Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde (1960)

At last it can be told… He shocked the world!

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.

Date of release
1960-05-29
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (12)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gregory Ratoff

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde is a 1960 biographical film about Oscar Wilde, made by Vantage Films and released by 20th Century Fox. The film was directed by Gregory Ratoff and produced by William Kirby, from a screenplay by Jo Eisinger, based on the play Oscar Wilde by Leslie Stokes and Sewell Stokes. The film starred Robert Morley, Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Calvert and Alexander Knox.

Production

This was one of two films about Wilde released in 1960, the other being The Trials of Oscar Wilde. They were both released in the last week of May 1960.

Author and former film extra Brian Edward Hurst gives a detailed description of a scene he witnessed during filming where Morley (as Wilde) attempted to pick up a newspaper boy on a foggy London street. Hurst's book: Heaven Can Help – the Autobiography of a Medium describes the day's filming at Walton Studios. The attempted seduction scene was cut from the final version.

This film was a lower budget production which was compared unfavourably with the wide-screen, technicolor The Trials of Oscar Wilde.

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