Jane Eyre (1943) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Stevenson |
| Producer(s) | William Goetz, Kenneth Macgowan |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama) |
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Jane Eyre (1943) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Kenneth Macgowan and William Goetz.
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Silver Screen Standards: Jane Eyre (1943)
By Jennifer Garlen on Nov 14, 2023 From Classic Movie Hub BlogSilver 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 Bront? and the 1943 adaptation starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. I?ve been teaching a class about the novel for one lifetime learning program a... Read full article
Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles star in “Jane Eyre”
By Stephen Reginald on Jan 9, 2021 From Classic Movie ManJoan 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 Robert St... Read full article
Jane Eyre (1943)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 1, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsAre 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 full article
Jane Eyre (1943)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Feb 1, 2018 From 4 Star FilmsAre 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 full article
JANE EYRE(1943)
By Joey on Oct 17, 2014 From WolffianclassicmoviesdigestJane 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 full article
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Quotes from
Jane Eyre: Do as you please, sir. You pay me 30 pounds a year for receiving your orders.
Mrs. Reed: [introducing Jane] This, Mr. Brocklehurst, is the child in question. She is the daughter of my late sister's husband by an unfortunate union which we in the family prefer to forget. For some years she's lived in this house.
Jane Eyre: I should never mistake informality for insolence. One, I rather like; the other, no free-born person would submit to, even for a salary.
Edward Rochester: Humbug! Most free-born people would submit to anything for a salary.
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Facts about
Orson Welles did enough work behind the scenes that the production company offered him a producer credit, which he turned down. Welles's official reason for this is a belief that a person who is not directing the film shouldn't be "just" a producer.
Composer Bernard Herrmann also wrote an operatic version of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights."
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