Jane Eyre?

[xanth...@charter.net]

Which of all the filmed (including telly) versions of Charlotte's
novel, do you prefer?
Don't forget, there was a Monogram version.

[Okierazorbacker]

I saw the '44 Orson Welles version and it was pretty good but only
whetted my appetite for more, so I put the '06 miniseries in my queue
and was very satisfied with it.

[madar...@gmail.com]

My favorite is the 1944 version from Fox, directed by Robert
Stevenson, starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine and a wonderful
dramatic score by Bernard Herrmann.

[xanth...@charter.net]

Joan Fontaine in those early days almost had a lock on "poor,
sweet girl in love with <sigh!> dark, brooding,gothic hero", parts.
I suppose the '06 miniseries is BBC; right ol' Bean?

[Joe Gillis]

On Mar 3, 1:54 pm, xanthus...@charter.net wrote:

SCTV, "Jane Eyrehead"

[Derek Janssen]

xanth...@charter.net wrote:

...It's on telly.

( 9_9 )

As for *actual* group answers, if a real poster had started the thread:
Timothy Dalton as 007, YMMV...
Timothy Dalton as Mr. Rochester in the '83 BBC miniseries, however,
career casting--Mr. Good-Looking-'N-Grumpy was Born to Brood.

Derek Janssen (well, that, and Dalton in "The Rocketeer")
eja...@verizon.net

[wull]

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I think you may have misjudged JF.

V. Leigh has been and always be my favorite actress. I watched a program
that showed tryouts for Rebecca. I could not believe it but J. Fontaine did
better than VL and she got the part and maybe an AA.

Another thing I would like to mention. There are many stories of the famous
feud between JF and her more famous sister. I read in the past that Olivia
Dehavilland (sp) was having financial problems and JF came to her rescue.

Wull

[Michael]

Yes, I like Dalton too. I remember two versions i did not like. The 1934
first sound version was awful. And i did not like George C Scott as
Rochester in the 1970 version. I just thought he wasn't the right type. The
rest of the cast was OK. The others I have seen have been fairly decent
though.

"Derek Janssen" <eja...@nospam.verizon.net> skrev i melding
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[tomcervo]

On Mar 3, 9:04�pm, Joe Gillis <FloatingInTheP...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> SCTV, "Jane Eyrehead"

Andrea Martin as Jane Eyrehead and Joe Flaherty as Rochester ("Waah,
Jane!")

[xanth...@charter.net]

I counted at least 20 versions of J.E. so far. The 2006 version
seems popular; the '96 version is loathed. The '83 and the one with
Jayston as "Rochester" are popular.
Seems Charlotte caused a sensation with this (later dedicated to
Thackeray). Three editions in six months; condemnation from stuffed
shirts.
"This may have been writen by a woman, but not by a lady."

p.s. Last night I dreamed of Manderley...

[Dave in Toronto]

I have only seen the Orson Welles/Joan Fontaine version. I liked it
but I remember at the time there were some reviews that criticised
Welles's "mumbling performance"

For the record novelist Jean Rhys wrote a prequel to Jane Eyre about
Rochester and his first wife - "Wide Sargossa Sea"- the novel was a
good one and has been filmed twice. I saw the movie house version
which although lushly filmed didn't quiet come off IMO. I didn't see
the TV version but it received some good reviews.

Dave in Toronto

[Dave in Toronto]

On Mar 3, 10:08 pm, "wull" <wmai...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> <xanthus...@charter.net> wrote in message

It seems Fontaine and DeHavilland were notorious for their family
feuds. For a while neither of them were speaking to their father
after his remarraige to a Japanese woman.

Dave in Toronto