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The Heiress

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Heiress

YEAR

1949

RUNNING TIME

115 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

William Wyler

SCREENWRITER

Ruth Goetz & August Goetz (Novel: Henry James)

COMPOSER

Aaron Copland

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Leo Tover (B&W)

CAST

Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Universal Pictures

AWARDS

1949: 4 Academy Awards: Actress (Havilland), Art Direction B&W, Costume Design and OST
1949: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Havilland)

GENRE

Drama. Romance | Melodrama. Romantic drama. The 19th Century

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

Catherine Sloper is a shy and backwards young woman who lives with her father, Dr. Austin Sloper, in 1849 New York. By all accounts Catherine's mother was a beautiful and graceful creature with the charm of queens. Catherine never knew her mother since she died while in childbirth, but her father often reminds her of all the things her mother was and that she is not. Catherine inherited a great deal of money after her mother passed and will inherit twice as much more at the passing of her father. So, when a poor but handsome and well-bred man, Morris Townsend, begins to court Catherine, her father becomes suspicious that he must be after her money. After all, Catherine is plain and boring. What could she possibly offer to this young man - other than her money? When she refuses to give up her new beau her father threatens to disinherit her. Will her father eventually convince her to give him up and wait for a suitable husband? Will Catherine and Morris elope and live on the money left to her by her mother? Or could it be that Catherine finally finds all the grace and charm of her mother only to use it against the men in her life?

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