Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers

Introductions

Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë
Wuthering Heights Screenplay (1938), Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Wuthering Heights (1939), directed by William Wyler
Los Abismos de Pasion (1954), directed by Luis Buñuel

Washington Square (1880), Henry James
The Heiress (1948), Ruth and Augustus Goetz
The Heiress (1949), directed by William Wyler

The Turn of the Screw (1898), Henry James
The Innocents (1950), William Archibald
The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton

Pygmalion (1913), George Bernard Shaw
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 (1879), Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House (1973), directed by Joseph Losey
A Doll's House (1973), directed by Patrick Garland

A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), directed by Elia Kazan

Glossary of Film Terms

Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers

Table of Contents--Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers

Introductions
Good Enough to Be the Best
..Preston Bradley
Roulston 213 Versus Couleas 213
..Brandy Couleas
More Relevant than Others
..Ben Hocker
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
..Jon Jones
To Play the Part
..Megan Locke
Single Host Looking for Comedic Award Show
..Corey McBee
A Movie of My Making
..Jacob Patton
To Film from Lit: A Proposed Course Structure
..Elijah Phillips
Altering the Curriculum
..Eric Pitman
And the Winner Is…The Innocents—Best Over All
..Susan Shircliff
Variety Keeps Me Awake
..Susan Shircliff
ENG 213’s Best Actor Awards
..Curt Stewart
The Education of the Unlearned
..Taylor Sutton

Table of Contents--Introductions

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights: Not a Pretty Sight
..Lydia Davis
Wuthering Heights: An Entertaining Well-Balanced Movie
..Joseph Dublin
Wuthering Heights: Eros, Pathos, or Philos
..Jennifer Enoch
It Is Not Like The Book: Does It Matter?
..Ben Hocker
Wuthering Heights: Character Disappointment
..Megan Locke
A Wuthering Heights Cast for a New Generation
..Corey McBee
Meant for Each Other
..Mary Moffitt
Withering Heights
..Adam Partin
Wuthering Heights: Epic Tale Muted on Celluloid
..Evanthia Sotiriou
The Book Is Always Better
..Curt Stewart
Love Story or Faux?
..Brant Veal

Wuthering Heights--Los Abismos de Pasion
British Literature, the Mexican Way
Sarah Hurley
If You Thought Wyler’s Wuthering Heights Was Overacted You Have Not Seen Los Abismos de Pasion
..Corey McBee
The Trouble with Films Adapted for too Different an Audience
Or Los Abismos de Passion: Wuthering Heights Not
..Elijah Pitman
Be Aware of Animals!
..Susan Shircliff
Los Abismos de Pasion: Romance and Passion
..Evanthia Sotiriou
Wuthering Heights as a Mexican Soap Opera?
..Miranda Turner

Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
¿Tu Hablas Español?
..Allison Armstrong
When Darkness Falls
..Preston Bradley
Villain or Victim? Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights
..Marissa Gentry
Forgetting the History for Exposition
..Taylor Sutton

Table of Contents--Wuthering Heights

Washington Square--The Heiress
Acceptance
..Allison Armstrong
Nothing Can Stay Gold
..Preston Bradley
The Heiress: An Heir of Greatness
..Lydia Davis
Transforming the Righteous Washington Square into the Sinister Heiress
..Joseph Dublin
Casting in The Heiress
..Jennifer Enoch
The Hand That Smokes the Cigar
..Michelle Farney
Revenge Is Bittersweet
..Michelle Farney
Could Catherine Sloper Be Happy?
..Elizabeth Fields
The Fish Tells All
..Elizabeth Fields
Size Matters?
..Jon Jones
Detective Sloper
..Vincent Lucido
Who Is Morris Townsend?
..Vincent Lucido
Can’t Buy Me Love
..Corey McBee
Clueless Heiress
..Mary Moffitt
The Heiress of the Square
..Adam Partin
The Hearer of The Heiress
..Susan Shircliff
The Heiress-The Easy-to-Swallow Washington Square
..Susan Shircliff
The Heiress: A Golden Star among Classic Films
..Evanthia Sotiriou
Class versus Revenge
..Curt Stewart
Foreshadowing in The Heiress
..Curt Stewart
The Heiress: A Story of Unrequited Love
..Tasha Stewart
The Possible Moral Debacle of a Hustle
..Taylor Sutton
Catherine's Recipe for Revenge
..Miranda Turner
Lavinia Penniman--Portrait of a Third Wheel
..Miranda Turner
The Character You Love to Hate
.Brant Veal
The Heiress: Morris’ Return
..Brant Veal

