WRITING NEW YORK FRIDAY FILM SERIES PRESENTSTHE HEIRESS
dir William Wyler (1949)
starring Olivia DeHavilland and Montgomery Clift
Henry James’s 1881 novel Washington Square was turned into a stage play in 1946 by Ruth and Augustus Goetz; this, in turn was adapted for the movies under the title The Heiress. Olivia DeHavilland won an Academy Award (her second) for her portrayal of Catherine Sloper, the plain-Jane daughter of wealthy widower Dr. Austin Sloper (Ralph Richardson). When Catherine falls in love with handsome young Morris Townsend (Montgomery Clift), she is convinced he loves her too. Her father sees things differently, correctly perceiving that Morris is a callow fortune hunter. Standing up to her father for the first time in her life, Catherine insists that she will elope with Morris; but when Dr. Sloper threatens to cut off her dowry, Morris disappears. He may be right about her suitor – but does that fact justify Dr. Sloper’s treatment of his daughter?
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 3 PM, APARTMENT 712
(WATERMAN, Faculty Fellow in Residence)
(WATERMAN, Faculty Fellow in Residence)
New York films every Friday at 3! You bring yourself, we pop the popcorn.
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