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
Head of the Class
..Bianca Bagby
The Principles of Love and Marriage
..Sarah Chandler
Reflecting the Students' Views Through Writing
..Allison Light
Reflections
..Whitni Steele

Table of Contents--Introductions
Wuthering Heights
Where Did The Children Go?
..Bianca Bagby
The Cinematic Withering of Wuthering Heights
..Mark Borum
Take It From Lavar
..Mark Borum
Ellen Dean: The Good, The Bad, The Puppeteer
..Sarah Chandler
Tainted Love
..Amanda Cope
Wuthering Heights--Making Its Mark in Pop Culture
..Naomi Deardorff
Why We Love Wyler's Wuthering Heights
..Naomi Deardorff
Have to See to Believe
..Cheryl Dever
Ghost Before Death
..Alexis Dixon
Edgar: Polite or Pathetic
..Holly Gray
The Significance of Heath in Heathcliff
..Jill Hawanchak
Reality TV at Its Best
..Katie Konrad
Attitude in Environment
..Maggie Marksberry
Friend or Foe?
..Maggie Marksberry
If The Book Works, Don't Fix It
..Casey McMillen
Director's Landscape Vision
..Bennette Moore
The Liberties of a Film Maker: Translating Literature into Film
..Adam Pitman
No Second Generation
..Josh Smith
Book or Movie?
..Jennifer Stafford
Great Expectations
..Chrishell Stause
Heathcliff’s Sudden Mood Change?
..Sarah Weaver
Making Catherine and Heathcliff Appear Innocent
..Allison Webster
Daddy Knows Best
..Courtney Wenande

Wuthering Heights--Los Abismos de Pasion
What Do Animals Have To Do With It?
..Allison Webster

Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
A Passionate Competition
..Alexis Dixon
They’ve Got Passion, and That’s About It
..Allison Light
The Different Flavors of Wuthering Heights
..Courtney Wenande

Table of Contents--Wuthering Heights

Washington Square--The Heiress
Knight in Tarnished Armor
..Jami Anthony
Something’s Rotten in Washington Square
..Jami Anthony
Morris: Evil or Not?
..Bianca Bagby
A Beautiful Transition
..Mark Borum
Unaggressive Obstinacy and Good Conduct Well-Chastised
..Annmarie Campbell
Happily Ever After
..Sarah Chandler
The Everlasting Change
..Lauren Cline
Just Rewards
..Amanda Cope
Keep It Interesting
..Christina Coursey
Catherine's Revenge
..Naomi Deardorff
Truth and the Price of Revenge: An Alternate Ending Using Differences,
Similarities, and Facts of Washington Square and The Heiress
..Alexis Dixon
Phenomenal, Frame by Frame
..Holly Gray
Catherine Smartens up
..Jill Hawanchak
James’s Characters Live in The Heiress
..Allison Light
Beauty is More than Skin Deep
..Magen Marksberry
Morris The Good Guy
..Magen Marksberry
Ending Makes All the Difference
..Casey McMillen
Catherine before and after Morris
..Josh Smith
Gender Roles
..Jennifer Stafford
Strength of a Heroine
..Chrishell Stause
Father Knows Best
..Whitni Steele
Catherine Sloper: A Modern-Day Woman
..Whitni Steele
Revenge Enough?
..Courtney Wenande

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
Two of a Kind
..Katie Konrad
Two of the Same
..Josh Siljander
Reversing Roles
..Sarah Weaver

Table of Contents--Washington Square

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Hair-Raising Tale
..Jami Anthony
Reality or Imaginary
..Bianca Bagby
Evil in Disguise
..Lauren Cline
No Innocents
..Amanda Cope
It's All in the View
..Christina Coursey
The Return of the Screw
..Naomi Deardorff
Emotions Through a Lens
..Alexis Dixon
Greatness Comes in a Tiny Package
..Holly Gray
Do You Believe In Ghosts?
..Jill Hawanchak
Good Versus Evil
..Drew Houck
A Scary Movie Worthy of Stephen King
..Katie Konrad
To Believe or Not to Believe
..Casey McMillen
Getting Into the Role
..Bennett Moore
Do or Don’t They?
..Josh Siljander
Searching the Truth
..Josh Smith
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
..Jennifer Stafford
Mysterious Vagueness
..Sarah Weaver
The Stereotypical Child
..Alison Webster
Childhood Secrets
..Courtney Wenande

Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw

Pygmalion
In Defense of Freddy
..Annmarie Campbell
Middle-Class Morality
..Annmarie Campbell
No Squashed Cabbage Leaf
..Whitni Steele
Eliza's Happiness
..Sarah Weaver
Opening Doors for Eliza
..Sarah Weaver

