Talk:Jane Eyre (1943 film)

Sources needed

Sources are needed for this material. -Classicfilms 15:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Reception

Many critics commented negatively on the casting of the beautiful Joan Fontaine as the "plain, unlovely" heroine.

The elimination of many characters, such as Aunt Reed's cruel daughters, and plotlines, especially her discovery of her long-lost cousins and her courtship by Rev. St. John Rivers, did not go unnoticed in some quarters either. Although a character called Dr. Rivers (played by John Sutton) appears during the Lowood charity school scenes, he bears little resemblance to his namesake in the novel.

I saw this film last weekend for the first time in perhaps two decades. It was, of course, an abbreviation of the novel, but with many good effects (lighting, sets)and enjoyable acting. The fact that Rochester's ward is obviously his child out of wedlock seemed daring, given that Hollywood product was then strongly censored. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Opusv5 (talk • contribs) 15:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

In the novel, Bertha Mason (Rochester's wife) is "of Creole extraction", but in this film, her brother Richard is 100% white. I guess Hollywood didn't want to deal with the race issue (Rochester marrying an "Other", etc.). Denison908 (talk) 23:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)Denison908

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:51, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

1943 film — or 1944?

Every source I have seen identifies this as a 1944 film, shot in 1943. The AFI Catalog states it premiered in New York and Los Angeles in February 1944. I've requested a citation for the statement in the infobox that the film premiered in the UK December 24, 1943. If no citation can be given, the article should be moved to Jane Eyre (1944 film). The revision history indicates the article was moved from that name July 19, 2011, based on information at the Internet Movie Database. — WFinch (talk) 14:06, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

I added to the text TCM's explanation of the UK/US 1943/1944 release date confusion, which sounds authoritative, but didn't change the date in the entry's title to 1944, which I think should be done. If nobody comes up with the 24th as the specific release date after a reasonable amount of time, it should be deleted, but I think TCM is sufficient source for December 1943. Mirawithani (talk) 21:46, 10 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, well: I just found the 1943 date (December 24) in Jonathan Rosenbaum's exhaustive chronology of Welles's career in This Is Orson Welles. He doesn't indicate that the screening was in the UK but it evidently was. I've added the citation to the infobox of the article, which can be left as it is. —WFinch (talk) 23:35, 14 February 2014 (UTC)