Although it is always stressed that this movie is totally fictitious, there were many aspects of it that were true and helped me to learn more about the Brontë family (whose history can be Googled). For example, Emily and Charlotte were only two of four children who had some promising artistic talent. All four of these siblings were born (and died) in fairly close time periods.
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The Brontës (/ˈbrɒntiz/, commonly /ˈbrɒnteɪz/[1]) were a nineteenth- century literary family associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848), and Anne (1820–1849), are well known as poets and novelists. Like many contemporary female writers, they originally published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories immediately attracted attention, although not always the best, for their passion and originality. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success, while Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were later to be accepted as masterpieces of literature. ---From Wikipedia
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The three Brontë sisters and their brother, Branwell, were very close and during childhood developed their imaginations first through oral storytelling and play set in an intricate imaginary world, and then, through the collaborative writing of increasingly complex stories set therein. I totally enjoyed this movie and think of it as a "family biopic."
If nothing more, it will help me to remember which sister wrote which novel. Emily (played by Ida Lupino) was much more introverted, shunned crowds and publicity, and—according to this movie—she was haunted by "the ghosts" of Wuthering Heights.
Charlotte, (Olivia de Havilland) was quite the opposite. She seemed to seek the fame and the opportunity that only London could offer.
Branwell (Arthur Kennedy) was a failed painter who was subject to alcoholism and drug addiction, which were probably factors in his early death.
Their father was a minister who had an associate, Rev. Arthur Nicholls (Paul Henreid), who eventually married Charlotte. But, was there ever a love triangle between Charlotte and Emily over him, etc? In addition, the movie low-keyed the third sister, Anne (Nancy Coleman), who also wrote novels in her shot lifetime.
I think if this movie were made today, it might stress the filth and disease so prevalent in England during the early industrial revolution. The sanitary conditions were bad enough in the English countryside and probably even worse in London, where the population was more concentrated. Most of the characters in this movie died, at an early age, from a contagious disease.
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The Brontës (/ˈbrɒntiz/, commonly /ˈbrɒnteɪz/[1]) were a nineteenth- century literary family associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848), and Anne (1820–1849), are well known as poets and novelists. Like many contemporary female writers, they originally published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories immediately attracted attention, although not always the best, for their passion and originality. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success, while Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were later to be accepted as masterpieces of literature. ---From Wikipedia
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The three Brontë sisters and their brother, Branwell, were very close and during childhood developed their imaginations first through oral storytelling and play set in an intricate imaginary world, and then, through the collaborative writing of increasingly complex stories set therein. I totally enjoyed this movie and think of it as a "family biopic."
If nothing more, it will help me to remember which sister wrote which novel. Emily (played by Ida Lupino) was much more introverted, shunned crowds and publicity, and—according to this movie—she was haunted by "the ghosts" of Wuthering Heights.
Charlotte, (Olivia de Havilland) was quite the opposite. She seemed to seek the fame and the opportunity that only London could offer.
Branwell (Arthur Kennedy) was a failed painter who was subject to alcoholism and drug addiction, which were probably factors in his early death.
Their father was a minister who had an associate, Rev. Arthur Nicholls (Paul Henreid), who eventually married Charlotte. But, was there ever a love triangle between Charlotte and Emily over him, etc? In addition, the movie low-keyed the third sister, Anne (Nancy Coleman), who also wrote novels in her shot lifetime.
I think if this movie were made today, it might stress the filth and disease so prevalent in England during the early industrial revolution. The sanitary conditions were bad enough in the English countryside and probably even worse in London, where the population was more concentrated. Most of the characters in this movie died, at an early age, from a contagious disease.