Wuthering Heights (1939)

[@scarletibis3158]

my god. what a novel. i read it as a young girl and adored it. i watch this film again at 67, and I am still moved by this incredible tale. blessings travelers...

[@merlenedawes8858]

I did too as a teen I saw the moviendo..

[@stephaniestanley8041]

It forever lives. The novel, this film. ❤

[@justicewokeisutterbs8641]

As a teenager and young adult I used to habitually scan the TV Guide to catch this film and others on the late show or Saturday afternoon movie. It never gets old. If you love this I would recommend also How Green Was My Valley, Lost Horizon, A Tale of Two Cities (with Ronald Coleman), The Thirty Nine Steps, It Happened One Night .... there are so many good ones! ❤ Now I have them all on DVD. The kids who won't watch black and white film are so missing out.

[@stefanogamba3770]

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[@BillyTwoKnives]

May all your days be happy.

[@melmatthews5876]

Laurence Olivier was incredibly handsome. He conveyed so much emotion with just his eyes. The film was beautifully made. 💔

[@jomon723]

Spartacus :))

[@paulhiggins1577]

@@jomon723 he wasn't spartacus, kirk douglas was. and so am i

[@WolfeTone66]

@@paulhiggins1577...No, I’m Spartacus 😀

[@Nigelsmom2136]

I am Fartacus!

[@lovealways2609]

Lawrence O. loved Spartacus, Danny Kaye and Liberace..

[@jayslowiak]

This is great! I can't even find this on dvd and here it is on you tube. Thanky You! One of my favorite movies of all time

[@FreedomSpirit7]

One of the best classics and casts ever. 🌟

[@bluebird66918]

agreed!

[@jenniferannecchini5216]

Yes❤

[@watchforever1724]

Yeah

[@maxmckenzie-robson2997]

My great aunt Flora Robson played Ellen Dean

[@trudimcpherson55]

How wonderful she was a marvellous actress

[@valpurves45]

Oops northumbrian

[@LizAnne1980]

I love her!❤

[@sandramayes8679]

Cool!

[@Worldsgonebonkers]

💙🙂

[@TheRickie41]

Their devouring soulmate’s passion is wonderfully reflected in this early and ever fascinating version. I’ll never tire to watch it. Thank you!

[@TheresaDay-do9cx]

Classic. I love it

[@SuperJill1111]

Depressing, yet full of passion. Excellent performances which pulls you into their world. What a love story!

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

Read about the history of the Brontë family. Very interesting.

[@SUECLAPSON]

That sums up the book too...Depressing but full of passion. Not sure it's love,more obsessive behaviour

[@SUECLAPSON]

​@@beverlyhayshouston2770Their life story is more fascinating than the novels

[@annemccarron2281]

​@@beverlyhayshouston2770Yes it was. Poor Emily had a bizarre upbringing. Is it any wonder she wrote such a strange book?

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

The Rosetti family history is also very interesting.

[@thestuffoflife88]

My most favorite version of. Wuthering Heights!! Divine Brillliance❤❤❤

[@carolreid4821]

Mine too

[@carolreid4821]

Yes, I intuitively agree. ‘Stuff’.

[@rebelraccoon9018]

The first Wuthering Heights adaptation I've seen. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's so well directed and Olivier and Oberon gave it their all. ❤

[@carolreid4821]

@@thestuffoflife88 Mine too.

[@julie8676]

The best version in the world.... i love this film and book so much ❤❤ thank you for sharing on KZbin ❤

[@kimfritz5022]

Incredible film. Timeless classic. Must’ve watched it at least 30 times and it’s always a real pleasure to watch again. Never get fed up. Romantic emotional passionate love. ❤

[@rebelraccoon9018]

Passionate and destructive but non the less beautiful. "Don't leave me in this darkness where I can't find you". 😢

[@GeneRogers-di6cl]

This brilliant piece of movie making I saw as a teenager. It’s a tale within a tale. Except the love story goes on beyond death. 😊

[@carolann5338]

MAGNIFICENT MOVIE.......!!!!

[@alisonwinfieldburnsALICE]

The most beautiful film ever made of the Bronte novel. I read age 12. My grandmother's 1930's woodcut engraving illustrated book and since then, many times. The stars were si lovely here. Olivier as Heathcliff is perfect.

[@WendyPollock-w8z]

1 of my favorites!

[@carolann5338]

It is by far the BEST MOVIE EVER MADE.....BAR NONE...... BRAVO.....!!!!

