Wuthering Heights (1939) Screening in Newtown

Newtown's historic Edmond Town Hall will screen William Wyler's 1939 adaptation of Wuthering Heights on Thursday, July 28 at 4:00 PM, and 7:00 PM.  Tickets are $2.00, and can be purchased at the theater box office prior to the shows, located at 45 Main Street, Newtown.

This early film adaptation effectively launched Laurence Olivier’s film career (already a lauded stage actor), and also stars Merle Oberon and David Niven.

Set in the mid 1800s, the film tells the story of young Heathcliff (Olivier), who is brought home to Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw to be raised as his son along with his daughter Cathy (Oberon) and son Hindley.  Cathy and Heathcliff grow up forming a deep bond, but wealthy Edgar Linton (Niven) proposes exposing Cathy’s materialistic side.  Distraught, Heathcliff disappears for a time to reinvent himself into what he assumes Cathy wants, and returns years later to try to steal her away from her husband.  Spurned, Heathcliff marries Edgar’s sister out of revenge, and so all four of them are tormented.

Gregg Toland won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in Black and White for Wuthering Heights (and was later nominated for Citizen Kane in ’42).

Mark your calendars for the next films in this series:  The African Queen, Thursday, Sept. 1, and Rear Window on Thursday, Sept. 29.

To see the complete film schedule, visit www.newtownartscommission.org/sunday-cinema-series and www.facebook.com/sundaycinemaseries.

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Submitted by Newtown, CT

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