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The Heiress is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed and produced by William Wyler, from a screenplay written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 stage play of the same title, which was itself adapted from Henry James' 1880 novel Washington Square.
The Heiress: Directed by William Wyler. With Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins. A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man her emotionally abusive father suspects is only a fortune hunter.
Brief Synopsis. A plain young woman's money makes her prey to fortune hunters. Cast & Crew. Read More. William Wyler. Director. Olivia De Havilland. Catherine Sloper. Montgomery Clift. Morris Townsend. Ralph Richardson. Dr. Austin Sloper. Miriam Hopkins. Lavinia Penniman. Vanessa Brown. Maria. Photos & Videos. View All. 1 Photo. Film Details.
Oct 23, 2022 · Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for Best Actress as a shy heiress who falls for a handsome man (Montgomery Clift) her overbearing father (Ralph Richardson) thinks is a fortune hunter. Directed...
Catherine (Olivia de Havilland), a young woman who stands to inherit her father's large fortune, falls in love when she meets Morris (Montgomery...
A graceful drawing-room drama boasting Academy Award–winning costume design by Edith Head, The Heiress is also a piercing character study riven by emotional uncertainty and lacerating cruelty, in a triumph of classic Hollywood filmmaking at its most psychologically nuanced.
In the mid-1800's, the wealthy Sloper family - widowed surgeon Dr. Austin Sloper, his adult daughter Catherine Sloper (Dr. Sloper's only surviving child), and Dr. Sloper's recently widowed sister Lavinia Penniman - live in an opulent house at 16 Washington Square, New York City.
