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Jane Eyre

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Full screen version.

Languages

In English (Dolby 2.0, Dolby mono.) with optional French (Dolby mono.) or Spanish (Dolby mono) soundtracks; English or Spanish subtitles.

Performers

Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, John Sutton, Sara Allgood, Henry Daniell, Agnes Moorehead, Aubrey Mather, Edith Barrett, Barbara Everest, Hillary Brooke.

Publication Information

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Jane comes to Thornfield Hall as a governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram and her party to stay at his estates. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all their chances for happiness.

Notes

Based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1944.

Special features: commentary by Joseph McBride (Orson Welles biographer) and Margaret O'Brien; commentary with film historians Nick Redman, Steven Smith, and Julie Kirgo; isolated score and f/x track; Locked in the tower : the men behind Jane Eyre featurette; Know your ally Britain (United States War Department film directed by Robert Stevenson); restoration comparison; theatrical trailer; production, storyboard and poster galleries.

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