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Jane Eyre (1943 film)

Jane Eyre is a 1943 American film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by the uncredited Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles; Welles also stars in the film as Edward Rochester, with Joan Fontaine playing the title character.

Jane Eyre

Robert Stevenson

John Houseman
Aldous Huxley
Robert Stevenson

Jane Eyre
1847 novel
by Charlotte Brontë

Uncredited:

Orson Welles
Joan Fontaine

George Barnes

Walter Thompson

Bernard Herrmann

20th Century Fox

  • December 24, 1943 (1943-12-24) (UK)[1]: 380 
  • February 4, 1944 (1944-02-04) (US)

97 minutes

United States

English

$1,705,000[2]

$1.75 million (rentals)[3]
2,620,527 admissions (France, 1946)[4]

The screenplay was written by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, and director Robert Stevenson. The musical score was composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography was by George Barnes.

1993: , VHS (1247), ISBN 978-0-7939-1247-6, 1993

Fox Video

2007: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Region 1 DVD, UPC 024543425748, 2007.
Special features theatrical trailer and production stills; audio commentary by Joseph McBride and Margaret O'Brien; audio commentary by Nick Redman, Steven C. Smith and Julie Kirgo; isolated music track; "", directed by Robert Stevenson; "Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind Jane Eyre" (2006), written and directed by John Cork, with commentary by Scott McIsaac, Simon Callow, Bob Thomas, Hugh Stevenson, Venetia Stevenson and Ursula Henderson.

Know Your Ally: Britain

2013: , Screen Archives Entertainment, Blu-ray Disc (limited edition of 3,000), November 12, 2013. Includes special features in 2007 DVD release. Critic Glenn Erickson wrote, "Bernard Herrmann fans will be interested in the film's isolated 'M&E' (music and sound effects) track, which makes this disc a dynamite soundtrack experience as well."[22]

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1944 Jane Eyre Trailer, Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine

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