[@radamik]

This is beyond excellent - dramatic and poignant but not cloying - great story, dialogue, and presentation. Probably surpasses the other superb movies of that year, one of the best in the history of Hollywood.

[@pennymathysen2428]

Lawrence Olivier- the one true Heathcliff

[@brigidsingleton1596]

*Laurence Olivier. He spelt it the French way, not the English way.

[@kickinghorse2405]

Marky Mark wasn't (isn't) hard to look at, but Lawrence was an OG beast for sure

[@carrielucas5672]

One of the best movies of all time. I’ve watched this film least a hundred times and still cry!!!! Absolutely amazing

[@jenihansen7201]

Just a beautiful movie with a terrific cast. This is the very best version of this film ever created. Thank you for sharing.

[@jaynetoogood1914]

The music evokes such memories of long Sunday afternoon's when all we did was look forward to old black and white movie classics,nearly know the script ,timeless quality 😢

[@bestowbeauty7]

"No matter what I ever do or say, this is me, now, standing on this hill with you. This is me, forever." This is one of the most wrenching stories ever of love lost, and all the more poignant because Cathy brought it on herself. Heathcliff asked Cathy at the end, "What right to throw love away?" She gave in to the temptation of the moment, but he never stopped loving her.

[@MaureenBonanno]

This thought of “what right do you have to throw love away” is an ongoing theme in her sisters novel Jane Eyre. Love conquers all, Love is eternal.

[@MichelleMohr-lt1wo]

No man ever could love a woman like that, this story was written by an old maid in pangs of unrequited love.😢

[@mewtifultomerrow6571]

@@MichelleMohr-lt1wo that's not true. it's you who never met a man like that.

[@MichelleMohr-lt1wo]

@@mewtifultomerrow6571 sweetheart, neither did you.

[@echoplex8494]

I think she loved two half men - each had qualities she was drawn to but neither was everything she needed

[@PatriciaS-t1x]

The wonderful talent of the writer and film director must be acknowledged. The music and the costumes all work together to bring us such happiness. How amazing films are. Thank God for creating man with the ability to discover hidden treasures.🌹💕

[@digicandy70]

Emily Bronte gifted us with this wonderful story and this movie does a marvelous job of telling the story. No matter how many times the story is told it leaves one with feeling of sadness and a wish that it could all been different.

[@primrose4514]

I watched this movie a 12 times, and it gets even better. So touching and heartbreaking, a true beloved classic!

[@12classics39]

34:30 that music, that touch of hands, that shared look with their eyes, that fade to black. That’s all we need. A total lost art today, where every moment of passion between two lovers in a film “must” be shown in explicit detail.

[@bethwright8595]

Do you really think they wouldn't have shown explicit detail in movies back then if they'd been permitted to do so? We'll never know because it wasn't allowed under the prevailing standards of the time. A film like that wouldn't have been shown anywhere. What I'm saying is that producers, directors, screenwriters, and actors of the day might have done the same back then, but their movies would never have been shown. So we'll never know what they might have done without censorship.

[@12classics39]

@@bethwright8595 true. But the positive side effects of these restrictions (from the Hays Code) is that it forced older films to be far more creative than they are nowadays, trusting the audience’s intelligence with more subtle implications rather than graphic, in-your-face content. I’m not saying graphic content is always bad, but nowadays, the fact that it can be shown and there are no more Code restrictions has caused it to be massively overdone, and thus has triggered a huge loss in the art of subtlety. Older films like this one manage to convey a lot more intimacy simply by leaving the details offscreen and thus keeping these sort of moments “private” between the characters.

[@murlepeterson6028]

I don't think the way some feelings , actions taken on them ,is shown today, often , not always in film & video...would have even been thought of, Seemed to be a different " class of thinking" often it was said, leave it to the imagination ! Film was new, radio , books were still used. I'm 64 come Dec 2024. Ex is 69. I so remember renting a VCR tape) movie , Halloween style, a " horror" movie of the b&w era to watch with his kids one wknd. OMG ! Opened with a horror of another kind ! They were 8&9. Or 9&10.. uh not exactly any thing that even needed to be normal was even suggested in the original movie! YES ! Always openly spoken with them on issues as they grew up . Still do ! Just the movie was to have been for them & the cousins the next day . NO don't think back when, use of anything would have been used.

[@chrissievanrooyen7313]

I'm onàa​@@12classics39

[@adesinaodunmbaku3289]

Leave it to the imagination

[@justabean]

This is...one of the most beautiful of love stories in the world

[@Cougelly1999]

Another of the amazing motion pictures made in 1939.