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Annoyance Turned Elegance
..Lauren Cline
For the Love of the Play
..Amanda Cope
Marvelous Makeovers
..Amanda Cope
Characters Aren't Always Who They Seem
..Christina Coursey
"He's No Gentleman, He Ain't!"
..Alexis Dixon
Pygmalion Better without Music
..Jill Hawanchak
The Fairest of Them All
..Katie Konrad
My Fair Magen
..Magen Marksberry
My Wish for Such a Fair Role
Chrishell Stause
A True Princess
..Whitni Steele
Helping Others
Sarah Weaver

Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Is This Love?
..Bianca Bagby
Higgins the Bachelor
..Annmarie Campbell
Father or Lover
..Sarah Chandler
The Mannerless Phoneticist
..Lauren Cline
Hiller versus Hepburn
..Naomi Deardorff
If It Ain't Broke . . .
..Josh Gibson
My Fairest Lady
..Katie Konrad
Plays Come Alive on the Silver Screen
..Josh Smith
What We Take with us
..Jennifer Stafford
An All-Around Excellent Script
..Allison Webster
While at the Races
..Allison Webster

Table of Contents--Pygmalion

A Doll's House Jane Fonda
I'd be Fond of Playing Opposite Fonda
Mark Borum
Money Talks
..Lauren Cline
In the End
..Christina Coursey
Losey's Little Dollhouse of Horrors
..Naomi Deardorff
Don't Judge a Book by Its Movie
..Alexis Dixon
Hear Jane Roar
..Josh Gibson
Movie Mishap
..Holly Gray
Nora Wakes up
..Jill Hawanchak
A Woman to Reckon with
Jill Hawanchak
Change of Emotion
..Jennifer Stafford

A Doll's House Claire Bloom
No Barbie’s Dream House
..Jami Anthony
What Happens Next?
..Bianca Bagby
The Relationship from Hell
..Amanda Cope
And Nora Walks Out the Door
..Allison Light
Nothing Comes for Free
..Magen Marksberry
Who Was the Doll?
..Magen Marksberry
The Role
..Josh Siljander
A Lesson in Love
..Whitni Steele
Women Have Changed
..Sarah Weaver

A Doll's House Claire Bloom versus Wuthering Heights
Contributing Actors
..Sarah Weaver

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Fragile to Unbreakable
..Sarah Chandler
An Alternative to an Eyesore
..Naomi Deardorff
A Torvald We Can Tolerate
..Naomi Deardorff
Krogstad: Not as Bad as He Seems?
..Josh Gibson
Who Is The Villain Here?
..Josh Gibson
Changed Perception
..Holly Gray
If Only I Could . . .
..Holly Gray
Nora versus Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
..Casey McMillen
Not Just a Barbie Anymore
..Casey McMillen
Matter Of Opinion
..Bennett Moore
Decisions
..Josh Siljander
Other Forms of Abuse
..Jennifer Stafford
A Cure for All
..Allison Webster
Lonesome Spender
..Courtney Wenande

Table of Contents--A Doll's House

A Streetcar Named Desire
The Many Faces of Blanche DuBois
..Jami Anthony
Stanley Kowalski: A Critical Breakdown
..Jami Anthony
Turn Off the Lights!
..Bianca Bagby
Gender-Specific Winners and Losers
..Annmarie Campbell
Drama in the Big Easy
..Sarah Chandler
Happy Endings
..Sarah Chandler
Sisterly Love
..Sarah Chandler
Stanley the Beast
..Lauren Cline
Minimum Changes Required
..Amanda Cope
Save the Best for Last
..Christina Coursey
"What's in a Name (or Title)?"
..Christina Coursey
Crazy for Mixed Emotions
..Alexis Dixon
Stella Should Get Out While She Can
..John Gibson
Acting or True Madness?
..Holly Gray
Stella and Blanche Polar Opposites
..Jill Hawanchak
Character Comparisons in Art and Life
..Drew Houck
Trouble Near Bourbon Street
..Katie Konrad
Playing the Challenging Role of Blanche
..Allison Light
Streetcar Named Blanche
..Casey McMillen
Who Needs Imagination?
..Casey McMillen
A Streetcar Named Desire: Tragedy or Comedy?
..Josh Siljander
Sense of Desire
..Josh Smith
An Actor Transformed
..Jennifer Stafford
Is a Balance Possible?
..Jennifer Stafford
A Lesson Learned
Chrishell Stause
Poor Stella
..Whitni Steele
Destructive Desires
..Sarah Weaver
Harmful Censorship
..Allison Webster
Williams Gets Cheated
..Allison Webster
Sisters Suffering from a Brutal Man
..Courtney Wenande

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Wuthering Heights
Combinations
..Josh Siljander

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Famous Transitions
..Lauren Cline

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Framing the Written Word
..Annemarie Campbell

Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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