Jane Eyre (1943 film)
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| Directed by | Robert Stevenson |
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| Written by |
John Houseman Aldous Huxley Robert Stevenson |
| Based on |
Jane Eyre 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë |
| Starring |
Orson Welles Joan Fontaine |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Edited by | Walter Thompson |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,705,000 |
| Box office | $1.75 million (US/Canada) (rentals) 2,620,527 admissions (France, 1946) |
Jane Eyre is an American film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles, both uncredited. The film stars Welles and Joan Fontaine. Elizabeth Taylor made an early, uncredited appearance as Helen Burns.
The screenplay was written by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley and director Robert Stevenson. The music score was by Bernard Herrmann and the cinematography by George Barnes.
Orphaned, unloved, and unwanted ten-year-old Jane Eyre (Peggy Ann Garner) lives with her cruel and selfish, uncaring paternal aunt, Mrs. Reed (Agnes Moorehead) of Gateshead Hall. Jane is ecstatic when Mrs. Reed, eager to be rid of the child, arranges for Jane to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity boarding school for young girls, run by the disciplinarian Reverend Brocklehurst (Henry Daniell).
Based on what Mrs. Reed has told him, Mr. Brocklehurst labels Jane a liar in front of her schoolmates and orders her to stand on a stool for hours on her first day of attendance. She is comforted and befriended by another student, Helen Burns (Elizabeth Taylor). Later, Jane protests when Brocklehurst orders that Helen's naturally curling hair be cut. Both are punished by being forced to walk circles in a courtyard during a downpour. Dr. Rivers (John Sutton), a sympathetic physician who periodically checks on the students, brings them inside, but it is too late for Helen, who dies that night.
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