Film Summaries,
Film Casts, Film Makers
Introductions
Wuthering
Heights (1847), Emily Brontė
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
Please see the web site of Wade Kingston, whose essays are listed below.
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
The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents versus Washington Square--The Heiress
Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw
Pygmalion
Pygmalion versus Washington Square versus The Heiress
Pygmalion--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
A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus 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 Wuthering Heights--Los Abismos de Pasion
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Washington Square--The Heiress
Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire
Glossary of Film Terms
Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms
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
The Significant Role of Music in Black and White Films
..Craig Sam Aguiar
Magic
..Dan Bush
Worthy and Worthless Cinematic
Adaptations
..Dan Bush
Bringing It All Together
..Kaycee Cooper
Capturing the Spirit
..Whitney Hickman
Why Do Good Girls Like Bad Boys?
..Whitney Hickman
And the Winner Is...
..Ginny L. Snow
Final Work
..Ginny L. Snow
Consider the Circumstances
..Craig Sam Aguiar
Brontė's Schemer, Wyler's Mentor
Tim C. Alsobrooks
Catherine: Fighting or Fearing
..Grant Apanowicz
The Two Heathcliffs
..Deborah Bland
Leave Her Book Alone
..Regina Clark
Something Old Something New
..Kaycee Cooper
Missing Essence
..Whitney Hickman
Is This Love That I'm Feeling?
..Ryan Jenkins
Wuthering Heights 2000
..Ginny L. Snow
Capturing the Essence of Wuthering Heights
..Kaycee Cooper
Cultural Diversity
..Whitney Hickman
Wuthering Heights: The Search for a Soul Mate
..Erica Hulse
The Twenty-First Century Heathcliff
..Wade Kingston
Heights of Difference
..Richard Shepherd
Conversation between William Wyler and Luis Buńuel in a Purgatory Bar
..Jonathan Sircy
Strength through Suffering
..Craig Sam Aguiar
Catherine Sloper: Victim or Heroine
..Tim C. Alsobrooks
A Tale of Two Catherines
..Tim Alsobrooks
Catherine's Revenge
..Grant Apanowicz
Dr. Sloper and Morris: The Battle for Catherine
Grant Apanowicz
How Dare You?
..Deborah Bland
From Washington Square to The Heiress: A Rare Transformation
..Regina Clark
Art of Acting in The Heiress
..Toni L. Crum
Costumes Create Symbolism for Characters
..Toni L. Crum
Picture Perfect
..Whitney Hickman
Washington Square: A Dysfunctional Father-Daughter Relationship
..Erica Hulse
The Prenuptial Catherine, Or Could The Heiress Happen Today?
..Wade Kingston
Washington Heiress
..Richard Shepherd
Study Finds The Heiress More Than Adequate Adaptation of Washington Square
..Jonathan Sircy
Dear Diary
..Ginny L. Snow
Practice Makes Perfect
..Regina Clark
What Is Going On!
..Deborah Bland
The Innocents: A Four-Star Experience
..Dan Bush
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
..Ryan Jenkins
The Ghosts and The Governess
..Ryan Jenkins
An Innocent Fright
..Wade Kingston
Statues and Darkness and Curtains. . . .Oh My!
..Wade Kingston
Do You Believe in the Ghosts?
..Richard Shepherd
The Innocents: A Flower Is Worth a Thousand Words
..Ginny L. Snow
What's Your Favorite Scary Movie?
..Ginny L. Snow
William Wyler's Version of Washington Square--Yes
Jack Clayton's Version of The Turn of the Screw--No
..Bradley Hadley
The Turn of the Square
..Jonathan Sircy
Mrs. Higgins, Motherly Love
..Tim Alsobrooks
What about Freddy?
..Deborah Bland
Pygmalion: Comedy and Human Nature
..Dan Bush
Higgins ahead of His Time
..Kaycee Cooper
Eliza Doolittle and Catherine Sloper: Tragic Heroines?
..Tim Alsobrooks
My Fair Lady Gives Musicals a Bad Name
..Regina Clark
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle
..Kaycee Cooper
My Fair Lady: A Timeless
Masterpiece
..Toni L. Crum
My Fair Lady: Are Musicals Included in the Battle of the Sexes?
..Erica Hulse
Does Music Do More, or Doolittle?
..Ryan Jenkins
My Fair Lady versus Pretty Woman
..Ginny L. Snow
Songs Create Difference
..Grant Apanowicz
Howard Not Harrison
..Kaycee Cooper
Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady: Choice of Actors
..Toni L. Crum
Dueling Doolittles: A Defense of the Musical
..Wade Kingston
To Sing or Not to Sing: That Is the Question
..Richard Shepherd
The Trouble with Song
..Jonathan Sircy
The Music Was Not Necessary
..Greg Stark
A Doll's House: From Boring Play to Boring Movie
..Dan Bush
Fonda in A Doll's House
..Kaycee Cooper
A Doll's New House
..Wade Kingston
I Have Just One Question For You, Jane Fonda: What? and Why?
..Jonathan Sircy
You Go, Girl!
..Ginny L. Snow
Higgins and Torvald: Selfish and Power-Hungry
..Tim Alsobrooks
A Dull House
..Craig Sam Aguiar
She's no Doll!
..Deborah Bland
Decorating a Doll's House
..Toni L. Crum
Mood Lighting
..Bradley Haley
Leave It Alone
..Greg Stark
A Doll's House Goes to the Dogs
..Craig Sam Aguiar
Two Thumbs up for Black and White
..Craig Sam Aguiar
Krogstadt: Evil or Kind?
..Grant Apanowicz
A Doll's House Round Two: Second Time Is the Charm
..Dan Bush
A Doll's House or a Bird's Cage?
..Regina Clark
Is Third Time Really a Charm?
..Regina Clark
A Doll's House: A Classic Example of Good versus Bad Film
..Erica Hulse
Movies as Messengers
..Richard Shepherd
versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Colonel Pickering and Dr. Rank: Always a Kind Word
..Grant Apanowicz
versus Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Men Taking Power
..Grant Apanowicz
A Streetcar Named Desire: Four Stars
..Dan Bush
Poor Stella
..Regina Clark
Brando and Leigh: Brilliant at
Destruction
..Kaycee Cooper
Sweat, Fluff, and Tears
..Toni L. Crum
Desire Is More Than a Streetcar
..Erica Hulse
A Most Desirable Film Version
..Ryan Jenkins
Hey Fella!
..Wade Kingston
The Man Who Would Be Stanley
..Wade Kingston
A Streetcar of Symbols
Richard Shepherd
Unforgettable Legend
..Ginny L. Snow
Brando's Burgeoning Career
..Greg Stark
Streetcar's Underrated Role
..Greg Stark
Brando Could Be Heathcliff
..Bradley Hadley
Streetcar Drives Home while Heights Tumbles Down
..Regina Clark
Projected Ghosts
Jonathan Sircy
Actors and Roles
..Greg Stark
. .Gregory Campbell