Portrait in Black
| Portrait in Black | |
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| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Produced by | Ross Hunter |
| Screenplay by | Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Based on | the play Portrait in Black by Ivan Goff Ben Roberts |
| Starring | Lana Turner Anthony Quinn |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Russell Metty |
| Edited by | Milton Carruth |
Production company | Ross Hunter Productions Inc. |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.4 million[1] |
| Box office | $9.2 million[1] |
Portrait in Black is a 1960 American neo-noir crime drama/thriller film directed by Michael Gordon, and starring Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn. Produced by Ross Hunter, the film was based on the play of the same by name by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts who also wrote the screenplay. The film was distributed by Universal-International. This was the final film appearance by veteran actress Anna May Wong.[2][3]
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[hide]Plot[edit]
Sheila Cabot (Lana Turner) becomes increasingly disturbed as she cares for her ailing, disagreeable husband (Lloyd Nolan). Along the way, she falls in love with Dr. David Rivera (Anthony Quinn), who is tending her husband. This leads to a series of unfortunate events, resulting in the death of the husband and an ensuing murder investigation.
Cast[edit]
- Lana Turner as Sheila Cabot
- Anthony Quinn as Dr. David Rivera
- Richard Basehart as Howard Mason
- Sandra Dee as Cathy Cabot
- John Saxon as Blake Richards
- Ray Walston as Cobb
- Virginia Grey as Miss Lee
- Anna May Wong as Tawny
- Dennis Kohler as Peter Cabot
- Lloyd Nolan as Matthew S. Cabot
- Elizabeth Chan as Chinese dancer
- John Wengraf as Dr. Kessler
- John McNamara as Minister
- George Womack as Foreman
- Paul Birch as Detective lieutenant
Production notes[edit]
Portrait in Black was filmed on in and around San Francisco, including a sequence at Devil's Slide on the Pacific Coast Highway (State Route 1).[4]
Home video release[edit]
Portrait in Black was released on DVD in Region 1 as a Lana Turner double feature with Madame X by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on February 5, 2008.
The play[edit]
The film was based on a play, which premiered in London at the Piccadilly Theatre in 1946, was at Penge Empire w/c 23 September 1946, and had a short run on Broadway the following year. The writers, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, had worked on it for 13 months.[5][6]
Film rights were sold almost immediately for a reported $100,000 against a sliding percentage of the gross to reach a maximum of 15% at $2.5 million.[7] A clause was added that if a film was not released by 30 June 1950, the rights would revert to the authors and they would keep the $100,000. Diana Wynyard appeared in the London production and her husband, Carol Reed was going to direct the film version. However, he disagreed with Universal about how best to adapt it. Another director, Michael Gordon, encountered similar difficulties. In 1948, Goff approached Universal to buy the project back - they said it would cost $316,00, which Goff said was too much. When the 30 June 1950 deadline passed, the project reverted to the authors. They tried to get the film financed with Michael Gordon and Joan Crawford.[8]
Reception[edit]
According to Variety, the film earned $3,600,000 in rentals in 1960.[9]
Radio adaptation[edit]
Portrait in Black was presented on Theatre Guild on the Air March 2, 1952. The one-hour adaptation starred Barbara Stanwyck and Richard Widmark.[10]
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