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Silver Screen Standards: Jane Eyre (1943) I’ve spent the fall of 2023 swimming in the wake of Jane Eyre, both the original 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë and the 1943 adaptation starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. I’ve been teaching a class about the novel for one lifetime learning program read more

Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles star in “Jane Eyre” Jane Eyre (1943) is a gothic romance directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. Based on the classic novel by Charlotte Bronte, the screenplay was written by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, and Robe read more

Are you always drawn to the loveless and unfriended? ~ Edward Rochester When it’s deserved. ~ Jane Eyre I can still recall visiting the Bronte Parsonage, marveling at the fact that these sisters were able to have such a lasting impact on the world of literature — a world so often dominat read more

Are you always drawn to the loveless and unfriended? ~ Edward Rochester When it’s deserved. ~ Jane Eyre I can still recall visiting the Bronte Parsonage, marveling at the fact that these sisters were able to have such a lasting impact on the world of literature — a world so often dominat read more

Jane Eyre (1943) Review https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Jane Eyre (1943) is A wonderfully  engaging adaption of a classic novel.  This film is one of the best novel to book adaptions. It stars the wonderful  Joan Fontaine in a  brilliantly deceptively understated perfor read more

Jane Eyre (1943) Review https://www.facebook.com/Wolffianclassicmoviesdigest Jane Eyre (1943) is A wonderfully  engaging adaption of a classic novel.  This film is one of the best novel to book adaptions. It stars the wonderful  Joan Fontaine in a  brilliantly deceptively understated perfor read more

Jane Eyre Directed by Robert Stevenson Written by Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson, and John Houseman from the novel by Charlotte Brontë 1943/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/Netflix Instant Edward Rochester: Humbug! Most free-born people would submit to anything for a sala read more

Another Christmas gift review in case you’re stumped for what to buy your special classic film loving someone!  Twilight Time‘s release of Jane Eyre made my Holiday Gift Guide, sight unseen, and since watching the Blu-ray it was deserving of its spot.  The movie is less than perfect at read more

Jane Eyre Directed by Christy Cabanne 1934/USA Monogram Pictures First viewing   The first sound adaptation of the Charlotte Brontë novel.  After a lonely and difficult childhood, the independent-minded Jane Eyre (Virginia Bruce) becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall.  There she falls in love read more

“I Walked With A Zombie” isn’t the only strange adaptation of “Jane Eyre.”  There have been 16 movies, 4 radio plays, 11 made-for-TV-movies, a graphic novel, and at least 15 books.  Out of all of those versions, here are the five weirdest: Where oh where is my Oscar?  How could you give read more

Before “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” before “World War Z,” “The Walking Dead,” or even “Night of the Living Dead,” there was a zombie movie based on “Jane Eyre.”  Because “I Walked With A Zombie” (1943 dir. Jacques Tourner) is B.R. read more

"Jane Eyre": A Golden Age Classic A recent article in The New York Times featured a story on the new film version of Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukunaga. Charlotte Brontë’s novel, first published in 1847, has been filmed at least 18 times, according to Charles McGrath, the author of the read more

"Jane Eyre": A Golden Age Classic A recent article in The New York Times featured a story on the new film version of Jane Eyre directed by Cary Fukunaga. Charlotte Brontë’s novel, first published in 1847, has been filmed at least 18 times, according to Charles McGrath, the author of the read more