Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers
Introductions
Washington
Square (1880), Henry James
The Turn of the
Screw (1898), Henry James
Pygmalion (1913),
George Bernard Shaw
A Doll's House
(1879), Henrik Ibsen
A Streetcar Named
Desire (1947), Tennessee Williams
Glossary of Film Terms
Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers
Table of Contents--Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers
Introductions
Table of Contents--Introductions
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
Table of Contents--Wuthering
Heights
Washington Square--The Heiress
Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
Table of Contents--Washington Square
The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw
Pygmalion
Pygmalion versus Wuthering Heights
My Fair Lady
Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Pygmalion
A Doll's House Claire Bloom
A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Table of Contents--A Doll's House
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Wuthering Heights
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Washington Square--The Heiress
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Claire Bloom
Table of Contents--A Streetcar
Named Desire
Glossary of Film Terms
Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms
Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontė
Wuthering Heights Screenplay (1938), Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Wuthering Heights (1939), directed by William Wyler
Los Abismos de Pasion (1954), directed by Luis Buńuel
The Heiress (1948), Ruth and Augustus Goetz
The Heiress (1949), directed by William Wyler
The Innocents (1950), William Archibald
The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton
Pygmalion (1938), directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard
My Fair Lady (1956), Alan J. Lerner/Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady (1964), directed by George Cukor
A Doll's House (1973), directed by Joseph Losey
A Doll's House (1973), directed by Patrick Garland
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), directed by Elia Kazan
Great Women of the Past
. .Alison Brandow
Adaptation or Adoption?
. .Krysta Ernstberger
Love's Many Faces
.Barbara Kern
Where Are the Good Children?
. .Barbara Kern
Film Masterpieces: In a Die Hard
Society
.David Martin
Written Word versus Visual Aid
. .Glenda F. Riley
The Prince and the Toad
. .Elizabeth Satterwhite
Money Can't Buy Love
. .Alison Brandow
The Two Personalities of Catherine
. .Angie Butler
The Wiles of William Wyler
. .Barbara Locke Chorn
How Deep Is Your Love?
..Maggie Dale
The Setting and Character Link in the Novel and Film Wuthering Heights
..Maggie Dale
Where Do Babies Come from?
. .Magie Dale
The Gaudy Heights
. .Julia A. Hoffman
Adaptation or Maladaption?
. .Amy Houck
Love on Display
. .David Martin
Don't Do It
. .Shawn Rainey
Catherine: American versus Spanish
. .Rachel Dixon
Forgiveness versus Revenge
. .Angie Butler
The Unwritten Codicil
. .Barbara Locke Chorn
What's a Girl to Do?
. .Richael Dixon
The Ugly Duckling
. .Krysta Ernstberger
The Chemisty of Montgomery Clift
. .Julia A. Hoffman
Is a Piano Just a Piano?
. .Barbara Kern
Effects of Vivid Imagery
. .Brandon Lucas
Metamorphosis of Catherine Sloper
. .Brandon Lucas
Do the Right Thing
. .David Martin
Revenge: Cold, Cruel, and Cold
.David Martin
Catherine the Great
. .Kim Nantz
You Don't Stand a Chance
. .Shawn Rainey
Teach Him to Trifle with Your Heart
. .Glenda F. Riley
Kudos to Catherine
. .April Russell
Catherine's Change
. .Millicent Wilkins
Acting, Directing, and Experience
. .April Russell
Do the Dead Remain in their Homes?
. .Alison Brandow
The Existence of Ghosts
. .Angie Butler
Mixed Feelings???
. .Angie Butler
Come Forward, All You Who Are
Innocent
. .Barbara Locke Chorn
Great Minds Think Alike
. .Rachel Dixon
The Black and White of It
. .Amy Houck
Black and White, Ghost and Fright
. .Brandon Lucas
The Not-So Innocent
.Shawn Rainey
Evil Influence
. .Glenda F. Riley
What about the Blood and Guts?
.Elizabeth Satterwhite
A Modern-Day Cinderella
. .Krysta Ernstberger
Rags to Riches Only in Appearance
. .Slone Hutchinson
What's the Point?
. .Shawn Rainey
Stay True or Change the Name
. .Shawn Rainey
Wouldn't It Be Mannerly?
. .Rachel Dixon
The Fairest Lady
. .Krysta Ernstberger
My Fair Lady Trapped in a Birdcage
. .Barbara Kern
To Be a Musical, or not to Be
. .Brandon Lucas
The Fairest of Them All
. .David Martin
The He-Man Woman Haters Club
. .David Martin
The Elegance of Audrey
. .Kim Nantz
Please, Not a Musical
. .April Russell
My Fair Lady Was a Pretty Woman
. .Elizabeth Satterwhite
A Musical by any Other Name
. .Millicent Wilkins
Rags to Riches
. .Alison Brandow
Alchemy?
. .Barbara Locke Chorn
Why the Ending to the Movies My Fair
Lady and Pygmalion Is Inane
. .Magie Dale
Chemistry 101
. .Amy Houck
Definitely Sherlock
. .Amy Houck
Henry Higgins: A Boy Trapped in a Man's
Body
. .Slone Hutchinson
High Cost Does not Mean High Quality
.April Russell
Nothing Can Compare to Watching a Good
Musical
. .Millicent Wilkins
Nora's Version versus Jane's Version
. .Angie Butler
Women's Rights or Human Rights
. .Angie Butler
The Negative Impact of Excessive Settings
and Dialogue
. .Magie Dale
The Wrong Doll
. .Rachel Dixon
Enter Jane, Exit Nora
. .Julie A. Hoffman
The Failures of Planet Hollywood
.Julie Hoffmann
Just One Pretty Face
. .Slone Hutchinson
The Lights Are on, but Nobody's Home
. .Slone Hutchinson
Ibsen Rolling around under the Ground
. .Brandon Lucas
Losey's Copying Cannot Quite Get It
. .Brandon Lucas
Jane's Joke
. .Kim Nantz
Ironic Jane
.Shawn Rainey
The Doll Stands up
. .Glenda F. Riley
Jane, Go Back to Vietnam
. .April Russell
The Doll Escapes the Trap
. .Millicent Wilkins
Adaptations: The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly
The Foolish Doll
. .Alison Brandow
Sorry, Mr. Ibsen, We Tried. . .Again
. .Julie A. Hoffman
Keys to a Doll's House
. .Alison Brandow
Life Experience versus Blind Faith
. .Angie Butler
A Doll's (Glass) House
. .Barbara Locke Chorn
The Living Doll
. .Krysta Ernstberger
Torvald the Terrible
. .Kim Nantz
Hollywood Road to Great Britain
. .Elizabeth Satterwhite
Senseless Stella
. .Alison Brandow
Living a Lie
. .Angie Butler
Streetcar and Emotion
.Angie Butler
The Naked Truth
. .Barbara Locke Chorn
The Undesirable Husband
. .Krysta Ernstberger
Censorship?
. .Amy Houck
Stanley Stallone
. .Brandon Lucas
Southern Grace
. .David Martin
Beautiful Blanche
. .Kim Nantz
Marlon versus Stanley
. .Shawn Rainey
Sex Appeal
. .April Russell
Desired
. .Elizabeth Satterwhite
From Beginning to End
.Elizabeth Satterwhite
Blanche's World
. .Millicent Wilkins
The Book Was Better
. .Kim Nantz
Streetcars and Family Money
. .Rachel Dixon
As They See It
. .Rachel Dixon
Film Makers, Taking a Risk
. .Barbara Kern
Stanley versus Torvald: Who Is Worse?
. .Barbara Kern
. .Gregory Campbell