William Wyler's The heiress / a Paramount picture ; written for the screen by Ruth and Augustus Goetz ; produced and directed by William Wyler.

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"Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a weal...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Heiress (Motion picture) Criterion collection ; 974.
Corporate Authors:	Paramount Pictures, Inc (Production company) Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors:	Wyler, William, 1902-1981 (Film director, Film producer) Goetz, Ruth (Screenwriter) Goetz, Augustus (Screenwriter) Tover, Leo, 1902-1964 (director of photography.) Hornbeck, William, 1901-1983 (Editor of moving image work) Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 (composer (expression)) Horner, Harry (Production designer) De Havilland, Olivia (Actor) Meehan, John, 1902-1963 (Art director) Clift, Montgomery (Actor) Head, Edith (Costume designer) Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-1983 (Actor) Hopkins, Miriam, 1902-1972 (Actor) Brown, Vanessa, 1928-1999 (Actor) Freeman, Mona (Actor) Collins, Ray, 1889-1965 (Actor) Linley, Betty, 1890-1951 (Actor) Royle, Selena, 1904-1983 (Actor) James, Henry, 1843-1916
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired (SDH).
Published:	[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Edition:	Two-DVD special edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 974.
Subjects:	Goetz, Ruth > Film adaptations. Heiresses > Drama. Rich people > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Elopement > Drama. Disinheritance > Drama. Abusive men > Drama. Goetz, Ruth. Abusive men. Disinheritance. Elopement. Heiresses. Man-woman relationships. Rich people. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Drama. Film adaptations.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Feature films. Fiction films. Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (illustrations ; 48 x 38 cm folded to 19 cm x 12 cm).
Variant Title:	Heiress
Format:	Video DVD

The Red pony ; Heiress : music from the motion pictures

Authors: Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990
Published: Paramount Pictures, 2017

Physical Description: 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

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The heiress

Published: Universal Studios, 2007

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Video DVD