[@silversurfer4509]

The most beautiful love story ever written

[@beckywoodley4991]

A beautiful timeless classic that will never die! Because real love is timeless ❤ it lives for ever ❤

[@joannamilano3542]

❤true❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@doberman1ism]

The best one ever made! The passion is timeless! Superb vintage cast! Watch 'Dragon Wick' with Vincent Price and Jean Tierney. Excellent film in black-and-white. Filmed in 1946.

[@trudimcpherson55]

I watched it the other day - one of my favourite go to films. A treasure.

[@northernbettygirl]

Saw this in my teens when it came on Bill Kennedy At the Movies. I sobbed when it ended. It was the most romantic and passionate love story I had ever seen. Still love it today 45 years later😔❤️

[@marjorielewis9930]

This movie is so heart breaking it draw you into the pain and angerish of a disturbish love between two people who could not let each other go it really heart breaking to watch

[@shelleyosborn9291]

It has been an age since I saw this movie - so very beautiful (and I had forgotten just how good Merle Oberon was - really much better than I remembered). This black and white Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are just sublime. Thank you.

[@paulchristian1761]

Just re-read the book, which was truly captivating. This film captures the book's dark essence for the most part. I'd love a truly faithful (to the book) series to be made, missing nothing of the book. One of the classics that will be read for as long as we exist, as there's so much timeless quality to it. Remarkable film adapted from a remarkable book.

[@deborahclark1108]

This is my favorite version of Wuthering Heights. The cast is amazing. David Niven of course, Merle Oberon, and the amazing Sir Laurence Olivier. Flora Robson who played Ellen and Donald Crisp played Dr. Kenneth each contributing to the magnificence of this film. Thank you all.

[@12classics39]

I think David Niven and Geraldine Fitzgerald in particular captured the essence of Edgar and Isabella from the book. Niven’s characterization here is underrated.

[@romystumpy1197]

​@@12classics39Tara Fitzgerald is the great neice of Geraldine

[@ЛескаЛеска]

This kind of passionate love cannot be described easily...even though you have experienced it .

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

What a wonderful love story with a powerful cast pity they dont make movies as in those days thanks for uploading it 😅😅😅

[@lindalcoomes]

Most endearing love story ever. This version really pulls at the heartstrings. Never tire of it.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

Thank you. 😊 One of my favorite interpretations of one of my favorite novels.❤

[@DreamaMcDaniel]

I love this movie 🎬 🎞 🎥. I can watch it over and over again.

[@carolreid4821]

@@DreamaMcDaniel And I have.

[@christinecallahan5512]

One of the best films ever........

[@nataliewilliams9741]

My but wasn't Sir Olivier a handsome one back in the day?

[@abcdfgp_ipad1789]

Yes l said the same thing very handsome man 😊

[@tinalouisestagg]

What was up with the walk though?

[@rachael560]

Can we stop having remakes? Bloody hell they dont hold a candle to the older movies

[@12classics39]

@@rachael560 in the case of Wuthering Heights, it’s a book, so all the subsequent films have been adaptations of the book, not remakes of this particular film. But I totally agree that remakes of perfect original movies are ridiculous.

[@monicacollins8289]

The brooding setting and the heavy emotions in this movie are captured so well in black & white. No remakes for me either.

[@bethwright8595]

Why complain? No one forces you to watch remakes, so if you've done so it's your own fault!

[@bethwright8595]

​@@12classics39But not all the original interpretations of a book or other story are the best ones.

[@jeffkey4745]

I'm going to be in Emerald Fennel's (Saltburn) upcoming version. It is going to be sublime. Mark my word.

[@joyearls735]

The death scene , always makes me cry 😢, always even from I little girl . This was my late sister’s favourite book 📕, tragically died young , so more poignant to me on many levels.

[@jenniferjones188]

My favourite version of wuthering heights. Laurence Olivier as brooding Heathcliffe

[@isabellesarahwood5005]

Great story , masterpiece of cinema , conveyed by one of the greatest actors ever. The entire cast were fantastic. So eerie and atmospheric , the moors I think represent both the wild untamed heathcliff with his inner darkness and anguish and Kathy the source of his life and suffering. Love it ❤

[@MargaritaPost-b7m]

One of the best movies ever.

[@annemccarron2281]

Those Brits wrote some outstanding novels.