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
For Love or Money
..Brandy Couleas
Ellen Dean versus Aunt Penniman
..Elizabeth Fields
Heroes and Villains
..Ben Hocker
The Tale of Two Catherines
..Megan Locke

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights–Los Abismos de Pasion
A Movie for Sleeping versus One for Watching
..Brandy Couleas

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
Table of Contents--Washington Square

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Turn the Lights off So I Can See
..Preston Bradley
Angels Among Us
..Brandy Couleas
The Innocents: Guilty of Success
..Lydia Davis
The Innocents: Not so Innocent
..Lydia Davis
An Innocent Turn of the Screw
..Joseph Dublin
Intuition in The Innocents
..Jennifer Enoch
Ordinary Hide and Seek or Something More
..Michelle Farney
Mrs. Grose: The Real Governess
..Michelle Farney
Creepy Kids Make Movie
..Elizabeth Fields
The Innocents and the Naive
..Marissa Gentry
Things That Go Bump in the Night
..Jon Jones
Hopeful White and Unsettling Black: The Innocents
..Megan Locke
An Absence of Good Writing: On the Adaptation of The Turn of the Screw in the film The Innocents
..Eric Pitman
The Effectiveness of Older Films: Simply Due to Age
..Eric Pitman
The Innocents-NOW IN COLOR!
..Susan Shircliff
Big Shoes to Fill
..Curt Stewart
Age Is Not Just a Number
..Miranda Turner

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocentsversus Wuthering Heights
Theater of the Mind
..Brandy Couleas

Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw

Pygmalion
Wendy Hiller Has a Ball as Eliza Doolittle
..Brandy Couleas
Changing Classes
..Ben Hocker
A Three-Sided Pyg
..Jon Jones
She’s All That: Pygmalion Part Two?
..Megan Locke
Pygmalion: A Myth or Not a Farfetched Fantasy?
..Evanthia Sotiriou
Pygmalion: A Classy Romantic Cinematic Comedy
..Curt Stewart

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Not Fully a Barbie Doll
..Allison Armstrong
Smile Like You Mean It
..Eric Belmonte
The Mask of Acceptance
..Preston Bradley
The Music Does Not Sing in My Fair Lady
..Jennifer Enoch
Audrey Hepburn Is Eliza Doolittle
..Elizabeth Fields
The Loveable Drunk
..Corey McBee
One Fair Lady for Mr. Higgins
..Corey McBee
What’s to Become of Me?
..Mary Moffitt
My Fair Pygmalion
..Jacob Patton
Does Music Take Away From The Story?
..Brant Veal
My Fair Lady: 2007 Release
..Brant Veal
When the Whole Team Comes Together
..Brant Veal

Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Eliza Doolittle: Hepburn versus Hiller
..Lydia Davis
A Kinder, Gentler Higgins
..Sarah Hurley
Pygmalion Prettier than My Fair Lady
..Jon Jones
Music to My Ears
..Vincent Lucido
One Hell of an Actor
..Mary Moffitt
Quicker and Cheaper Is Better: On Adaptation: Pygmalion and My Fair Lady
..Eric Pitman
No More Singing!
..Curt Stewart

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady versus Wuthering Heights–Los Abismos de Pasion
Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady versus The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Table of Contents--Pygmalion

A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Family’s House
..Eric Belmont
A Woman’s World in a Doll’s House
..Brandy Couleas
Not Too Fond of Fonda
..Megan Locke
Good Riddance to a Bad Nora
..Corey McBee
Transformation from a Caterpillar to a Butterfly
..Tasha Stewart
I am Nora, Hear Me Roar
..Miranda Turner

