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Wuthering Heights
I am torn with Desire… tortured by hate!
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
- Original title
- Wuthering Heights
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- EN
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- US
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CinemaSerf
Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB
I venture to suggest that this wonderfully evocative adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic story will never be surpassed. The novel is essentially a tale of lost love and the trio of Merle Oberon ("Cathy"), Laurence Olivier ("Heathcliffe") and David Niven ("Edgar") manage to encapsulate all the emotions of sadness, of bitterness and of despair superbly. "Heathcliffe" is the abandoned boy brought to the home of the wealthy "Earnshaw" family by Cecil Kellaway where he gradually falls in love with daughter "Cathy". When the old man dies, his son "Hindley" (Hugh Williams) inherits, treating "Heathcliffe" as little better than a servant before he eventually drives him away. When he returns wealthy, many years later, he discovers "Cathy" now married to the debonair, if rather dull, Niven. What happens now is the stuff of English literature at it's most enigmatically dramatic. Whilst the screenplay does skim over much of the detailed characterisations, and some of the sub-plot from the book, it nonetheless captures the spirit of the story in both an atmospheric and charismatic fashion - with Flora Robson at her melancholic best as the recounter of our tale. Oberon and Olivier are excellent at conveying the sense of distress and longing and the cinematography of the bleak, but liberating, Yorkshire Moors all contribute to an engrossing, really rather sad story.
John Chard
May 12, 2019 · via TMDB
Cathy, Cathy, come in, Cathy come back to me. Wuthering Heights is directed by William Wyler and adapted to screenplay by Charles MacArthur & Ben Hecht from the novel of the same name written by Emily Bronte. It stars Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Flora Robson. Music is scored by Alfred Newman and cinematography is by Gregg Toland. OK, so it's only a part of Bronte's classic novel, and yes some liberties have been taken, but Wuthering Heights is still a wonderfully involving picture. Expertly played by the actors and directed with adroitness, it's a haunting tale of tragedy, love and passions never to be sated. Moodily photographed by Toland, who won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in the process, tale unfolds in flashback style that's aided by retrospect narration from Robson's wily house keeper Ellen Dean. Characters are perfectly formed as children, expanded upon into adulthood; with Olivier and Oberon coming into their own on the acting front, then the story reaches its denouement to leave the viewer flushed with emotion. All given dramatic impetus by Alfred Newman's sweeping score. 1939 was a stellar year for classic cinema, Wuthering Heights is deservedly a part of that upper echelon number. Brilliant. 9/10
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Merle Oberon
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Laurence Olivier
Heathcliff
David Niven
Edgar Linton
Flora Robson
Ellen Dean
Donald Crisp
Dr. Kenneth
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Isabella Linton
Hugh Williams
Hindley Earnshaw
Leo G. Carroll
Joseph
Miles Mander
Lockwood
Cecil Kellaway
Earnshaw
Cecil Humphreys
Judge Linton
Sarita Wooton
Cathy as a Child
Rex Downing
Heathcliff as a Child
Douglas Scott
Hindley as a Child
Romaine Callender
Robert (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
Giles (uncredited)
William Stelling
Dancer (uncredited)
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
William Wyler
Director
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Emily Brontë
Novel
Ben Hecht
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Mar 24, 1939
Hollywood, California
Apr 7, 1939
