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Evening Star, Issue 23408, 27 October 1939, Page 11

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Samuel Goldwyn’s ‘Wuthering Heights,’ based on the unforgettable love story of the Emily Bronte novel of the same name, is now at the State Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier are cast as the romantic lovers who discover the beauty and despair of love as they wander over the desolate moors of tin* Yorkshire country. The stars are bril-

Hantly supported by a cast of outstanding players, including David Niven, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, and Miles Mander. ‘ Wuthering Heights * was filmed from a masterly screen-play written by two of Hollywood’s leading scenarists, Ben Hecht and Charles MaeArthur. The picture was directed with skill, understanding, and emotional sweep by William Wyler, who previously turned out such notable screen offerings as ‘Dead End,’ ‘Jezebel,’ ‘ These Three,’ and ‘ Dodsworth.’ The picture was photographed by Gregg Toland, whose dramatic lighting and outdoor cinematography give ‘ Wuthering Heights ’ a background of brooding, sinister mood which is in keeping with its stirring tale of love and hate Briefly, the story concerns the lives of five strangely-assorted people. Its mood is one of great love and great disaster, played out in an atmosphere of strange emotions, strange hates, strange mood?. Merle Oberon is magnificently cast as Cathy, a high-spirited beauty whose life is mysteriously influenced by the moors on which she has lived all her life. Laurence Olivier plays tho role of Heathcliff.