JANE EYRE (ORSON WELLES ) (1944)

ROBERT STEVENSON

Literary Classics Drama Classics Romance 10th - 19th Centuries Recommended Ade Tastics

Cast

ORSON WELLES JOAN FONTAINE MARGARET O'BRIEN PEGGY ANN GARNER JOHN SUTTON CHARLOTTE BRONTE ALDOUS HUXLEY BERNARD HERRMANN

Plot

Superbly gothic version of Charlotte Bronte's archetypal romantic novel. Orson Welles is admirably dark as Rochester to Joan Fontaine's winsome Jane. The mysterious aspects of the story and the ensuing romance are all played out against a tremendously atmospheric backdrop. Great production, and yes, Aldous Huxley really did write the screen play.