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1945

DRAGONWYCK

PRODUCTION

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

INTRIGUE

A young farm girl marries an eerie Dutch aristocrat.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

A triumph. Gene is nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. Time praises “a performance of magnificent cruelty”.

THE ROLE OF GENE

Miranda Wells, gothic heroine caught in a trap. Mankiewicz’s first film as director. Gene would later say that she felt she was shooting “a poisoned fairy tale”.