Wuthering Heights (1920)

The first screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's book about star cross'd lovers who demolish themselves and everyone around them with their self-destructive love.

Director:

A.V. Bramble

Writers:

Emily Brontë (novel), Eliot Stannard (adaptation)

Stars:

Milton Rosmer, Colette Brettel, Warwick Ward

Cast

Credited cast:
Milton Rosmer	...	Heathcliff
Colette Brettel	...	Catherine Earnshaw
Warwick Ward	...	Hindley Earnshaw
Ann Trevor	...	Cathy
John L. Anderson	...	Edgar Linton
Cecil Morton York	...	Earnshaw
Cyril Raymond	...	Hareton
Dora De Winton	...	Mrs. Linton
Aileen Bagot	...	Frances Earnshaw
Mrs. Templeton	...	Nelly Dean
George Traill	...	Joseph
Alfred Bennett	...	Reverend Shields
Albert Brantford	...	Heathcliff, as a child
Lewis Barber	...	Hareton, as a child
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Florence Hunter	...	Cathy, as a child (as Baby Twinkles)

Storyline

The first screen adaptation of Emily Bronte's book about star cross'd lovers who demolish themselves and everyone around them with their self-destructive love.

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Plot Keywords:

tragedy | based on novel

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Taglines:

Emily Bronte's tremendous story of hate

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Also Known As:

Cumbres borrascosas

Filming Locations:

Kildwick Hall, Haworth, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ideal

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 90 min (six reels)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Bronte Parsonage Museum in England is trying to find a copy of this rare film. It is believed to be the first film adaptation of a Bronte novel, and it starred some of the UK's most popular actors of the time.

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Connections

Version of O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes (1967)

User Reviews

How Can You Rate A Missing Film?

As I write this nine people have given this 1920 British silent version of "Wuthering Heights" an average rating of 8.5! That's pretty good for a film that does not seem to exist any longer. I can only assume that they are rating one of the many other versions of this film made during the sound era. Having a great love and respect for what filmmakers were able to create in the so called silent era of film-making, it would be fascinating to see how "Wuthering Heights" handled. If the British had the talent that the Swedish Victor Seastrom show with his realistic acting and directing of the 1920 "The Phantom Carriage", then the film would be well worth finding. I doubt that the English filmmakers were turning out films to match Seastrom's masterpiece, but then neither were the American filmmakers doing so. Let's hope that someday this missing film will resurface.