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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Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles star in “Jane Eyre”: The Ultimate Gothic Romance
By Stephen Reginald on Jul 30, 2024 From Classic Movie ManJoan Fontaine and Orson Welles star in “Jane Eyre”: The Ultimate Gothic Romance 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,... Read full article
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
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Edward Rochester: Humbug! Most free-born people would submit to anything for a salary.
Edward Rochester: Are you always drawn to the loveless and unfriended?
Jane Eyre: When it's deserved.
Jane Eyre: [narrating] As the months went past, he came to see the light once more as well as to feel its warmth; to see first the glory of the sun, and then the mild splendour of the moon, and at last the evening star. And then one day, when our firstborn was put into his arms, he could see that the boy had inherited his own eyes as they once were... large, brilliant and black.
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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.
Director Robert Stevenson's wife, Anna Lee, was an early choice for the role played by Hillary Brooke.
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