Table of Contents

Film and Literature Combinations

Film Summaries, Film Casts, Film Makers

Introductions

Wuthering Heights (1847), Emily Brontë
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 (1879), Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House (1973), directed by Joseph Losey
A Doll's House (1973), directed by Patrick Garland

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
My Oscars
..Natalie Bringham
What to Teach?
..Julie Kinder
The Best and Last
..Lauren McAdams
Liberation of Women in Cinema
..Bryan McGregor
My Film and Literature Class
..Meg Schoenman
The All-Too-Oft-Unnoticed Actors
..Rachel Zaudke

Table of Contents--Introductions
Wuthering Heights
The Butchering of Wuthering Heights
..Natalie Bringham
To Love or To Hate? That Is the Emotion
..Cullan Couleas
A Wuthering Fiction
..Cullan Couleas
Cinematic Taming of Brontë's Wild Beasts
..Brooks Dawkins
Wuthering Heights Film--A Classic Disaster
..Megan Douglas
The Portrayal of Obsessive Love in Film and Literature
..Melody Enoch
Weltering Heights: The Many Emotions of Heathcliff
..Melody Enoch
To Teach or Not To Teach
..Sarah Fuchs
Wuthering Heights: Artistic License Taken Too Far?
..Sarah Fuchs
Many Possibilities for a Bad Boy
..Allison Groner
Not Wuthering Heights, Again
..Julie Kinder
Women Who Want Bad Boys
..Renée Lax
Wuthering Heights–A Modern-Day Soap Opera
..Vanessa Lewis
Heathcliff: A Dark Romeo
..Bryan D. McGregor
Disappointment, Thy Name Is Film
..Meg Schoenman
Please, Sirs, Can I Have Some Moors?
..Meg Schoenman
Wuthering Heights 2001
..Jamie Steffy

Wuthering Heights--Los Abismos de Pasion
An Unfortunate Birth
..Renée Lax

Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
Iraseme Dilian versus Merle Oberon
..Allison Nall
A Modern Touch to a Timeless Classic
..Jamie Steffy

Table of Contents--Wuthering Heights

Washington Square--The Heiress
Complete Transformation
..Natalie Bringham
Sloper versus Balboa
..Cullan Couleas
Tough Love
..Megan Douglas
Bad Boy, Good Girl
..Sarah Fuchs
Happily Ever After
..Krista Germann
Catherine, The Heiress
..Julie Kinder
His Just Reward
..Renée Lax
Prince Charming?
..Renée Lax
Morris Townsend--Guilty as Charged?
..Vanessa Lewis
The First "How to Be a Player”
..Bryan D. McGregor
What Men Cause Women to Do
..Allison Nall
And the Oscar Goes to . . . .
..Leah Sims
Fortune versus Love
..Leah Sims
Location, Location, Location
..Leah Sims
The Mystery Revealed Behind Washington Square
..Jamie Steffy
The Point
..Rachel Zaudke

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
The Comparison of Two Catherines
..Melody L. Enoch
Hollywood: For Better or for Worse
..Allison Groner
The Two Catherines
..Colin Moore
William Wyler Better with Experience
..Allison Nall

Table of Contents--Washington Square

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Not the Typical Scary Movie
..Natalie Bringham
Warm Kisses from the Governess
..Cullan Couleas
The Turn of the Screw versus The Hammer of the Nail
..Brooks Dawkins
And the Oscar Goes to…The Innocents
..Megan Douglas
Since When Have Flowers Symbolized Evil?
..Megan Douglas
The Innocents: An Analysis of the Psychological State of Miss Giddens
..Melody Enoch
Now You See Them; Now You Don’t
..Sarah Fuchs
Effects Make a Movie
..Allison Groner
Oldie But a Goodie
..Allison Groner
The Turn of the Screw: Or Perhaps The Turn of the Innocents
..Julie Kinder
I See Dead People?
..Renée Lax
Supernatural Love
..Bryan D. McGregor
Ghosts or Insanity
..Colin Moore
A Screw Loose?
..Leah Sims
Children: Why Are They Receptive to Ghosts?
..Jamie Steffy
Uncertainty Is Sometimes Best
..Shannon Ursery
And the Award Goes to…
..Rachel Zaudke
In the Eye of the Beholder
..Rachel Zaudke

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents versus Washington Square--The Heiress
Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw

