Table of Contents

Film and Literature Combinations

Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers

Introductions

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

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
To Be a Movie, Or Not to Be? What a Question!
..Jakob Bilinski
Use Your Imagination
..Ashley Burnett
The Good of Films
..Lisa Graham
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
..Paul M. Helwagen
Proper or Improper Actors for the Major Roles
..Krista Kimmel
The Weak-Strong Women of English 213
..Krista Kimmel
What Makes a Film?
..Brandon Smith
Adept and Addled Adaptations
..Melissa Stacy
The Women Need Kindness, not Scorn
..Clint Todd
Monkeying with Literature
..Tammy Wheeler
The Best and Worst of Film and Literature
..Brandi Williams
Changing Literature to Appease Cinematic Audiences
..Brandi Williams
Cinematic "Happy" Endings
..Emily V. Williams
The Original Truth of a Book
..Andrea Lea Yates

Table of Contents--Introductions

Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Character Flaws
..Jakob Bilinski
An Underdeveloped and Dull Movie
..Aaron Brame
Cinematic Alterations Improve the Original Book
..Julie Hallemeier
An Incredible Role Pathetically Played
..Paul M. Helwagen
Some Things Never Change
..Rory Hughes-Melton
Leave Heathcliff with the Beatles
..Krista Matheny
Hollywood versus Literature
..Chris McCarty
Miserable People
..Shannon Powers
Hollywood Hair
..Jenni Sizemore
Devil in Disguise
..Brandon Smith

Wuthering Heights--Los Abismos de Pasion
Vampirism in Mexico Reaches New "Heights"
..Jakob Bilinsiki
Passion for Death
..Krista Matheny
The Darker Side of Love
..Melissa Stacy

Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
Dark
..Steven Dick
The Power of the Bottle
..Steven Dick
The Mexicans Do It Better
..Krista Kimmel
Heathcliff under Construction
..Chris McCarty
Setting Is Everything
..Jenni Sizemore
I Love You to Death!
..Melissa Stacy

Table of Contents--Wuthering Heights

Washington Square--The Heiress
What a Difference an Ending Can Make!
..Aaron Brame
An Heiress or a Spoiled Brat
..Kimberli DeRossett
The Love of a Father?
Kimberli DeRossett
Morris Really a Bad Guy?
..Shannon Powers
Loyalty or Love
..Rebecca Reville
The Mrs. Pennimans
..Jenni Sizemore
The Fading of Temporary Ideals
..Brandon Smith
The Problem from My Point of View
..Emily V. Williams
Cruel Intentions...or just a Misjudgment?
..Andrea Lea Yates

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
Home Run versus Strikeout
..Krista Kimmel
All Grows up
..Jennifer Sacharnoski
Mind of a Woman
..Andrea Lea Yates

Table of Contents--Washington Square

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Not So Innocent
..Jakob Bilinski
Film Saves the Book
..Kimberli DeRossett
Gore versus the Imagination
..Kimberli DeRossett
Setting the Tone
..Steven Dick
The Wrong Title
..Paul M. Helwagen
Acting? Not That I Can See!
..Rory Hughes-Melton
The Innocents Outdid The Screw
..Krista Kimmel
Songs That Are Guaranteed to Drive You Insane
Krista Matheny
Sound Uses of Sound
Krista Matheny
Innocent Is Bliss
..Thomas Oliverio
Picture Frames
..Jenni Sizemore
Scare Tactics
..Brandon Smith
Unavoidable Scars
..Melissa Stacy
Innocently the Best
..Clint Todd

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents versus Wuthering Heights
The Books Were Much Better?
..Julie Hallemeier

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents versus Washington Square--The Heiress
The Heroines
..Lisa Graham

Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw

Pygmalion
Positions of the Buddha
..Paul M. Helwagen
Believable Emotions
..Rory Hughes-Melton
I'm a Nice Guy; Really I Am; Why Can't I Get All the Ladies?
..Chris McCarty
Professor Higgins' Guide to Dating
..Brandon Smith
Parental Charm
..Tammy Wheeler

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Fairly Insane Lady
..Jakob Bilinski
All's Fair in Love and Linguistics
..Ashley Burnett
Musicals on Film?
..Kimberli DeRossett
Riding the Wagon to a Better Dressed Future
..Julie Hallemeier
A Pyg or a Prince
..Paul M. Helwagen
Not So Believable
..Rory Hughes-Melton
The Attack of the Musical
..Krista Kimmel
Once a Pair, Forever Changed
Melissa Stacy
Do We Understand?
..Clint Todd
A Song for a Sentence
...Clint Todd

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady versus The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Black & White or Color
..Steven Dick

Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
My Too Fair Lady
..Kimberli DeRossett
Warden and His Prisoner
..Krista Matheny
Pygmalion Rises above My Fair Lady
..Thomas Oliverio
To Sing or Not to Sing
..Shannon Powers
The Two Elizas
..Shannon Powers
If not Love at Least a Good Life
..Jennifer Sacharnoski
Movies Jump-Start the Mind
..Jennifer Sacharnoski
Music--Just for the Fun of It
..Jennifer Sacharnoski
Leslie Howard versus Rex Harrison
..Brandi Williams
The Ingenuity of Ambiguity
..Emily V. Williams
Submission for a Better Life
..Andrea Lea Yates

Table of Contents--Pygmalion

A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Doll's Nightmare
..Kimberli DeRossett
Male Chauvinist
..Rory Hughes-Melton
Always Read the Play or Novel First
..Chris McCarty
Not Fonda This Casting Call
..Thomas Oliverio
Proposal for a Sequel
..Jenni Sizemore
The Boy and His Toy's Relationship
..Clint Todd
The Con Artist
..Tammy Wheeler
Love: Illusion versus Reality
..Emily V. Williams
Role of a Gender
..Andrea Lea Yates

A Doll's House Claire Bloom
Torvald the Victim
..Paul M. Helwagen
Walking Away from Nothing
..Melissa Stacy

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
A Dog's House
..Jakob Bilinski
Paper or Plastic?
..Ashley Burnett
Jane Flounders while Claire Blooms
..Julie Hallemeier
War of the Women: Fonda versus Bloom
..Paul M. Helwagen
She Just Did Not Work for Me
..Rory Hughes-Melton
Do Directors Ever Read Original Plays?
..Shannon Powers
Not Worth Bra Burning
..Jennifer Sacharnoski
A Babe in Toyland
..Emily V. Williams

Table of Contents--A Doll's House

A Streetcar Named Desire
Desiring a Sequel
..Jakob Bilinski
Does Vivien Always Act This Way?
..Julie Hallemeier
Academy Commits Highway Robbery
..Krista Kimmel
Frankly, Blanche, I Don't Give a Damn!
..Krista Matheny
No DESIRE to Watch This Movie Again
..Thomas Oliverio
My Thoughts on Streetcar
..Angela Poe
Stella: How Strong-Willed Is She?
..Shannon Powers
What Happened to Vivien Leigh?
..Shannon Powers
Act Against the Mainstream
..Rebecca Reville
To Act or to Become
..Jennifer Sacharnoski
Is This Funny?
..Jenni Sizemore
Vivien's Voice
..Jenni Sizemore
LOVE: Delicate and Confusing
..Melissa Stacy
Crazy on a Streetcar Named Desire
..Clint Todd
Rape Doubt
..Tammy Wheeler
A Difference of Culture
..Andrea Lea Yates

A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda
What Does an Adaptation Need?
..Lisa Graham

Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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