Heiress

Pros: superb acting; richly satisfying story; looks/sounds great too
Cons: the father minced no words with his only child

Winning Best Actress for her role in The Heiress, Olivia de Havilland plays a woman I could really feel for and believe in. Think of how the lowly moth suddenly bursts from its cocoon as a colorful butterfly, rapturous in its freedom from ...

Pros: de Havilland's powerful Oscar-winning performance
Cons: Montgomery Clift's somewhat subdued performance

Olivia de Havilland gives what is considered by many to be the finest performance of her career in Paramount's 1949 film, The Heiress. Director William Wyler, along with a stellar cast combine to create this masterpiece of drama, a film adaptation...

Pros: social commentary, classy production
Cons: Society is so cruel to this person!

Pure, idealized, romantic love only works in the movies, or in any other form of creative art. At least that’s what this person utterly deprived of love thinks. Of course, in real life, relationships can sometimes develop not because of the worth of a ...

Pros: An unusual & thought provoking film with great acting.
Cons: none (B&W which I know automatically excludes some narrow minded people.)

Made in 1949, The Heiress, starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, and Ralph Richardson is a tour de force in the acting category. The story centers around Catherine Sloper (de Havilland), the shy and timid daughter of Dr. Austin Sloper ...

Pros: script, cast, story, direction, costumes
Cons: no action

"The Heiress" is adaptation of the play by Augustus and Ruth Goetz, which in turn was an adaptation of the Henry James novel "Washington Square."

The story is about a plain young woman (Olivia De Havilland, best known for...

Pros: good plot
Cons: none

I wanted to watch The Heiress because my favorite actor, Montgomery Clift, was in it. And I ended up clapping for Catherine, Dehavilland’s character, because she gave Clift’s Morris Townsend the boot. Catherine’s character, as well as Morris’, was...