Wuthering Heights
I am torn with Desire… tortured by hate!
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$593 914
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Daniel Mandell
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All team (21)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Samuel Goldwyn found the initial screenplay too bleak for a romantic film and hired several writers to revise it. Among them was a young John Huston, who stated that the script was excellent and did not need to be reworked (however, he ultimately did not refuse the fee).
- The heather featured in the film was brought from England and transplanted to the swamps of California.
- Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Robert Newton were all considered for the role of Heathcliff.
- Vivien Leigh wanted to play the leading role (Laurence Olivier was her lover at the time), but the studio refused. Later, after reconsidering, the studio offered Vivien Leigh the role of Isabella Linton, but the actress declined.
- At the end of the film, we see two ghosts. This scene was filmed after the main shooting process had ended. Olivier and Oberon had already moved on to other projects and were replaced by stunt doubles.
- The film is based on Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights" (1847).
- Mitchell Camera chose cinematographer Gregg Toland as a "test subject": he filmed the movie using the company’s new motion picture camera – the Mitchell BNC Camera, which was intended to become the studio standard.
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