[@Whatt787]

Classic film, genuine tragedy, unforgettable

[@primrose4514]

Thank you so much for this beautiful diamond of world literature❤

[@Brenda82Glass]

👏🏾👏🏾One of my favorite movies!!!!..sad all around but tremendous storytelling!!💎💯❤️❤️

[@susannabonke8552]

Thanks for uploading such a gem of the movies.

[@Magnev]

Sir Laurence Olivier was such a good looking men ! WoW ! What a beautiful movie, and story.(Emilie Brontë )

[@catherinemerrill5511]

I saw this with my mother when I was 8 years old. When it was over I cried hot tears for a very long time as my mom stroked my hair to soothe me: "There, there, Cathy...God love you..."

[@susandavis7245]

Yes, I think Vivien Leigh could have been a wonderful Cathy. But she was involved with Gone With The Wind, and wasn’t available. I’m sure Lawerence Olivier would have loved that. But Merle Oberon was superb as Cathy. This Is the best rendition of Wuthering Hieghts by far.

[@ctun7256]

Alfred Newman was such a great composer. Over and over he has proven how talented he was.

[@HoneyK001]

I always cry like a baby at the end. Ugh! I’m a widow now and sure hope my end is just like theirs, with him coming to get me at my time. ❤️💙❤️ Beautiful ending

[@cherryvaleleatherock6900]

I always cry at the end too. I'm also a Widow, 76, and I hope my Sweetheart comes for me too. My thoughts are with you.💐

[@lesliekuegemann4549]

You will never see movies as great like these anymore brilliant actors and screenplays than

[@sharon-b7k6z]

Great to see this movie,the old ons are the best

[@CarmenMartinez-k2w]

La más romántica y bella novela que he leído en mi vida. La leí cuando era joven y causó una impresión profunda en mi alma y en mi corazón. La he reeleído muchas veces. De hecho me sé frases enteras de la misma. Es un amor tan profundo, tan auténtico el de Cathy y Heathcliff. Son personajes tan increíbles. El era un hombre malo y vengativo. Solo había una cosa que amaba en el mundo, Cathy. Su amor por ella estaba por encima de todo. Y un personaje que me encanta es Nelly, la sirvienta, a la que acuden los dos para contarle su amor. Ella es la persona sensata de la novela. Porque había algo de locura en todos. Esta película es la mejor versión de la novela, aunque claro, no abarca toda la novela. Escrita por Emily Brönte. Las hermanas Brönte, mis escritoras favoritas.

[@echoplex8494]

Have you ever seen the old spanish version "abysmos de pasión", director Luis Buñuel? There is a few minutes of it on you tube, I've never seen the actual movie but I love Buñuel.

[@jeanniecampbell1374]

I am obsessed with seeing this through the years the Actors are all just amazing and perfect for their parts ..love it when that happens .

[@Naturebug12]

I read this in English class in 1988. I have reread it many times and was one of the books that nurtured a lifetime love of books and reading. This movie is a masterpiece. Incredible acting, dark and light, love and hate and all that is human. Thank you for uploading

[@LIZZIE-lizzie]

Haven't seen this for years! And 12 yrs up, too - It's just a shame Yt has a time limit on movies and whoever cuts them can and has cut the heart right out of them. Thanks for the upload!

[@lisaleftwich2040]

The best version of this movie ❤

[@oanhsanford7241]

Love classic movies Thanks for posting

[@tenielewilmot4512]

When Isabella pleads with Heathcliff at the end it always breaks me. Geraldine Fitzgerald is amazing in that scene

[@12classics39]

A very underrated actress with an enormous range. Many years later she hilariously played Dudley Moore’s controlling grandma in “Arthur,” and also had a heartbreaking guest appearance as a suicidal woman who is convinced to give life another try on an episode of “The Golden Girls.”

[@cathyoutland8354]

Great movie a real tear jerker. They can't make movies like this today its sad.

[@marymeghahn5883]

Thanks for this post. It’s a classic and piece of jewel

[@margaretwallaces3625]

Everyone should read the book. When I read it as a young girl, I did not want to reach the end chapter. I still want to live on the moor, at Withering Hights (with Laurence Olivier)

[@stephaniestanley8041]

I first saw this at 15 on WGN Chicago. It lives on in my heart. ❤ Key scenes: "Ellen, I am Heathcliff..." Cathy confronting Isabella after the ball, Cathy begging Edgar to shoot Heathcliff, falling to his💓 feet on the stairs, and Olivier collapsing on Cathy's death bed.

