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Wuthering Heights (1939)

NR 04/07/1939 Drama, Romance 1h 44m
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7.5/10
96%

I am torn with Desire . . tortured by hate!

Overview

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.

William Wyler

Director

Charles MacArthur

Screenplay

Ben Hecht

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Merle Oberon

Merle Oberon

Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier

Heathcliff

David Niven

David Niven

Edgar Linton

Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Ellen Dean

Donald Crisp

Donald Crisp

Dr. Kenneth

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Isabella Linton

Hugh Williams

Hugh Williams

Hindley Earnshaw

Leo G. Carroll

Leo G. Carroll

Joseph

Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Lockwood

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Media

Wuthering Heights Official Trailer #1 - David Niven Movie (1939) HD

Wuthering Heights Official Trailer #1 - David Niven Movie (1939) HD

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on May 12, 2019

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'...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on June 22, 2022

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 h...

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