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Thursday Nov 5 | Ledger Dispatch

Emily Bronte's link to a joker

HEATH LEDGER and his sister Kate were named for the two main characters in "Wuthering Heights," later a movie starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon.

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Related Topix: Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Laurence Olivier, Timothy Dalton, Dell, Computers

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Hollywood Reporter

Stuntwoman Jewell Jordan dies

Jewell Jordan Mason, who was Luise Rainer's stunt double for her Oscar-winning performance in 1937's "The Good Earth" and Merle Oberon's on "Wuthering Heights" two years later, died Sept.

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Related Topix: Luise Rainer, Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Camarillo, CA, Gale Anne Hurd, Ninotchka, Comedy Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Thu Sep 10, 2009

Bronte Blog

Heatchliff 0 - Catherine 1

Melissa Katsoulis lists Wuthering Heights 1939 as one of the 25 best book-to-film adaptations in The Telegraph : 2. WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTA Published: 1847 Film adaptation: 1939 Director: WILLIAM WYLER BrontA 's gothic tale of moors madness gets the William Wyler treatment in this classic movie version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and ...

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Related Topix: Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Laurence Olivier, Heathcliff, Cliff Richard, Lost, Action TV, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Mon Aug 31, 2009

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: The Divorce of Lady X

The year before they costarred in the 1939 classic WUTHERING HEIGHTS, Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon played opposite each other in a lighthearted British romantic comedy, THE DIVORCE OF LADY X. Late one evening Everard and Leslie are both stranded in a London hotel due to a black fog which makes travel impossible.

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Related Topix: Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Laurence Olivier, United Kingdom Travel, Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Entertainment Insiders

"Peyton Place" Actress Anna Karen Morrow Dies 1914-2009

Broadway, film and soap operaA star Anna Karen Morrow passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in a retirement home in Woodland Hills according to her daughter Lissa Morrow Christian.

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Related Topix: Film Noir, Short, Thriller, Crime Movies, The Wrong Man, Western, Drama Movies

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Mountain Xpress

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan 07/01/2009 Genre: Historical Romp Directed by: Alexander Korda Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Melville Cooper, Benita Hume, Binnie Barnes Alexander Korda's The Private Life of Don Juan is in the unique position of being one of the most-seen and little-known films of its era, due to the inclusion of clips ...

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Related Topix: Douglas Fairbanks, Melville Cooper, Binnie Barnes, Movies, Entertainment

Sat May 16, 2009

Daily Express

Bond girl Gemma ready to scale the Heights

HOME > NEWS / SHOWBIZ > SHOWBIZ > Bond girl Gemma ready to scale the Heights SHOWBIZ SUCCESS: Gemma will be the latest Cathy Sunday May 17,2009 RISING star Gemma Arterton is reported to have landed one of cinema's greatest romantic roles, writes LESLEY-ANN JONES.

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Related Topix: Quantum of Solace, Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies

Fri May 15, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Bond girl Gemma Arterton to star in Wuthering Heights 'teen drama'

Gemma Arterton, the Bond girl, and Gossip Girl actor Ed Westwick are to star as Cathy and Heathcliff in a film adaptation of Wuthering Heights which recasts Emily Bronte's passionate tale as a teen drama.

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Related Topix: Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Gossip Girl, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Laurence Olivier

Sun May 03, 2009

Bronte Blog

Less surprising, but equally buoyant

We have a good and a bad review for Tamasha's Wuthering Heights . The good one comes from The Guardian : Picture: Davina Perera in Wuthering Heights at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.

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Related Topix: Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Bollywood, Laurence Olivier

Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

Tonight's Movie: Affectionately Yours

Sue has divorced her newspaper reporter husband Ricky , who has only been home seven months of their five-year marriage.

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Related Topix: Dennis Morgan, Wedding, Ralph Bellamy, Rita Hayworth, Drama Movies, War Movies, Gone with the Wind

Wed Apr 29, 2009

The Age

Off to Bollywood

Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff and Merle Oberon as Catherine in the 1939 film version of Wutherine Heights .

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Related Topix: Wuthering Heights, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Bollywood, Laurence Olivier, Arts, Cinema

Mon Apr 27, 2009

Boxoffice

If It's Monday, It Must Be Outtakes From an Unfinished Classic

There are lost movies and then there are Lost Movies. And one of the most famous -- and frustrating -- examples of the latter is the abortive 1937 Alexander Korda -produced version of I Claudius .

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Related Topix: I, Claudius, Drama Movies, Charles Laughton

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