The heiress
(DVD)
Contributors
Wyler, William, 1902-1981, film director,
Goetz, Ruth, screenwriter.
Goetz, Augustus, screenwriter.
Tover, Leo, 1902-1964, director of photography.
Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983, editor of moving image work.
Goetz, Ruth, screenwriter.
Goetz, Augustus, screenwriter.
Tover, Leo, 1902-1964, director of photography.
Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983, editor of moving image work.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Status
Movies - 2nd Floor
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
715515229517
Notes
General Note
Based on the stage play by Ruth and Augustus Goetz; suggested by the Henry James novel Washington Square.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1949.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Features: New, restored 4K digital transfer; New conversation between screenwriter Jay Cocks and film critic Farran Smith Nehme; New program about the film's costumes featuring costume collector and historian Larry McQueen; The Costume Designer, a restored 1950 short film featuring costume designer Edith Head; Appearance by actor Olivia de Havilland on a 1986 episode of The Paul Ryan Show; Excerpts from a 1973 tribute to director William Wyler on The Merv Griffin Show, featuring Wyler, de Havilland, and actors Bette Davis and Walter Pidgeon; Wyler's acceptance speech from The American Film Institute's 1976 Salute to William Wyler; Interview with actor Ralph Richardson filmed in 1981 for the documentary Directed by Willam Wyler; Trailer; An essay by critic Pamela Hutchinson.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Leo Tover ; art director, John Meehan ; editor, William Hornbeck ; production design, Harry Horner ; costumes, Edith Head ; music, Aaron Copland.
Participants/Performers
Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins, Betty Linley, Selena Royle.
Description
"Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of romance. Are his smoldering professions of love sincere, as she believes they are? Or is Catherine's calculating father (Ralph Richardson) correct in judging Morris a venal fortune seeker? A graceful drawing-room drama boasting Academy Award-winning costume design by Edith Head, The Heiress is also a piercing character study riven by emotional uncertainty and lacerating cruelty, in a triumph of classic Hollywood filmmaking at its most psychologically nuanced"--Container.
Target Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; full screen (1.37:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural.
Language
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wyler, W., Goetz, R., Goetz, A., Tover, L., Hornbeck, W., Copland, A., Horner, H., Meehan, J., Head, E., De Havilland, O., Clift, M., Richardson, R., Hopkins, M., Brown, V., Freeman, M., Collins, R., Linley, B., Royle, S., Goetz, R., & James, H. (2019). The heiress (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)William Wyler et al.. 2019. The Heiress. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)William Wyler et al.. The Heiress The Criterion Collection, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wyler, William, et al. The Heiress Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2019.
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