Dragonwyck (1946)


Dragonwyck
Release Date10 April 1946
Budget$2,000,000
TaglineDANGEROUSLY She dared to LOVE! (original ad - all caps)
GenreDrama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming Locations20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassGothic Film, Period Film
ThemesTreacherous Spouses, Infidelity
TonesMelancholy, Atmospheric, Ominous
TagsAttic, Childbirth, Daughter, Death, Doctor/nurse, Drugs, Employment, Estate, Farmer, Feudalism, Gothic, Help, Holland, Kill, Loot, Love, Love Triangle, Man, Maniac, Mansion, Marriage, Master [expert], Murder, Poison, Relative, Resentment, Servant, Son, Tenant, Terror, Wife, Woman

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.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Miranda Wells

Ephraim Wells

Nicholas Van Ryn

Glenn Langan
Dr. Jeff Turner

Abigail Wells

Katrine Van Ryn

Klaus Bleecker

Johanna Van Ryn

Peggy O'Malley

Elizabeth Van Borden

Shelby Bacon
Boy Dancer

Robert Baldwin
Farmer

Walter Baldwin
Tom Wilson

Bill Carter
Man

Ruth Cherrington
Dowager

John Chollot
French Count

Clancy Cooper
Farmer

Jamie Dana
Seth Wells

Edwin Davis
Boy Dancer

Wally Dean
Servant

Scott Elliott
Tom Wells

Nestor Eristoff
Man

Tom Fadden
Otto Gebhardt, Farmer

Betty Fairfax
Mrs. McNab

George Ford
Man

Cornelia Van Borden

Michael Garrison
Zack Wilson

Robert 'Buzz' Henry
Messenger Boy

Keith Hitchcock
Mr. McNabb

Harry Humphrey
Farmer

Boyd Irwin
Tompkins, the Butler

Virginia Lee
Helena Vanderhyde

Robert Malcolm
Farmer

Tom Martin
Servant

Walter Marx
Boy

Tabitha Wells

Steve Olsen
Vendor on boat

Francis Pierlot
Dr. Brown

Head Farmer

Mickey Roth
Nathaniel Wells

Alexander Sascha
Man

Count De Grenier

Larry Steers
Servant

Astor House clerk

Art Thompson
Servant

David Vallard
Obadiah

Nanette Vallon
French Countess

Maya Van Horn
Countess De Grenier

Elizabeth Williams
Dowager

Al Winters
Servant

Douglas Wood
Mayor Curtis

Writer

Producer

producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Arthur C. Miller

Editor

Dorothy Spencer
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Art Director

J. Russell Spencer

Set Decorator

Thomas Little
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Makeup Department

makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

F.E. 'Johnny' Johnston
assistant director

Art Department

Paul S. Fox
associate set decorator

Larry Haddock
props

Sound Department

W.D. Flick
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special photographic effects

Sol Halperin
transparency projection shots

Ralph Hammeras
miniatures

J.O. Taylor
transparency projection shots

Camera and Electrical Department

Paul Lockwood
second camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

René Hubert
costumes

Music Department

Edward B. Powell
orchestral arrangements

Charles Althouse
music mixer

Paul Neal
music mixer

Murray Spivack
music mixer

Other Crew

Arthur Appel
dances staged by

presenter

Katherine Lambert
research assistant

Arthur Pierson
dialogue director

Frances C. Richardson
research director

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Media Cooperation One (MC-One)

Umbrella Entertainment

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Silver Screen Archive






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