCHKEY.

- WHAT TIME IS IT? - 10 MINUTES PAST 2:00.

10 MINUTES PAST 2:00? HOW DREADFULLY LATE.

YOU MUST WAKE ME AT 9:00, FRANCIS, I HAVE SOME WORK TO DO.

ALL RIGHT, SIR.

- Dorian: DID ANYONE CALL THIS EVENING? - MR. HALLWARD, SIR.

HE STAYED HERE TILL 11:00. THEN HE WENT TO CATCH HIS TRAIN.

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SEE HIM. DID HE LEAVE ANY MESSAGE?

NO, EXCEPT TO SAY THAT

HE WOULD WRITE TO YOU FROM PARIS IF HE COULDN'T FIND YOU AT THE CLUB.

VERY GOOD. DON'T FORGET TO WAKE ME AT 9:00 TOMORROW.

- Francis: NO, SIR. - YES, FRANCIS, TOMORROW--

TOMORROW I SHALL WANT TO SEE ALAN CAMPBELL

OF 152 HARTFORD STREET, MAYFAIR.

IF HE IS OUT OF TOWN, I WANT HIS ADDRESS.

- YOU UNDERSTAND? - VERY GOOD, MR. GRAY.

- GOOD NIGHT, FRANCIS. - GOOD NIGHT, SIR.

MR. CAMPBELL, SIR.

ASK HIM TO COME IN AT ONCE.

MR. ALAN CAMPBELL, SIR.

ALAN, THIS IS KIND OF YOU.

I THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I HAD INTENDED NEVER TO ENTER YOUR HOUSE AGAIN.

YOU SAID IT WAS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

YES, IT IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

AND TO MORE THAN ONE PERSON.

SIT DOWN.

ALAN...

IN A LOCKED ROOM AT THE TOP OF THIS HOUSE,

A ROOM TO WHICH NOBODY BUT MYSELF HAS ACCESS, THERE IS A DEAD MAN.

HE HAS BEEN DEAD SOME HOURS NOW.

DON'T STIR AND DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT.

WHO THE MAN IS, WHY HE DIED, HOW HE DIED,

ARE MATTERS THAT DO NOT CONCERN YOU. WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS THIS--

STOP, GRAY. I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING MORE.

WHETHER WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME IS TRUE OR NOT

DOESN'T CONCERN ME.

I ENTIRELY DECLINE TO BE MIXED UP IN YOUR LIFE.

KEEP YOUR HORRIBLE SECRETS TO YOURSELF. THEY DON'T INTEREST ME ANYMORE.

THEY WILL HAVE TO INTEREST YOU.

THIS ONE WILL HAVE TO INTEREST YOU.

I AM SORRY FOR YOU, ALAN.

BUT I CAN'T HELP MYSELF.

YOU ARE THE ONE MAN WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE ME.

I AM FALSE TO BRING YOU INTO THE MATTER.

I HAVE NO OPTION, ALAN.

YOU ARE SCIENTIFIC.

YOU KNOW ABOUT CHEMISTRY AND THINGS OF THAT KIND.

YOU HAVE MADE EXPERIMENTS.

WHAT YOU HAVE GOT TO DO...

IS TO DESTROY THE THING THAT IS UPSTAIRS.

DESTROY IT SO THAT NOT A VESTIGE OF IT WILL BE LEFT.

NOBODY SAW THIS PERSON COME INTO THE HOUSE.

INDEED AT THE PRESENT MOMENT, HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN PARIS.

HE WILL NOT BE MISSED FOR MONTHS.

WHEN HE IS MISSED,

THERE MUST BE NO TRACE OF HIM FOUND HERE.

YOU'RE MAD, DORIAN.

I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO CALL ME DORIAN.

YOU'RE MAD, I TELL YOU. MAD TO IMAGINE

THAT I WOULD RAISE A FINGER TO HELP YOU.

