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Wuthering Heights [videorecording (DVD)].

distributed by Warner Home Video, [2012].

DVD WUT 1939 Dra

Social classes -- Drama.

English literature -- 19th century -- Film adaptations

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Drama.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (104 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., b&w ; 12 cm.

From the novel by Emily Brontë.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1939.

Special features: Interview with costar Geraldine Fitzgerald ; original theatrical trailer.

A selection of the National Film Registry, 2007.

In English with optional English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Samuel Goldwyn presents ; screenplay by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by William Wyler.

Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and David Niven with Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Hugh Williams, and Leo G. Carroll.

"Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon and David Niven star in this internationally acclaimed masterpiece based on Emily Bronte's classic story of passion, hatred and revenge. Olivier and Oberon are brilliant as Heathcliff and Cathy, whose tortured love affair ends when Cathy marries the wealthy Edgar (Niven). Heathcliff's savage retaliation upon the woman he loves explodes in a stunning climax. Directed by William Wyler and with Academy Award winning cinematography, Wuthering Heights remains a masterpiece in filmmaking."--Container.

Academy Award: Best Cinematography, Black and White, 1940.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights. Film adaptations.

Wyler, William, 1902-1981.

Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989.

Oberon, Merle, 1911-1979.

Niven, David, 1910-1983.

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