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    Dragonwyck

    Dragonwyck

    Presented by Harvard Film Archive at Harvard Film Archive

    August 19, 2011

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    Rarely screened today, Mankiewicz's directorial debut is a dark romantic fantasy about a spirited young 19th-century farm girl whose life is changed by an invitation to live with her mysterious cousin, one of the last of the baronial landholders bitterly resented by the exploited local farmers. An important entry in the Forties cycle of feminist Gothic films inaugurated by Rebecca, Mankiewicz's moody cult classic offered seminal, early roles for both Gene Tierney as a winsome ingénue and Vincent Price as an ambivalently villainous charmer. Dragonwyck reveals Mankiewicz's enduring fascination with the past as a dangerous fantasy realm that ultimately destroys those who linger within it.


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        Harvard Film Archive

        Harvard Film Archive Cinematheque
        24 Quincy Street
        Cambridge, MA 02138

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        $9 - Regular Admission
        $7 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard Faculty and Staff, and Senior Citizens
        Regular HFA screenings are free for all Harvard students with a valid photo ID.
        Discounts apply for Harvard Film Archive Members

        Info Phone: 617.495.4700 or 496.3211

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        Dates:
        August 19, 2011

        Times:

        9:15pm

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