MAD TO MAKE THIS MONSTROUS CONFESSION.

I WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS MATTER, WHATEVER IT IS.

DO YOU THINK I WILL IMPERIL MY REPUTATION FOR YOU?

WHAT'S IT TO ME WHAT DEVIL'S WORK YOU'RE UP TO?

IT WAS SUICIDE, ALAN.

SUICIDE?

WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR IT.

WHO DROVE HIM TO IT? YOU, I SHOULDN'T FANCY.

DO YOU STILL REFUSE TO DO THIS FOR ME?

- YES, I REFUSE. - ALAN, IT WAS MURDER.

- I KILLED HIM. - MURDER?

GOOD GOD, DORIAN, IS THIS WHAT YOU'VE COME TO?

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE HAD MADE ME SUFFER.

LOOK, I'LL NOT INFORM UPON YOU.

BUT I WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

YOU MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, ALAN.

ALL I ASK OF YOU

IS TO PERFORM A CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT.

YOU GO TO HOSPITALS AND DEAD HOUSES.

THE HORRORS YOU DO THERE DON'T AFFECT YOU.

IF IN SOME HIDEOUS DISSECTING ROOM

YOU FOUND THIS MAN LAYING ON A LEADEN TABLE,

WITH RED GUTTERS SCOOPED OUT FOR THE BLOOD TO FLOW THROUGH

YOU'D SIMPLY LOOK UPON HIM AS AN ADMIRABLE SUBJECT.

YOU WOULDN'T TURN A HAIR.

ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO

IS MERELY WHAT YOU'VE DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE

AND REMEMBER,

IT IS THE ONLY PIECE OF EVIDENCE AGAINST ME.

IF IT'S DISCOVERED, I AM LOST.

IT IS SURE TO BE DISCOVERED UNLESS YOU HELP ME.

I'VE NO DESIRE TO HELP YOU.

ALAN, I ENTREAT YOU.

YOU MAY KNOW TERROR YOURSELF SOMEDAY.

DON'T INQUIRE NOW.

I'VE TOLD YOU TOO MUCH AS IT IS.

BUT I BEG OF YOU TO DO THIS FOR ME.

WE WERE FRIENDS ONCE, ALAN.

DON'T SPEAK OF THOSE DAYS. THEY'RE DEAD.

THE DEAD LINGER SOMETIMES. THE MAN UPSTAIRS WON'T GO AWAY.

ALAN, IF YOU DON'T COME TO MY ASSISTANCE

I AM RUINED. THEY WILL HANG ME FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE.

I ABSOLUTELY REFUSE. IT'S INSANE OF YOU TO ASK ME.

- YOU REFUSE? I ENTREAT YOU. - IT'S USELESS.

I AM SORRY FOR YOU, ALAN, BUT YOU LEAVE ME NO ALTERNATIVE.

I HAVE A LETTER WRITTEN ALREADY.

HERE IT IS. YOU SEE THE ADDRESS?

IF YOU DON'T HELP ME I MUST SEND IT.

IF YOU DON'T HELP ME I WILL SEND IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE.

- DORIAN! - COME...

DON'T WORK YOURSELF INTO A FEVER. THIS THING HAS TO BE DONE.

FACE IT AND DO IT.

DECIDE AT ONCE.

NO! I CANNOT DO IT.

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

IS THERE A FIRE IN THE ROOM UPSTAIRS?

YES, THERE IS A GAS FIRE WITH ASBESTOS.

I MUST GO HOME FIRST,

TO GET SOME THINGS FROM THE LABORATORY.

NO ALAN, YOU MUST NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE.

WRITE DOWN THE THINGS YOU REQUIRE.

MY MANSERVANT WILL TAKE A CAB AND BRING THEM TO YOU.

( bell rings )

Francis: YES, SIR?

YOU ARE INFAMOUS.

ABSOLUTELY INFAMOUS.

HUSH, ALAN. YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE.

