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About this title: Peter Finch portrays the titular flamboyant Irish poet/playwright in The Trials of Oscar Wilde. The storyline, lifted to a great extent from actual court records, recounts Wilde's late 19th century libel action against the Marquis of Queensbury. The author loses, whereupon he himself is tried for sodomy due to his homosexual affair with the Marquis' son, Lord Douglas. Wilde is sentence to five years in prison; the public humiliation leads to the once-proud writer's immortal poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol--and to his premature death in 1900. The film had to tiptoe around certain touchy ...
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde (Aka the Green Carnation)
Ken Hughes
Format: VHS
Description: Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Lionel Jeffries, John Fraser, Sonia Dresdel. New in new packaging. 1960 Run time: 120. The flamboyant playwright brings about his own downfall when he sues the Marquis of Queensbury for slander, and ends up going to jail for sodomy. Entertaining depiction of Wilde's court case, with much of the story being taken from actual court records. Produced by Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccolli and Harold Huth. Written by Ken Hughes. read more
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