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7 April 1939 (USA)
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A Story of Vengeful Thwarted Love more
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The story of unfortunate lovers Heathcliff and Cathy who, despite a deep affection for one another,...
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Won Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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7 nominations
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A Goldwyn-Wyler-Bronte Masterpiece
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Merle Oberon | ... | Cathy |
 | Laurence Olivier | ... | Heathcliff |
 | David Niven | ... | Edgar |
 | Flora Robson | ... | Ellen |
| Donald Crisp | ... | Dr. Kenneth |
 | Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Isabella |
| Hugh Williams | ... | Hindley |
| Leo G. Carroll | ... | Joseph |
| Miles Mander | ... | Lockwood |
| Cecil Kellaway | ... | Earnshaw |
| Cecil Humphreys | ... | Judge Linton |
| Sarita Wooton | ... | Cathy - as a Child (as Sarita Wooten) |
| Rex Downing | ... | Heathcliff - as a Child |
| Douglas Scott | ... | Hindley - as a Child |
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104 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Australia:PG |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
USA:TV-PG (TV rating) |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-12 (1955) |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (certificate #5104) |
Germany:6
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Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier apparently detested each other. Legend has it that when William Wyler yelled "Cut!" after a particularly romantic scene, Oberon shouted back to her director about her co-star "Tell him to stop spitting at me!"
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Continuity: Near the end of the deathbed scene, Cathy has her arms around Heathcliff's neck, and takes them away. When the camera angle changes, her arms are around his neck again.
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Referenced in The Cider House Rules (1999)
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The Wedding March
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One of the finest romantic films ever filmed, this 1939 Samuel Goldwyn production rates with many - including myself - as being the most beloved version of Emily Bronte's haunting novel. Although it stops at chapter seventeen and the ending is seen as a bit trite by some, it's a brilliantly enacted, finely mounted production with beautiful photography and authentic period detail set-wise. Merle Oberon is well-cast as the selfish, vain and rather shallow Cathy. What makes her character so intriguing and interesting is that no matter what happens to her materially, she has an undying love for the gypsy-blooded heathen named Heathcliff. Laurence Olivier, never a great success in films prior to this, gives a brutally honest account of everything Bronte's Heathcliff should be: proud, bold, vengeful & darkly brooding -a tortured soul in general. Wyler's guiding hand is patent throughout: it was Olivier himself who gave credit to the meticulous director in teaching him the particular ropes of screen acting: it shows! Lady-like Isabella is well-played by the Irish Geraldine Page, while Ellen, the long-suffering servant is played sympathetically by the fine character actress Flora Robson. David Niven, ideally cast as the milquetoasty Edgar Linton, actually had a clause in his contract which freed him from having to do crying scenes! A timeless masterpiece of the "haunting" love story genre, this was Goldwyn's personal favourite of all his films.