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The Heiress

1949

William Wyler

Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins ...

8.1

7,283

Drama. Romance 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"A motion picture that crackles with allusive life and fire in its tender and agonized telling of an extraordinarily characterful tale."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Brown Time Out	"Wyler's version of Henry James' 'Washington Square' (based on a play adaptation) is typically plush, painstaking and cold (...) It's all highly professional and heartless."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Standard Hollywood studio picture made special with compelling performances from the leads and the quality of the source material (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Keith Phipps AV Club	"The brightness on de Havilland's face whenever Clift is onscreen suggests a cleverness and depth of feeling that's never been stirred before."	POS
United States	Variety	"'The Heiress' is a meticulous reproduction of the Victorian scene, so faithful to its mores that it is a museum piece."	POS
United States	Chicago Reader	"Always a confident handler of actors, Wyler exploits the leads' diverse acting traditions (...) to sharpen the conflict and increase the psychological tension."	POS
United States	Los Angeles Times	"Catherine Sloper, the center of William Wyler's sensitive and enduring 1949 film (...) is the type of character that haunts you like the sight of a lost puppy searching futilely for home."	POS

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