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Wuthering Heights (13-Apr-1939)
Director: William Wyler Writers: Charles MacArthur; Ben Hecht From novel: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontė Music: Alfred Newman Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Keywords: Romantic Drama The gypsy boy Heathcliff is taken in by the Earnshaw family, where he and the daughter Catherine fall in love. But she cannot marry into his lower class; Heathcliff ventures to America and Catherine marries Edgar Linton. Upon his return as a wealthy man Heathcliff marries Edgar's sister Isabella, and proceeds to disrupt all of their lives. Told in flashback by the housekeeper Ellen Dean to a traveler, Lockwood, who believes he has seen a ghost. Story taken largely from the first half of Brontė's novel. Won Oscar for Best Cinematography; received 7 additional nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay. Entered 2007 into the National Film Registry.
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| Leo G. Carroll |
Actor |
25-Oct-1892 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor, survived into talkies |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Actor |
24-Nov-1913 |
17-Jul-2005 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Cecil Kellaway |
Actor |
22-Aug-1893 |
28-Feb-1973 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Miles Mander |
Actor |
14-May-1888 |
8-Feb-1946 |
The Three Musketeers |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Merle Oberon |
Actor |
19-Feb-1911 |
23-Nov-1979 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Laurence Olivier |
Actor |
22-May-1907 |
11-Jul-1989 |
Shakespearean actor |
| Flora Robson |
Actor |
28-Mar-1902 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Fire Over England |
| Hugh Williams |
Actor |
6-Mar-1904 |
7-Dec-1969 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
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