YOUR LIFE? WHAT KIND OF A LIFE IS THAT?

AH, ALAN.

I WISH YOU HAD A 1,000th PART OF THE PITY FOR ME

AS I HAVE FOR YOU.

COME...

THERE ISN'T A MOMENT TO BE LOST.

I DON'T THINK I CAN GO IN, ALAN.

IT'S NOTHING TO ME. I SHAN'T REQUIRE YOU.

WAIT, ONE MOMENT.

LEAVE ME.

I'LL DO THE THING YOU ASK ME.

AND NOW, LET US NEVER SEEN EACH OTHER AGAIN.

YOU HAVE SAVED MY LIFE, ALAN.

I'LL NOT FORGET THAT.

AAHH! NO, PLEASE. DON'T!

( Dorian grunts, groans )

WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU WANT?

PLEASE DON'T HIT ME!

( gasps )

- WHAT DO YOU WANT? - SIBYL VANE!

- DO YOU WANT MONEY? - I'M GOING TO KILL YOU.

YOU'RE MAD. WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU?

SIBYL VANE WAS MY SISTER.

SHE KILLED HERSELF. I KNOW IT. HER DEATH'S AT YOUR DOOR.

I SWORE I WOULD KILL YOU.

I HAD NO CLUE, NO TRACE. KNEW NOTHING OF YOU

BUT SOME PET NAME SHE USED TO CALL YOU.

SO MAKE YOUR PEACE WITH GOD. TONIGHT, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

YOU'RE MAD. I NEVER HEARD OF HER.

YOU'D BETTER CONFESS YOUR SINS, FOR YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.

- PLEASE. - I GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE TO MAKE YOUR PEACE.

- PLEASE. - ONE MINUTE, THAT'S ALL.

HOW LONG AGO WAS IT WHEN YOUR SISTER DIED? TELL ME.

18 YEARS. BUT WHY DO YOU ASK? WHAT DO YEARS MATTER?

SET ME UNDER THE LAMP AND LOOK AT MY FACE.

( gasps )

Dorian: DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE.

MY GOD!

( Dorian sobs )

MY GOD!

AND I WOULD HAVE MURDERED YOU.

( cries )

( retching )

WHO'S THAT?

DORIAN!

DEAR BOY, WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I WAS PASSING.

I'D HEARD THIS STUDIO WAS FOR SALE.

THE DOOR WAS OPEN.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN HIDING YOURSELF ALL THIS TIME?

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR WEEKS. COME, YOU MUST TELL ME.

NO, HARRY, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

I'VE DONE TOO MANY TERRIBLE THINGS IN MY LIFE

AND I'M NOT GOING TO DO ANY MORE.

I DID MY FIRST GOOD ACTION YESTERDAY.

AND WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY, MAY I ASK?

I WAS STAYING AT SMALL INN IN THE COUNTRY BY MYSELF.

DEAR BOY, NOBODY CAN BE GOOD IN THE COUNTRY.

THERE ARE NO TEMPTATIONS THERE.

THAT IS WHY ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OUT OF TOWN

ARE ABSOLUTELY UNCIVILIZED.

Harry: CIVILIZATION IS NOT AN EASY THING TO ATTAIN TO.

THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS IN WHICH A MAN CAN REACH IT.

ONE IS BY BEING CULTURED, THE OTHER IS BY BEING CORRUPT.

COUNTRY PEOPLE HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY OF BEING EITHER SO THEY SIMPLY STAGNATE.

CULTURE AND CORRUPTION-- I HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING OF BOTH, THANKS TO YOU.

Dorian: I AM GOING TO ALTER. I THINK I HAVE ALTERED.

SPLENDID, BUT YOU HAVEN'T YET TOLD ME

WHAT YOUR GOOD ACTION WAS.

OR DID YOU PERHAPS DO MORE THAN ONE?

COME AND SIT DOWN, DORIAN,

AND TELL ME ALL ABOUT IT.

