Olivia de Havilland
Catherine Sloper
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The Heiress is a romantic drama film directed by William Wyler, starring Olivia de Havilland as a naive young woman who falls in love with a fortune hunter. The film won four Oscars, including Best Actress, and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
The Heiress: Directed by William Wyler. With Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins. A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.
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- Drama, Romance
- William Wyler
- 1949-12-28
In the mid-1800's, in New York's Washington Square, wealthy widowed physician Austin Sloper bemoans the fact that although his daughter Catherine has had superior schooling and training, she lacks the refined qualities of her beautiful mother, and is "an entirely mediocre creature." Austin consequently asks his sister, widow Lavinia Penniman ...
- William Wyler, C. C. Coleman Jr.
- Olivia De Havilland
A young woman falls in love with a penniless suitor, but her father suspects him of being a fortune hunter. Read the plot summary and synopsis of the classic drama film based on Henry James' novel Washington Square.
A classic film directed by William Wyler, starring Olivia de Havilland as a repressed heiress who rejects a fortune hunter. Based on Henry James' novella Washington Square, the film won two Oscars and features a haunting score by Aaron Copland.
A classic film adaptation of Henry James's novel Washington Square, directed by William Wyler and starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, and Ralph Richardson. Explore the themes of love, deception, and inheritance in this psychological drama with special features, essays, and interviews.
Catherine (Olivia de Havilland), a young woman who stands to inherit her father's large fortune, falls in love when she meets Morris (Montgomery...
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- Drama