[@elainebmack]

When Heathcliffe returns after making his fortune in America - possibly as a slave owner according to some theories - his chilling manner and expressions are beyond cold and contemptuous, but empty and dead. Incredible acting by Olivier.

[@12classics39]

Agreed. And while I think Merle Oberon was not the number one best casting choice, she does do a great job at conveying how Heathcliff’s very presence is like a claw tearing into Cathy’s soul, especially when he returns after so long at a point when they’ve both changed and become very different people than they were before, but the almost otherworldly connection between them suddenly renders all material wealth meaningless by comparison. Merle’s silent facial expressions show all of that without her needing to say anything.

[@joycampi7233]

One of my all-time favorite movies ❤

[@amstergal]

Thank you posting this beautiful classic.

[@glynischapman3044]

The ending always fetches me to tears...love it x

[@pattiemosier9583]

I have watch this movie with theses actors do many times. I love this movie.

[@stephanblack4558]

Cathy played games and messed with his head.

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Love this movie I wish Turner Classic Movies would show it often

[@serengeti4023]

No remake of this movie will come close to topping this original.

[@vidahughes2274]

I just watched another film version, and it could not hold a candle to this one . Meryl Oberon, Lawrence Olivier, Geraldine Fitzgerald and David Niven performances can never be matched.

[@maxinemarcia]

well THIS never gets old!!

[@AlexMadison-x8w]

A timeless classic with superb performances!

[@paoladimeo412]

What a fantastic film

[@loonylinda]

the best version thanks

[@MoonCrow35]

Agreed. All other versions are no comparison to this amazing film.

[@suebruce493]

Great camera work and lighting.

[@terry4137]

Really? 😂

[@ultimatebigbreak]

Merle Oberon had the most beautiful eyes!

[@Marcy1xxMcGrath]

i love this movie could watch it over and over thank you

[@elainebmack]

Geraldine Fitzgerald is a superb actress. See her many years later in "The Pawnbroker" with Rod Steiger, and in the not-so-well-known "Rachel Rachel" directed by Paul Newman and starring Joanne Woodward. Ms. Fitzgerald's scene as an over-the-top charismatic evangelist is very brief but intense. Great actors make great impressions in very little time in films.

[@12classics39]

She also gives a memorable performance in a one-time guest role on ‘The Golden Girls’ as a suicidal woman who the main characters convince to give life another try.

[@sweetscent90]

Thank you for the post.. classic

[@SkuliBragason-xc7jl]

Timeless classic.

[@williedaniel6194]

The Greatest actor in the world 🌎 Sir lawrence Oliver

[@anitakreutz6222]

Und so oft ich den Film sehe, es zerreißt mir das Herz 😢❤

[@MAMRetro]

A veritable classic. Lawrence Olivier, as usual, superb. Merle Oberon the same. Outstanding cast, and a super director. What more can you ask for?

[@lindaharris6361]

One of my favorites ❤ just came across your channel and was so excited to subscribe. Watching the movie right now. Couldn’t resist 😉

[@tanyatonner5158]

Got to be one of my favourites dont know how many times I've read it & watched the films great classic!

[@MariaLacsamana-ik3in]

What a wonderful, awesome love story of all time id like to buy the book someday to understand the whole synopsis of this marvelous novel thanks for uploading it in the you tube 😮😅😊❤

[@annfisher3316]

Just found this novel in a free library yesterday, then this brilliant classic pops up today. Starting the novel tonight...

[@gabrielapizarro2286]

Excelente pelicula. Es la mejor version cinematografica q halla visto...ESPECTACULAR !!!!

[@caroldemartino3032]

I read the book as a youngster, 4 me it's the best love story ever told. I've seen it at least 10 times, but probably more i find it hopeful & uplifting! LOVE NEVER DIES!

[@marybuchan788]

This film is a classic, one of the best movie of its time , one of my favourites, and some of my favourite actors, I have watched this film heaps and will continue to do so, Mary🤗💋❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@lisacooper3991]

A very memorizing, breathtaking love story, truely a enchanting movie

[@rawedgeman01]

The best version by far, the ending always brings a tear to my eye whenever I watch it. Brilliant!

[@SpencerMusicSchool]

So lovely to see this movie again. I'm a huge Gothic Victorian literature fan and Wuthering Heights is beautifully portrayed in this classic movie version.

[@cappuccinoordeath]

Classic. And not one ad.

[@SledDog5678]

A favorite movie! The character Heathcliff is played by Sir Laurence Olivier (Knighted in 1947.) The same actor that played the Jewish father to Neil Diamond in the movie The Jazz Singer.