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Pygmalion
A Doll's House Jane Fonda
versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Complex Characters for Well-Rounded, Intricate Chicks!
..Sarah Hurley

A Doll's House Claire Bloom
The Ecstasy of Freedom
..Preston Bradley
Good Evening, Clarice
..Michelle Farney
Sacrificed Honor
..Elizabeth Fields
The Love of Money
..Ben Hocker
Not Hannibal Lecter: On Acting: Anthony Hopkins as Torvald in A Doll’s House
..Eric Pitman
Selfish Intentions: Analysis of Nora’s Character in the Film A Doll’s House
..Eric Pitman
A Doll’s House: Tension and Deceitfulness
..Evanthia Sotiriou
It Is All about the Money
..Evanthia Sotiriou

A Doll's House Claire Bloom
versus Washington Square--The Heiress
A Doll's House Claire Bloom
versus Washington Square--The Heiress
A Doll's House Claire Bloom versus Pygmalion
Henry Higgins and Torvald Helmer: Separated at Birth?
..Megan Locke

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Jane Is Nora
..Allison Armstrong
Claire and Anthony’s House
..Lydia Davis
Full Doll House
..Joseph Dublin
Who Is the Doll?
..Elizabeth Fields
Growing Out of Dolls; Nora Needed a Life
..Marissa Gentry
Nothing Gold Can Stay
..Ben Hocker
Playing Complementary Roles
..Sarah Hurley
A Doll’s Triangle
..Jon Jones
If Nora Were My Doll I Would Pull Her Head off!
..Curt Stewart
A Doll’s House: The Liberation of Nora Helmer
..Tasha Stewart
Even Ibsen Would Be Impressed
..Miranda Turner

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom versus Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Table of Contents--A Doll's House

A Streetcar Named Desire
Desire versus Deception
..Allison Armstrong
Broken Home
..Eric Belmonte
Earth to Stella
..Eric Belmonte
Nice Guys Finish Last
..Eric Belmonte
Stanley: The King
..Eric Belmonte
Welcome to the Family
..Eric Belmonte
A Slinging of Importance
..Preston Bradley
McDreamy
..Brandy Couleas
Ms. Independent
..Brandy Couleas
The Name of that Rattle-Trap Streetcar that Bangs through the Quarter
..Lydia Davis
Relying on the Actors
..Jennifer Enoch
Stanley’s Appparel
..Jennifer Enoch
A Streetcar’s Relevance
..Jennifer Enoch
The Desire of America
..Michelle Farney
A Lion Protecting His Domain
..Michelle Farney
The Perfect Stanley
..Michelle Farney
Going Over the Edge; Blanche DuBois
..Marissa Gentry
Stanley Kowalski’s Revenge
..Marissa Gentry
To Be a Drunk or a Loon
..Ben Hocker
Touching on the Core of All of Us
..Jon Jones
A Film I Desired
..Vincent Lucido
Magnificent Marlon
..Vincent Lucido
The Perfect Role
..Vincent Lucido
Brando: The Man, The Myth, The Actor
..Corey McBee
Psychology, Archetypes, and Desire
..Mary Moffitt
It’s only a Saxophone, Hanging over a Clarinet on the Bed
..Susan Shircliff
Only the Dirty Need to Bathe
..Susan Shircliff
Captivating Power
..Evanthia Sotiriou
A Streetcar Named Desire: Delusion
..Evanthia Sotiriou
Brando’s Ragged Edges
..Taylor Sutton
Conscience Subjugation
..Taylor Sutton
Disaster from a Stranger
..Taylor Sutton
Learning From the Past
..Miranda Turner
Structural Analysis
..Brant Veal

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Wuthering Heights
Becoming the Role
..Ben Hocker

A Streetcar Named Desire versus The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Clockwork Named Desire
..Joseph Dublin
There’s Something about Marlon
..Joseph Dublin

A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Two Peas in a Pod
..Allison Armstrong

A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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