Pygmalion
Best Adaptation Goes to…
..Colin Moore
A Change of Opinion
..Colin Moore
Stay or Not to Stay?
..Colin Moore
The Lesser Ending
..Allison Nall

Pygmalion versus Washington Square versus The Heiress

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Makeover Madness
..Natalie Bringham
The Teacher That Needed to Be Taught
..Cullan Couleas
For Love or Money
..Brooks Dawkins
Pretty Woman--A Modern Day My Fair Lady
..Megan Douglas
My Fair Lady and Miss Congeniality: A Relative Study of Two Women
..Melody Enoch
A Cinderella Story
..Sarah Fuchs
The Flower Girl
..Krista Germann
The Well-Dressed My Fair Lady
..Krista Germann
A Classic for All Ages
..Allison Groner
My Fair Well-Clothed Lady
..Julie Kinder
The Perfect Woman
..Renée Lax
My Fair Lady: What It Is Like To Be Rich
..Bryan McGregor
An Abstract Fish Out of Water
..Meg Schoenman
Triangle of Characters
..Leah Sims

Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Leslie Howard versus Rex Harrison
..Colin Moore
Colorful Scenes, Costumes, Music
..Allison Nall
Let Us Stick With the Classic
..Jamie Steffy
Table of Contents--Pygmalion

A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A Doll’s House: The Musical
..Julie Kinder
Becoming More than a Doll
..Allison Nall
A Glimpse into the Future
..Jamie Steffy
Communication or Lack Thereof
..Rachel Zaudke
Opening Up?
..Rachel Zaudke

A Doll’s House Jane Fonda versus Washington SquareThe Heiress
I Am Woman; Hear Me Roar
..Krista Germann

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Pygmalion
A Doll's House Claire Bloom
Not Just a Doll
..Natalie Bringham
The Shy Silver Screen
..Brooks Dawkins
Women Are Not Robots
..Allison Groner
Nora’s Flight
..Colin Moore
In Defense of the Slap
..Meg Schoenman

A Doll's House Claire Bloom versus Washington SquareThe Heiress
Breaking out of the Shell
..Allison Groner

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Thumbs up for Bloom and Hopkins
..Megan Douglas
"Houston, We Have a Problem"
..Sarah Fuchs
Revelations
..Krista Germann
A Doll’s House of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
..Bryan D. McGregor
The Importance of Setting
..Meg Schoenman

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
versus Washington SquareThe Heiress
Growing Strong
..Allison Nall

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
versus Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Pygmalion and A Doll’s House: A Comparison of Attitudes Towards Women
..Melody Enoch

Table of Contents--A Doll's House

A Streetcar Named Desire
Try a Streetcar Named Love
..Natalie Bringham
Vivien Leigh Wins an Oscar
..Jessica Carner
Good Girls Like Bad Boys, But Bad Boys Find Good Girls
..Cullan Couleas
Lovers of a Different Kind
..Cullan Couleas
Tricks on the Mind
..Cullan Couleas
Tennessee Williams’ Twisted Sisters
..Brooks Dawkins
What Brando Did Not Do
..Brooks Dawkins
Broken Spirits
..Megan Douglas
The Oscar-Deserving Roles of A Streetcar Named Desire
..Melody Enoch
A Streetcar Named Desire: The Importance of Costumes
in the Viewer’s Perception of Characters
..Melody Enoch
You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
..Sarah Fuchs
Mrs. Kowalski
..Krista Germann
Perfect Match
..Krista Germann
A Streetcar Named Desire: Number-One Choice
..Krista Germann
A Streetcar Named Desire for Acceptance
..Julie Kinder
And the Oscar Goes To….
..Renée Lax
Should She Stay, or Should She Go?
..Renée Lax
The One and Only Stanley
..Colin Moore
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett O'Hara versus Blanche DuBois
..Allison Nall
What a Woman Won’t Do for Washboard Abs
..Meg Schoenman
Two of a Kind
..Leah Sims
Vivien Leigh: Blanche DuBois Versus Scarlett O’Hara
..Jamie Steffy
A Streetcar Named Desire: First Class Choice
..Shannon Ursery

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Wuthering Heights
And the Oscar Goes to…
..Brooks Dawkins

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion
The Oscar Goes to…
..Jamie Steffy

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Brando and Howard
..Colin Moore

A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll’s House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Taking a Chance on Love
..Lean Sims

Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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