The Heiress
Catherine Sloper, a shy, plain and boring young woman, falls for a poor but handsome and well-bred man, Morris Townsend who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
10 December 1889, Sacramento, California, USA
August 4, 1902 in Hericy, France
6 November 1904, New York City, New York, USA
August 5, 1891 in Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA
19 December 1902, Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
27 August 1884, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 March 1928, Vienna, Austria
8 May 1893, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
17 October 1920, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1890, Malmesbury, England, UK
28 February 1889, Cumberland, England, UK
10 February 1910, Princeton, Illinois, USA
February 20, 2010
Though it had a poor box office upon its release, it eventually became recognized as a masterpiece.
July 10, 2007
The reputation of this exceedingly fine film has continued to grow as the decades have rolled on, and the performances of a strong cast certainly deserve much of that credit.
September 26, 2011
More interesting for the things it leaves unsaid than the occasionally staid melodramatic story.
February 25, 2008
Wyler's superlative rendition of Henry James' novel Washington Square is meticulously mounted with great acting from Olivia De Havilland, Monty Clift, and particularly Ralph Richardson, dark-noirish lensing, and powerful score from Aaron Copeland.
August 15, 2012
[A]n outstanding literary adaptation and a superb example of Hollywood fare at its most intelligent and sharply honed.
