Wuthering Heights (1939)
Wuthering Heights (1939)
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Cast & Crew.
Merle Oberon
Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
Laurence Olivier
Heathcliff
David Niven
Edgar Linton
Flora Robson
Ellen Dean
Donald Crisp
Dr. Kenneth
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Isabella Linton
Hugh Williams
Hindley Earnshaw
Leo G. Carroll
Joseph
Miles Mander
Lockwood
Cecil Kellaway
Earnshaw
Cecil Humphreys
Judge Linton
Sarita Wooton
Cathy as a Child
Rex Downing
Heathcliff as a Child
Douglas Scott
Hindley as a Child
Frank Benson
Heathcliff Servant (uncredited)
Romaine Callender
Robert (uncredited)
Richard Clucas
Little Boy (uncredited)
Vernon Downing
Giles (uncredited)
Alice Ehlers
Madame Ehlers (uncredited)
Harold Entwistle
Beadle (uncredited)
Peter Gowland
Dancer (uncredited)
Helena Grant
Miss Hudkins (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Party Guest / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Susanne Leach
Guest (uncredited)
Tommy Martin
Little Boy (uncredited)
Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest (uncredited)
Schuyler Standish
Little Boy (uncredited)
William Stelling
Dancer (uncredited)
Diane Williams
Little Girl (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Linton Servant (uncredited)
Philip Winter
Cathy's Partner (uncredited)
William Wyler
Director
Ben Hecht
Screenplay
Daniel Mandell
Editor
Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Emily Brontë
Novel
Samuel Goldwyn
Producer
Charles MacArthur
Screenplay
Robert Stephanoff
Makeup Artist
Alexander Toluboff
Art Direction
Vic Jones
Gaffer
Sydney Moore
Set Decoration
Jewel Jordan
Stunt Double
Bert Shipman
Camera Operator
Paul Neal
Sound Recordist
James Basevi
Art Direction
Walter Mayo
Assistant Director
Julia Heron
Set Decoration
Omar Kiam
Costume Design
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Peter Shaw
Technical Advisor
Gus Schroeder
Location Manager
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 7, 1939
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 44m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American romantic period drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and David Niven, and based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only 16 of the novel's 34 chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston (uncredited). The supporting cast features Flora Robson and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
The outdoor scenes were filmed in Thousand Oaks, California, with scenes shot in Wildwood Regional Park and at the current site of California Lutheran University.
The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. The 1940 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white category, was awarded to Gregg Toland for his work. Nominated for original score (but losing to The Wizard of Oz) was the prolific film composer Alfred Newman, whose poignant "Cathy's Theme" does so much "to maintain its life as a masterpiece of romantic filmmaking."
In 2007, Wuthering Heights was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".