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
Cinematic Bad Examples
..Megan Arszman
How Not to Get a Guy in Ten Days
..Megan Arszman
A Tangled Web of Lies
..Megan Arszman
Weaving a Tangled Web
..Katie Clark
Women and Bad Men
..Britney Darnell
College Students Can Do It
..Dawn Davis
What Not to Do in Relationships
..Lauren Lane
From the Outside, Looking in
..Becky Owler
Bad Relationships 101
..Tammy Seaborn
Degraded Love
..Sandra Way
Creative Cinematic Influence, or a Great Influence
..Shanah Zigler

Table of Contents--Introductions

Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff and Catherine: Star-Struck Lovers or Revengeful Quarrelers
..A. Katherine Boyd
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
..Vanessa Childers
Brontë versus Olivier
..Vanessa Childers
Give Me Cheesy Romances Any Day!
..Dawn Davis
Catherine Similar to Today’s Females
..Kayla DeHay
Wuthering Heights: Jerking the Tears Around
..Lynne Gustafson
Wuthering Heights: Read the Book; Don't Watch the Movie
..Lauren Harms
Wuthering Heights: Watch the Movie; Don’t Read the Book
..Lauren Harms
Family Values: Good and Bad
..Lynda Jackson

Wuthering Heights--Los Abismos de Pasion
Elements of Vampirism in Los Abismos de Pasion
..Brittiany Adams
Who Is the Real Villain in Los Abismos de Pasion: Alejandro or Catalina?
..Jessica Warren
Why the Pig Squeals
..Shanah Zigler

Wuthering Heights versus Los Abismos de Pasion
Los Abismos de Wuthering Heights
..Katie Clark
Buñuel Wild versus Wyler Tame
..Kyla Dehay
Withering Heights
..Becky Owler
Saga of the Heathcliffs
..Rebekah Ruppel
Wuthering Heights Better Served Mexican Cinema Style
..Terra Vance

Table of Contents--Wuthering Heights
Washington Square--The Heiress
The Similarities of Olivia de Havilland’s Roles in Gone with the Wind and The Heiress
..Brittiany Adams
The Effects of Reassurance
..Megan Arszman
A Cinderella Story
..Elizabeth Barrett
Like Father, Like or Unlike Daughter
..A. Katherine Boyd
Father/Daughter Relationships
..Vanessa Childers
The Domineering Father Figure
..Sean Curd
Catherine: Vibrant Woman
..Kyla DeHay
You Reap What You Sow
..Lynne Gustafson
Catherine, Shy or Pitiful
..Lynda Jackson
Catherine and the Men in Her Life
..Meghan Mottaz
Morris Only Loved Catherine’s $$$$$
..Meghan Mottaz
She’s Come Undone
..Miranda Robinson
Lavinia and Austin: Family Feud?
..Rebekah Ruppel
Catherine, Your Not-So-Typical Cat Lady
..Janner Tanner
Dr. Sloper: May Roses Rest on His Grave Rather than His Table
..Janna Tanner
Catherine Tougher on Celluloid
..Terra Vance
Catherine Sloper: 19th Century Bridget Jones
..Jessica Warren
Catherine and the Blank Look
..Sandra Way

Washington Square--The Heiress versus Wuthering Heights
The Coupling Query
..Megan Arszman
Wyler's B…Witches
..Katie Clark

Table of Contents--Washington Square

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
Haunting Us to the Core
..Charissa Acree
Who Really Got Screwed?
..Charissa Acree
Is Structure the Answer?
Megan Arszman
A Few Screws Loose
..A. Katherine Boyd
The Not-So Innocents
..Katie Clark
Demonic Children…..I Think Not
..Dawn Davis
A Southern Turn of the Screw
..Chris Lush
“Just because things aren’t what they seem doesn’t mean you shouldn’t dream.”
-the Ataris
..Becky Owler
The White Roses of Innocence
..Jill Pierce
Ghostly Reasons for Maleficience
..Rebekah Ruppel
Motive Is Everything
..Rebekah Ruppel
Paranoia Takes Its Toll
..Rebekah Ruppel
What Is Truth ? or Whose Perspective Is Correct?
..Rebekah Ruppel
Scared or Not to Be Scared
..Terra Vance
There Is No Such Thing as Ghosts
..Jessica Warren
Innocent Expression
..Sandra Way
It Matters if It’s Black and White
..Sandra Way
The Terrifying Effect
..Shanah Zigler

The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
versus Washington Square--The Heiress
Ghosts 2--Innocent Young Women 0
..Lynne Gustafson

Table of Contents--The Turn of the Screw

Pygmalion
Pretty Woman: Pygmalion for the New Generation
..Brittiany Adams
The Uncertainty of the Life After
..Megan Arszman
From Flower Girl to Lovely Lady
..Elizabeth Barrett
Eliza: Feisty or Forgiving?
..A. Katherine Boyd
Story Lines Should Stand on Their Own Two Feet
..A. Katherine Boyd
Henry Higgins: A Man Ahead of His Time
..Lynne Gustafson
The Making of a Lady
..Rhiannon Mitchell
The Best Thing to Ever Happen to Eliza Doolittle
..Jessica Warren
Higgins Has ADD
.Shanah Zigler

Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Eliza and Ice Cream Sundaes; Who Could Resist?
..Charissa Acree
Why Should I Wish to Be Eliza?
..Charissa Acree
Disney Should Have Made My Fair Lady!
..Brittiany Adams
Musical Dreams
..Vanessa Childers
She’s All That and My Fair Lady
..Meghan Mottaz
“What They Wouldn’t do for a Better Life”
..Becky Owler
How Do You Fall For Someone Like That?
..Miranda Robinson
How to Become a Lady
..Terra Vance

Pygmalion versus My Fair Lady
Not Just a First Impression
..Charissa Acree
Freddy: Prince Charming or Just Another Frog?
..A. Katherine Boyd
Early Notice
..Vanessa Childers
Just “Loverly”
..Vanessa Childers
Eliza Doolittle Gives Me an Earache
..Katie Clark
Pygmalion vs. Fair Lady: The Movie Battle
..Dawn Davis
Fares Better than Pygmalion
..Kyla DeHay
No Longer My Fair Lady
..Janna Tanner
A Healthy Friendship
..Jessica Warren
Talent versus a Pretty Face
..Shanah Zigler

Table of Contents--Pygmalion

A Doll's House Jane Fonda
Who Is the Doll Anyway?
..Charissa Acree
A Real Doll’s House
..Elizabeth Barrett
Who Is Really the Doll?
..Elizabeth Barrett
Jane Is a Pain
..Katie Clark
Monetary Infatuation
..Rhiannon Mitchell
Ranking and Sneaking
..Meghan Mottaz
Keeping Up Appearances in A Doll's House and Pleasantville
..Janna Tanner

A Doll's House Claire Bloom
A Doll’s House Indeed
..Katie Clark
The Puppet's Master
..Britney Darnell
The Best of Friends
..Miranda Robinson
Where Are You Running to?
..Miranda Robinson
Placing the Blame for Nora’s Unhappiness
..Jessica Warren

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Springing to Life
..Charissa Acree
Ibsen Must Be Turning Over in His Grave
..Brittiany Adams
The Essence of Torvald
..A Katherine Boyd
The Webs We Weave
..Britney Darnell
Preferring a Cinematic Garland
..Kyla DeHay
The Truth About Lies
..Lynne Gustafson
Will the Real Nora Please Stand Up?
..Lynne Gustafson
The Lie of a Lifetime
..April Hamlin
Ignoring Problems in A Doll's House
..Lynda Jackson
How Not to Have a Relationship
..Rhiannon Mitchell
Nora: A Doll in a House?
..Rhiannon Mitchell
Dr. Rank as the Torrid Lover
..Meghan Mottaz
Give and Take with Different Aspects of A Doll’s House
..Becky Owler
Helmer the Doll
..Jill Pierce
One Deep Talk, And I'm Off
..Janna Tanner
Tale of Two Torvalds
..Sandra Way

A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
--Wuthering Heights
What Can Be Learned?
..Miranda Robinson
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
..Terra Vance

Table of Contents--A Doll's House

A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche: Victim or CEO?
..Charissa Acree
The Similar Antagonists of A Streetcar Named Desire and The Yards
..Brittiany Adams
The Never-Ending Cycle
..Megan Arszman
Desire Is Blanche’s Middle Name
..Elizabeth Barrett
Marlon’s Magic Falls Short
..Charissa Childers
A Relationship Not to Live By
..Katie Clark
Andrea’s Greatest Movie Ever
..Andrea Coleman
A Monumental Undertaking
..Sean Curd
The Values of Life
..Britney Darnell
Stella and Blanche: Women of Abuse
..Kyla DeHay
Steam the Sin Away
..Lynne Gustafson
Some Things Never Change
..April Hamlin
Blanche DuBois
..Kate Latham
Brando, Stanley, and Me
..Chris Lush
Is Being Physical Necessary?
..Rhiannon Mitchell
Bold Characters
..Jill Pierce
Stella versus Stanley: Abuse and Lust
..Jill Pierce
Violence on Screen
..Miranda Robinson
Why Didn’t Stella Leave?
..Rebekah Ruppel
Lights, Liquor, Ready for Action
..Janna Tanner
Intruder Alert!
..Jessica Warren
What Shall I Wear?
..Sandra Way
Hazy Output Because of the Hays Code
..Shanah Zigler

A Streetcar Named Desire versus The Turn of the Screw--The Innocents
The Outsiders: A Future Hit
..Jill Pierce

A Streetcar Named Desire versus Pygmalion--My Fair Lady
Now Out on DVD
..Kyla DeHay
Realistic Acting Is Hard Work
..Rhiannon Mitchell

A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda
A How-Not-to Guide to Love
..Elizabeth Barrett
A Hand of Demeaning Kings and Tolerant Queens
..Janna Tanner

A Streetcar Named Desire versus A Doll's House Jane Fonda versus Claire Bloom
Should I Stay, or Should I Go?
..Britney Darnell
Torvald and Stanley: Unfit Husbands
..Jill Pierce
Are There Good Relationships?
..Miranda Robinson
A Key Party
..Janna Tanner

Table of Contents--A Streetcar Named Desire

Glossary of Film Terms
. .Gregory Campbell

Table of Contents--Glossary of Film Terms

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