VERY WELL, HARRY.

THIS IS NOT A STORY I COULD TELL TO ANYONE ELSE.

YESTERDAY, I SPARED SOMEONE.

THAT SOUNDS CONCEITED, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN.

HETTY WAS SIMPLY A GIRL

WHO LIVED IN THE VILLAGE WHERE I WAS STAYING.

SHE WAS QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

WONDERFULLY, LIKE THAT LITTLE ACTRESS-- SIBYL VANE.

Dorian YOU REMEMBER SIBYL VANE, DON'T YOU?

HOW LONG AGO THAT SEEMS.

WELL...

HETTY AND I WERE TO HAVE GONE AWAY TOGETHER THIS MORNING.

WE WERE PERFECTLY IN LOVE.

WE ADORED EACH OTHER. SUDDENLY--

I DETERMINED TO LEAVE HER JUST AS I HAD FOUND HER.

I SHOULD THINK THE NOVELTY OF THE EMOTION

MUST HAVE GIVEN YOU QUITE A THRILL OF PLEASURE.

BUT I CAN FINISH YOUR IDYLL FOR YOU.

YOU GAVE HER SOME GOOD ADVICE AND BROKE HER HEART.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR REFORMATION.

HARRY, YOU ARE INCORRIGIBLE. HETTY'S HEART IS NOT BROKEN.

SHE CRIED AND ALL THAT,

BUT THERE IS NO DISGRACE ON HER. SHE CAN LIVE.

DEAR DORIAN, YOU HAVE THE MOST CURIOUSLY BOYISH MOODS.

YOU IMAGINE THAT THIS GIRL WILL EVER BE SATISFIED

WITH ANYONE OF HER OWN STATION?

I SUPPOSE SHE'LL SOON BE MARRIED TO SOME--

ROUGH CARTER OR GRINNING PLOWMAN?

AND THE FACT THAT SHE'S KNOWN YOU AND LOVED YOU,

WILL TEACH HER TO DESPISE HER HUSBAND

AND SHE WILL BE WRETCHED.

FROM THE MORAL POINT OF VIEW,

I CAN'T THINK VERY MUCH OF YOUR GREAT RENUNCIATION.

EVEN AS A BEGINNING, IT'S POOR.

NO HARRY, DON'T TRY TO CONVINCE ME

THAT THE FIRST GOOD ACTION I'VE DONE FOR YEARS,

THE FIRST BIT OF SELF-SACRIFICE I'VE EVER KNOWN,

IS REALLY A SORT OF SIN.

Dorian: I WANT TO BE BETTER. I AM GOING TO BE BETTER.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

WHAT IS GOING ON IN TOWN?

PEOPLE ARE STILL DISCUSSING POOR BASIL'S DISAPPEARANCE.

I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY'D TIRED OF THAT BY THIS TIME.

DEAR BOY, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR SIX WEEKS.

AND THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS REALLY NOT UP TO THE MENTAL STRAIN

OF MORE THAN ONE TOPIC EVERY THREE MONTHS.

THEY'VE BEEN RATHER FORTUNATE LATELY, HOWEVER.

THEY'VE HAD MY OWN DIVORCE CASE,

AND THAT BRILLIANT ALAN CAMPBELL'S SUICIDE.

NOW THEY HAVE THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF AN ARTIST.

SCOTLAND YARD INSISTS

THAT THE MAN IN THE GRAY ULSTER

WHO LEFT FOR PARIS ON THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN WAS POOR BASIL.

THE FRENCH POLICE DECLARE

THAT BASIL NEVER ARRIVED IN PARIS AT ALL.

I SUPPOSE IN ABOUT A FORTNIGHT

WE SHALL HEAR THAT HE'S BEEN SEEN IN SAN FRANCISCO.

