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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Directed by	Ken Hughes
Screenplay by	Montgomery Hyde; Ken Hughes
Based on	The Stringed Lute; by John Furnell
Produced by	Irving Allen; Albert R. Broccoli; Harold Huth
Starring	Peter Finch; Yvonne Mitchell; James Mason; Nigel Patrick; Lionel Jeffries; John Fraser
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Edited by	Geoffrey Foot
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Production; company	Warwick Films
Distributed by	Eros Films
Release date	28 May 1960 (London);
Running time	123 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£270,000 or £296,500

The Trials of Oscar Wilde, also known as The Man with the Green Carnation and The Green Carnation, is a 1960 British drama film based on the libel and subsequent criminal cases involving Oscar Wilde and the Marquess of Queensberry. It was written by Allen and Ken Hughes, directed by Hughes, and co-produced by Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli and Harold Huth. The screenplay was by Ken Hughes and Montgomery Hyde, based on an unperformed play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell (the pseudonym of Phyllis Macqueen).^[6] The film was made by Warwick Films and released by Eros Films.

It stars Peter Finch as Wilde, Lionel Jeffries as Queensberry, and John Fraser as Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) with James Mason, Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Maxine Audley, Paul Rogers and James Booth.

Cast

Peter Finch as Oscar Wilde
Yvonne Mitchell as Constance Wilde
Sonia Dresdel as Lady Wilde
Emrys Jones as Robbie Ross
Lionel Jeffries as Marquis of Queensbury
James Mason as Sir Edward Carson
Nigel Patrick as Sir Edward Clarke
John Fraser as Lord Alfred Douglas
Maxine Audley as Ada Leverson
Ian Fleming as Arthur
Laurence Naismith as the Prince of Wales
James Booth as Alfred Wood
Michael Goodliffe as Charles Gill
Naomi Chance as Lillie Langtry

Production

In November 1959, Ken Hughes said he hoped for Laurence Olivier or Alec Guinness to play the title role. "I know American actors who would run a mile rather than play a part like this, but the film will be a flop unless Wilde is played by someone of stature," said Hughes. "We are going to have some stiff legal problems. We shall approach the Queensberry family. The Marquis will be shown as the villain and I don't know how his family will like that. As for Wilde, the film will show him deserving pity, a genius living in a superficial fantasy world."^[7]

Vyvyan Holland (Wilde's son) said "the film company has not approached me. I should be very glad to act as advisor although I cannot say I would approve until I have seen the script".^[7]

In February 1960, it was announced Peter Finch would play the role for a fee of £25,000. "I'm scared stiff," said Finch. "Mind you the fact it's such a challenge is one reason I'm so keen. It's exciting to do something everybody says you can't."^[8]

It was one of two films about Wilde released in 1960, the other being 20th Century Fox' Oscar Wilde starring Robert Morley. According to production designer Ken Adam, producer Irving Allen set up four editing rooms for the production, working in parallel during principal photography; this meant that the film could be screened in the West End seven weeks after the start of filming.^[9]^[1] The production was filmed in Technirama.^[1]

Release

The film was released at midnight on Saturday, 28 May 1960 at Studio One in London before its general release on 30 May 1960.^[1] It was released a week after Oscar Wilde.^[1] Producers of both films originally refused to change their movie titles. Eventually, after confusion at various cinemas, Warwick announced they would release The Trials of Oscar Wilde as The Green Carnation.^[10]

Reception

Critical

In his review of the film, Bosley Crowther wrote: "Mr. Wilde himself could not have expected his rare personality or his unfortunate encounters with British justice on a morals charge to have been more sympathetically or affectingly dramatized. In comparison to that other British picture about the same subject that opened [in New York City] last week, this one is more impressive in every respect, save one."^[11] Crowther concludes the review saying "The only thing is you wonder if this is a fairly true account, if Mr. Wilde was as noble and heroic as he is made to appear. And if he was, what was he doing with those cheap and shady young men? It looks to us as if they are trying to whitewash a most unpleasant case, which is one of the more notorious and less ennobling in literary history."^[11]

John Simon described The Trials of Oscar Wilde as "an unjustly neglected movie".^[12]

Variety magazine, commenting on the performances, said "Peter Finch gives a moving and subtle performance as the ill-starred playwright. Before his downfall he gives the man the charm that he undoubtedly had....John Fraser as handsome young Lord Alfred Douglas is suitably vain, selfish, vindictive and petulant and the relationship between the two is more understandable. Where Trials suffers in comparison with the B&W film is in the remarkable impact of the libel case court sequence. James Mason never provides the strength and bitter logic necessary for the dramatic cut-and-thrust when Wilde is in the witness box."^[13]

The film has been called "Hughes' one undeniable classic."^[14]

Box office

Kine Weekly called it a "money maker" at the British box office in 1960.^[15]

