TCM, Now: "The Heiress" (1949) Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Wm. Wyler.
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Won 4 Academy Awards, (nominated for 8) based on the novel 'Washington Square' by Henry James.
The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper, Montgomery Clift as Morris Townsend, and Ralph Richardson as Dr. Sloper. Written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 play The Heiress. The play was suggested by the 1880 novel Washington Square by Henry James. The film is about a young naive woman who falls in love with a handsome young man, despite the objections of her emotionally abusive father who suspects the man of being a fortune hunter.
In 1996, The Heiress was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heiress
More, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041452/
"The Heiress," Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, (1949).
Dame Olivia de Havilland (age 102), Best Actress, "The Heiress" 1949.
Premier, "The Heiress," Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor.
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~ Great Hollywood movie with outstanding performances by de Havilland & Ralph Richardson who plays her father, Dr. Sloper.