IT'S AN ODD THING, BUT PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR

ARE ALWAYS SAID TO BE SEEN IN SAN FRANSISCO. IT MUST BE A DELIGHTFUL CITY

AND HAVE ALL THE ATTRACTIONS OF THE NEXT WORLD.

AND WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS HAPPENED TO BASIL?

I HAVEN'T THE SLIGHTEST IDEA.

IF BASIL CHOOSES TO HIDE HIMSELF AWAY,

AS YOU'VE BEEN DOING LATELY, IT'S NO BUSINESS OF MINE.

IF HE'S DEAD, I DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

DEATH IS THE ONLY THING THAT EVER TERRIFIES ME.

- I HATE IT. - WHY?

BECAUSE WE CAN SURVIVE EVERYTHING NOW EXCEPT THAT.

DEATH AND VULGARITY

ARE THE ONLY TWO FACTS OF THE 19th CENTURY

WHICH ONE CANNOT EXPLAIN AWAY.

I WAS VERY FOND OF BASIL.

DON'T PEOPLE SAY THAT HE WAS MURDERED?

SOME OF THE NEWSPAPERS DO.

IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME TO BE AT ALL PROBABLE.

I KNOW THERE ARE DREADFUL PLACES IN PARIS,

BUT BASIL WAS NOT THE SORT OF MAN TO GO TO THEM.

HE HAD NO CURIOSITY. IT WAS HIS CHIEF DEFECT.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, HARRY,

IF I TOLD YOU

THAT I HAD MURDERED BASIL?

I WOULD SAY, MY DEAR FELLOW,

YOU WERE POSING FOR A CHARACTER THAT DOESN'T SUIT YOU.

ALL CRIME IS VULGAR

JUST AS ALL VULGARITY IS CRIME.

YOU HAVE NOT GOT IT IN YOU TO COMMIT A MURDER, DORIAN.

SORRY, IF I OFFEND YOUR VANITY BY SAYING SO,

BUT I ASSURE YOU IT'S TRUE.

CRIME BELONGS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE LOWER ORDERS.

I CAN'T SAY I BLAME THEM FOR IT.

I FANCY THAT CRIME MUST BE TO THEM WHAT ART IS TO US,

SIMPLY A METHOD OF PROCURING EXTRAORDINARY SENSATIONS.

DON'T, HARRY.

THE SOUL IS A TERRIBLE REALITY.

IT CAN BE BOUGHT AND SOLD AND BARTERED AWAY.

IT CAN BE POISONED OR MADE PERFECT.

ARE YOU QUITE SURE OF THAT, DORIAN?

- QUITE SURE. - HOW BRAVE YOU ARE.

DON'T BE SO SERIOUS. WHAT HAVE YOU AND I TO DO

WITH THE SUPERSTITIONS OF OUR AGE?

WE'VE GIVEN UP OUR BELIEF IN THE SOUL.

I AM NOT THE SAME, HARRY.

YES YOU ARE. JUST THE SAME.

I AM A LITTLE CHANGED ALREADY.

YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE FOR ME, DORIAN.

YOU AND I WILL ALWAYS BE FRIENDS.

TELL ME IF YOU CAN...

HOW YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR YOUTH.

YOU MUST HAVE SOME SECRET.

YOU LOOK QUITE WONDERFUL, DORIAN.

YOU'VE NEVER LOOKED BETTER THAN YOU DO THIS AFTERNOON.

YOU REMIND ME OF THE FIRST DAY I MET YOU.

YOU WERE RATHER CHEEKY, VERY SHY.

ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.

YOU HAVE CHANGED, OF COURSE.

BUT NOT IN APPEARANCE.

I WISH YOU WOULD TELL ME YOUR SECRET.

TO GET BACK MY YOUTH, I WOULD DO ANYTHING IN THE WORLD...

EXCEPT TAKE EXERCISE,

GET UP EARLY, OR BE RESPECTABLE.

YOUTH!

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT.

GOODBYE, HARRY.

( gasps )

( screams )