American. Directed by Phillips Smalley. Starring: Wallace Reid as Dorian Gray, Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley.

I was thrilled to find out that Wallace Reid played Dorian Gray. I saw him in Carmen and fell in love. Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate a copy of this film. Believe me, I'll be looking.

Russian. Directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold. Starring: Varvara Yanova.
Thiemann and Reinhardt production. Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. The film is presumed lost.

American. Directed by Fred W. Durrant. Written by Rowland Talbot. Starring: Henry Victor as Dorian Gray, Pat O'Malley as Sybil Vane, Sydney Bland as Basil Hallward, Dorothy Fane as Lady Marchmont, Jack Jordan as Lord Henry Wootton, Douglas Cox as James Vane, Miriam Ferris in an Undetermined Role, A.B. Imeson as Satan(!).

Viewer comment from: shanfloyd, India (from IMDb)
Date: 25 January 2003
Summary: The first real effort but that's all.
Well, this was the first real effort to feature Oscar Wilde's immortal novel and therefore, an extremely rare piece, only for collectors. The opportunity to see this silent movie practically had been quite an experience. What irritated me was that Fred Durant and Rowland Talbot has changed the original course of the story in a number of times to incorporate it with a tinge of horror.
Henry Victor did not seem convincing as Dorian Gray, even in the scale of that era. Jack Jordan was rather good as Lord Henry. But director Durant often failed to focus him much, while he was the most important character of the real story. In all, this 1916 edition has only historical value, nothing else.

German. Directed by Richard Oswald. Written by Richard Oswald. Starring: Bernd Aldor as Dorian Gray, Ernst Pittschau as Herzog Henry Wotton, Ernst Ludwig as Basil Hallward/Maler, Andreas Van Horn as Alan Campbell/Chemiker, Lea Lara as Sibyl Vane, Sophie Pagay as Deren Mutter, Arthur Wellin as James Vane/Sibyls Bruder, Lupu Pick as Dorians Kammerdiener.
Runtime: 80 min. Film length (metres):1766 m (5 reels)(8 reels) (Germany). Film negative format (mm/video inches): 35 mm. Cinematographic process: Spherical. Printed film format: 35 mm. Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1.

Hungarian. Directed by Alfréd Deésy. Written by József Pakots. Starring: Norbert Dán as Dorian Gray, Bela Lugosi as Lord Henry Wotton (as Arisztid Olt), Lajos Gellért as Jim (as Viktor Kurd), Annie Góth as Princess Marborough, Ella Hollán, Richard Kornay as The prince, Ila Lóth as Sibyl Vane, Gusztáv Turán as Basil Hallward, Camilla von Hollay as Hetti (as Kamilla Hollay).
Production Design by István Szirontai Lhotka. Film length (metres):1820 m. Film negative format (mm/video inches):35 mm. Cinematographic process: Spherical. Printed film format: 35 mm. Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1.