“WUTHERING HEIGHTS”

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20891, 24 August 1939, Page 10

“WUTHERING HEIGHTS”

AN OUTSTANDING FILM “Wuthering ’Heights,” which will be screened at the Civic Theatre tomorrow, is an outstanding production. It is based on the unforgettable love story of the Emily Bronte novel of the same name. Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier are cast as the romantic lovers who discover the beauty and despair of love as they wander wildly over the desolate moors of the Yorkshire country. The stars are brilliantly supported by a cast of outstanding players, including David Niven, Flora Robson, Hugh Williams, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donaid Crisp and Miles Mander. Briefly, the story concerns the lives of live strangely assorted people, its mood is one of great love and great disaster, played out in an atmosphere of strange emotions, strange hates, strange moods. Merle Oberon is magnificently cast as Cathy, a high-spirited beauty whose life, is mysteriously influenced by the moors on which she has Jived all her life. Laurence Oliver plays the role of Heathcliff, a brooding, melancholy figure in love with Cathy, with remarkable strength and poignant fervou. David Niven, as Edgar Linton, gives a performance of unusual fidelity and conviction, and Flora Robson, known as England’s greatest character actress, is perfectly cast as Cathy’s nurse. Too much praise cannot be given to the beautiful production and brilliant photography which heighten the story of “Wuthering Heights” and make it one- of the screen’s greatest achievements.