The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 8

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Memorable quotes from The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film, based on Oscar Wilde's novel), with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: George Sanders (Lord Henry Wotton), Hurd Hatfield (Dorian Gray), Lowell Gilmore (Basil Hallward), Angela Lansbury (Sibyl Vane), Donna Reed (Gladys Hallward)

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141 But in your case, the strange impulse to be good is merely the effect of your approaching marriage. It will wear off in time.
142 But surely if one lives for oneself, one pays a terrible price for doing so.
143 But surely you can't be serious. -I hope I shall never be more serious.
144 But the painting would always be there to tempt his weakness. Better to destroy it to grow old inevitably as all men grow old.
145 But the wretched creature whose soul is filled with dark thoughts and foul deeds must dwell in darkness.
146 But then one of Dorian's valets came to see me about a position. It struck me how often Dorian changed his servants. This one told me that Dorian would seal up that room at all hours and lock himself in.
147 But there's no one to play for me. Everyone's gone. -I think I might manage the accompaniment.
148 But this is monstrous. It's beyond nature, beyond reason. What does it mean?

Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore)

149 But what if Allen Campbell should be out of England? Days would pass before he could come back. Perhaps he would refuse to come.
150 But when the knife pierced the heart of the portrait an extraordinary thing happened.

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