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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.
25 April 1913, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
7 December 1902, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May 21, 1899 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
10 February 1910, Princeton, Illinois, USA
August 5, 1891 in Eagle Grove, Iowa, USA
April 1, 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
5 June 1878, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
8 May 1893, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
24 March 1928, Vienna, Austria
11 January 1877, Sydney, Australia
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.
August 15, 2012
[A]n outstanding literary adaptation and a superb example of Hollywood fare at its most intelligent and sharply honed.
February 20, 2010
Though it had a poor box office upon its release, it eventually became recognized as a masterpiece.
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.
September 26, 2011
More interesting for the things it leaves unsaid than the occasionally staid melodramatic story.
