Film Summaries,
Film Casts, Film Makers
Introductions
Wuthering
Heights (1847), Emily Brontë
Emily Brontë’s
Wuthering Heights Screenplay (1938), Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Wuthering Heights (1939), directed by William Wyler
Los Abismos de Pasion (1954), directed by Luis Buñuel Washington Square (1880), Henry James
The Heiress (1948), Ruth and Augustus Goetz
The Heiress (1949), directed by William Wyler The Turn of the Screw (1898), Henry James
The Innocents (1950), William Archibald
The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton Pygmalion (1913), George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion (1938), directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard
My Fair Lady (1956), Alan J. Lerner/Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady (1964), directed by George Cukor A Doll's House
A Doll
Wuthering Heights A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Tennessee Williams
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), directed by Elia Kazan Glossary of Film Terms
Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers
Table of Contents--Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers
Introductions
Dr. J.C. Bowlin, Film and Literature Professor, and Contemporary Film Buff
..James Chad Bowlin
The Ties That Bind: History of Film and Literature
..James Chad Bowlin
What Do Directors Do When Faced with the Challenge of Adapting a Play or Book to Film, Besides Pull out Their Hair?
..Benjamin Hawkins
Royal Rumble (Stanley versus Heathcliff versus Morris–Who Is the Biggest Douche-Bag in Film?)
..Joan Royalty
Directors Overcoming Obstacles
..Nichole Walker
A Syllabus with a Little Bit of Magic
..Corinna Witkowski
Table of Contents--Introductions
Wuthering Heights: The Differences of Film and Literature
..James Chad Bowlin
All in the Setting: Part One
..Darryl Brandon Clark
All in the Setting: Part Two
Mostly Our Imagination: Part I
..Darryl Brandon Clark
Mostly Our Imagination: Part II
..Darryl Brandon Clark
Lowering or Igniting the Flame
..Lace Gilger
Wuthering Heights…Made the Cut
..Brittany Hall
Los Abismos de Passion--Wuthering Heights
The Interpretations of Wyler and Buñuel
..Darryl Brandon Clark
Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
..Sebastian Mildner
Wuthering Heights: Time to Update the Story
..Corinna Witkowski
Wuthering Heights…Just Does not Fit the Part
..Brittany Hall
Table
Washington Square--The Heiress
Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
The Heiress Was Adapted from Washington Square
Joseph Chad Bowlin
Revealing Films
..Lace Gilger
Washington Square–Fail after Fail
..Bernhard Holzfurtner
Penniman and Patriarchal Oppression
..Joan Royalty
Bringing James’s Novel to Life on the Screen
..Nichole Walker
Realism versus Realistic Adaptation
..Corinna Witkowski
Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights–Los Abismos de Pasion
Table
The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Do You Believe in Ghosts?
..Brittany Hall
Blackmail at Bly (A Conjecture of Events in The Turn of The Screw and The Innocents)
..Joan Royalty
The Turn of the Screw and The Innocents
(How a Boring Story Becomes a Ridiculous Film
..Joan Royalty
A Good Ghost Story
..Nichole Walker
The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents versus Wuthering Heights
The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents versus Washington Square--The Heiress
Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw
Pygmalion
Pygmalion–Higgins or Freddy? That Is the Question
..Bernhard Holzfurtner
Pygmalion versus Washington Square versus The Heiress
Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Pygmalion--My Fair Lady versus Washington Square--The Heiress
Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady versus The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Table of Contents--Pygmalion
A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
A Doll's House Claire Bloom
A Doll's House Claire Bloom
versus Washington Square--The Heiress
A Doll's House Claire Bloom versus Pygmalion
A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
A Streetcar Named Desire
An Actor's Interpretation
..Darryl Brandon Clark
Greatness at Work
..Brittany Hall
A Streetcar: Final Destination: Desire
..Bernhard Holzfurtner
An Excellent Job by Marlon Brando
.. Sebastian Mildner
Cinema Creating Mixed Feelings
..Nichole Walker
Film Adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire: Too Good to Be True?
..Corinna Witkowski
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Wuthering Heights
A Streetcar Named Desire versus The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire
Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell
Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms