At the height of his fame, Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is believed to be a romantic rel | dG1fZHZsc0RfZ2FPcms
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00:00 (CROWD CHEERING)
00:01 <i> Oscar Wilde, the man</i> <i> with the green coronation.</i>
00:06 <i> Oscar Wilde, the</i> <i> brilliantly successful playwright</i>
00:10 <i> whose wicked witty quips</i> <i> are still today's</i> <i> most popular epigrams.</i>
00:14 Mr. Wilde, may I present you with this, sir?
00:18 Charming.
00:19 Every time I smell them, I shall think of you, Lord Queen.
00:23 (ALL LAUGHING)
00:25 <i> Not so long ago, he created</i> <i> the most outrageous scandal</i>
00:28 <i> of the century.</i>
00:30 <i> Not so long ago, it was</i> <i> a name you had to whisper.</i>
00:33 There's still one thing.
00:35 All these stories I hear about you,
00:37 there isn't any truth in them, is there?
00:39 <i> Even today, Oscar Wilde</i> <i> makes news in the top news dailies.</i>
00:43 <i> Even today, the life story</i> <i> of this controversial figure</i>
00:46 <i> and his trials at the Old Daily</i>
00:48 <i> still provide angry,</i> <i> passionate argument.</i>
00:51 Well, Lord Queensberry, it's all right, Arthur, you can go.
00:54 It seems the peerage don't have a monopoly of good men.
00:57 If I catch you two again together,
01:00 I shall take a whip to you, sir,
01:02 and I shall thrash you to the ground.
01:05 - You're leaving now. - Hit him!
01:08 Hit him!
01:25 When I married you,
01:27 I didn't believe it was possible to love anybody more than I loved you.
01:31 I still love you, darling.
01:36 Help me, Constance.
01:38 Help me.
01:40 <i> Also starring John Fraser</i> <i> as Lord Alfred Douglas,</i>
01:43 <i> better known as Bozy...</i>
01:45 To the importance of being honest.
01:47 To the importance of friendship.
01:49 <i> The extravagant, spoiled son</i> <i> of a great eccentric.</i>
01:52 How I ever came to think you were so marvelous.
01:55 Bozy, for God's sake, go away!
01:57 <i> Idle of society, and look at you,</i> <i> sniveling like some kicked dog.</i>
02:01 You are not going to throw me aside just because you've no further use for me.
02:05 You're not my father!
02:07 <i> Lionel Jeffreys as Wilde's</i> <i> greatest enemy,</i>
02:11 <i> the Marquess of Queensberry.</i>
02:13 - Damn your insolence! - Please!
02:15 I'm going back to London this afternoon, and I warn you,
02:18 if ever you try and interfere in my private affairs again,
02:21 I'll buy myself a pistol,
02:23 and I'll hunt you down and kill you.
02:26 <i> And guest stars James Mason</i> <i> as prosecuting counsel Edward Carson,</i>
02:30 <i> Nigel Patrick, defending</i> <i> counsel Sir Edward Clark,</i>
02:34 <i> two of the greatest lawyers</i> <i> of their time,</i>
02:37 <i> in one of the most famous</i> <i> criminal libel cases of all time.</i>
02:41 Silver cigarette case for Mr. Taylor.
02:44 A gold-topped walking stick for Mr. Parker.
02:48 A book for Mr. Wood inscribed to Alfred from Oscar.
02:53 If I may say so, my lord, my learned friend has no right
02:56 to make suggestions of certain behavior
02:58 with a group of persons not represented in this court
03:00 and whose evidence we have not heard.
03:02 But you will hear it, Sir Edward.
03:04 It's my intention to produce every one of the persons mentioned just now
03:07 in this court tomorrow morning.
03:09 On your own, you're a group of blackmailers and police suspects.
03:11 Nevertheless, they will be here to deliver their testimony,
03:14 testimony that will prove my client's plea of justification
03:17 beyond any possible shadow of doubt.
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03:41 (dramatic music)