Directed by:
Curtis BernhardtScreenplay:
Edward ChodorovCinematography:
Ernest HallerComposer:
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldCast:
Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet, Nancy Coleman, Arthur Kennedy, Dame May Whitty, Victor Francen, Montagu Love (more)Plots(1)
Sisters Emily and Charlotte Bronte lived to write, weaving tales rich with characters, incident and passion from the poor Yorkshire vicarage they called home. Devotion tells the story - with more than a dash of literary license - of these daring women who created Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland portray the sisters, yearning for literary success and the love of the same man (Paul Henreid). Arthur Kennedy is a standout as their troubled brother Branwell, a would-be artist who drowns his talent in brandy. And a fine supporting cast, including Sydney Greenstreet, Dame May Whitty, Nancy Coleman and Montagu Love (in his final film), helps bring 19th-century England vividly alive. (official distributor synopsis)
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Tanis Chandler
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Doris Lloyd
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