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The Heiress is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed and produced by William Wyler, from a screenplay written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 stage play of the same title, which was itself adapted from Henry James' 1880 novel Washington Square.
The Heiress: Directed by William Wyler. With Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins. A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.
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- Drama, Romance
- William Wyler
- 1949-12-28
The Heiress, American dramatic film, released in 1949, that was adapted from the play of the same name by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz. Both the play and the film were based on the Henry James novel Washington Square (1881).
- Lee Pfeiffer
Catherine (Olivia de Havilland), a young woman who stands to inherit her father's large fortune, falls in love when she meets Morris (Montgomery Clift), who gives her the love and affection her...
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- Olivia de Havilland
- William Wyler
- Drama
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A classic film directed by William Wyler, starring Olivia de Havilland as a repressed heiress who rejects a fortune hunter. Based on Henry James' novella Washington Square, the film won two Oscars and features a haunting score by Aaron Copland.