Ruth Goetz
1) The Heiress
Author
Publisher
L.A. Theatre Works
Language
English
Description
This Tony Award-winning play, set in New York City in 1850, centers on painfully shy Catherine and her austere father. When Catherine falls in love with a handsome suitor, her father threatens to disinherit her, convinced that the young man could only be interested in Catherine’s fortune. Based on the novel WASHINGTON SQUARE by Henry James, it is one of James’ most complex and satisfying portraits of the American character.
3) The heiress
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of...
4) Carrie
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful young woman leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago, where she becomes romantically involved with a commitment-shy salesman and a married restaurant manager.
This is the extended version, containing one deleted scene (scene 16: "Destitute", 3 min.).
Series
Criterion collection ; 974
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emotionally fragile Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, in a heartbreaking, Oscar-winning turn), the daughter of a wealthy New York doctor, begins to receive calls from the handsome spendthrift Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she becomes possessed by the promise of...