Accolades

Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards	Best Film from any Source	Ken Hughes	Nominated	^[16]
	Best British Film	Ken Hughes	Nominated
	Best British Actor	Peter Finch	Won
	Best British Actor	John Fraser	Nominated
	Best British Screenplay	Ken Hughes	Nominated
Golden Globe Awards	Best English-Language Foreign Film		Won	^[17]
Moscow International Film Festival	Grand Prix	Ken Hughes	Nominated	^[18]
	Best Actor	Peter Finch	Won
	Best Decorator	Bill Constable	Won
	Best Costume Designer	Terence Morgan	Won

Influence

The film was the inspiration for a promotional film made for the Rolling Stones song "We Love You"; the 1967 film, directed by Peter Whitehead, featured Mick Jagger as Wilde, Keith Richards as the judge in the Wilde trial, and Marianne Faithfull as Bosie.^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Myers, Harold (1 June 1960). "A Queer Rivalry: 2 'Oscar Wildes'". Variety. p. 7. Retrieved 2 February 2021 – via Internet Archive.
^ Release information from the BFI National Archive Film & TV Database
^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p138
^ Film Makers’ ‘Rusty Swords’ Date: Saturday, May 14, 1960 Publication: The Daily Telegraph p13
^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
^ John Furnell (pseud. Phyllis Macqueen)
^ ^a ^b Goring, Edward (17 November 1959). "Oscar Wilde's life story to be filmed". Daily Mail. p. 1.
^ Tanfield, Paul (16 February 1960). "Mr Finch signs for Oscar Wilde and £25,000". Daily Mail. p. 12.
^ A Kubrick Masterclass with Sir Ken Adam, Hosted by Sir Christopher Frayling Archived 2 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, from The Script Factory
^ "Warwick Gives in on 'Wilde' Title Change". Variety. 31 August 1960. p. 20 – via Internet Archive.
^ ^a ^b Crowther, Bosley (28 June 1960). "Wilde Absolved: Writer's 'Trials' Get New Examination". The New York Times.
^ Simon, John (1983). John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years of Films From Abroad. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 19.
^ Rich. (1 June 1960). "Film Reviews: The Trials of Oscar Wilde". Variety. p. 6. Retrieved 2 February 2021 – via Internet Archive.
^ Vagg, Stephen (14 November 2020). "Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur". Filmink.
^ Billings, Josh (15 December 1960). "It's Britain 1, 2, 3 again in the 1960 box office stakes". Kine Weekly. p. 9.
^ "BAFTA Awards (1961)". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
^ "The Trials of Oscar Wilde – Golden Globes". HFPA. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
^ Oscar in Popular Culture^{[permanent dead link‍]}, from Issue no 45 (July 2008) of The Oscholars

External links

The Trials of Oscar Wilde at IMDb

[rival-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Myers, Harold (1 June 1960). "A Queer Rivalry: 2 'Oscar Wildes'". Variety. p. 7. Retrieved 2 February 2021 – via Internet Archive.

[2] Release information from the BFI National Archive Film & TV Database

[3] Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p138

[4] Film Makers’ ‘Rusty Swords’ Date: Saturday, May 14, 1960 Publication: The Daily Telegraph p13

[money-5] Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360

[6] John Furnell (pseud. Phyllis Macqueen)

[ken-7] Goring, Edward (17 November 1959). "Oscar Wilde's life story to be filmed". Daily Mail. p. 1.

[8] Tanfield, Paul (16 February 1960). "Mr Finch signs for Oscar Wilde and £25,000". Daily Mail. p. 12.

[9] A Kubrick Masterclass with Sir Ken Adam, Hosted by Sir Christopher Frayling Archived 2 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, from The Script Factory

[10] "Warwick Gives in on 'Wilde' Title Change". Variety. 31 August 1960. p. 20 – via Internet Archive.

[nyt-11] Crowther, Bosley (28 June 1960). "Wilde Absolved: Writer's 'Trials' Get New Examination". The New York Times.

[12] Simon, John (1983). John Simon: Something to Declare Twelve Years of Films From Abroad. Clarkson N. Potter Inc. p. 19.

[13] Rich. (1 June 1960). "Film Reviews: The Trials of Oscar Wilde". Variety. p. 6. Retrieved 2 February 2021 – via Internet Archive.

[filmink-14] Vagg, Stephen (14 November 2020). "Ken Hughes Forgotten Auteur". Filmink.

[15] Billings, Josh (15 December 1960). "It's Britain 1, 2, 3 again in the 1960 box office stakes". Kine Weekly. p. 9.

[16] "BAFTA Awards (1961)". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 23 November 2013.

[17] "The Trials of Oscar Wilde – Golden Globes". HFPA. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[Moscow1961-18] "2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2012.

[19] Oscar in Popular Culture^{[permanent dead link‍]}, from Issue no 45 (July 2008) of The Oscholars

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