Jane Eyre (1944)
Tagline: A Love Story Every Woman would Die a Thousand Deaths to Live!
Oh. Yes.
There are probably better film versions of this literary classic (please feel free to spill some blood over it in the comments section) but do any of them have Orson Welles?
The defense rests.
A Little Moonlight has a horrible mother to liven up the action a bit. To that end, without the grasping, avaricious, and drunk Miss Hannigan, would there have been any point to:
Annie (1982)
The only problem with this recommendation is that eventually Miss Hannigan sees the error in her ways and becomes a glorious, elephant-riding member of society. No such luck with the mother in A Little Moonlight. She doesn't get anywhere near a pachyderm of any sort...
Betty Barbara here--
ReplyDeleteTimothy Dalton as Mr Rochester--just sayin'. You can keep the Orson Welles(ick) one. Timothy Rules!
Timothy Dalton!!
ReplyDeleteI liked the one with George C. Scott & Susannah York -- but the version where it's a very young Elizabeth Taylor who dies in the orphanage is also good. (Although clearly I don't even remember who played Rochester & Jane...!)
ReplyDeleteYou Bettys are nuts! Everyone knows that the best Jane Eyre is the 2006 version with Toby Stephens. Finally, they got it right. I declare supreme authority on this matter as Jane Eyre is my favorite book. Orson Welles version is my 2nd fav. The one with Elizabeth Taylor is the Orson Welles Version.
ReplyDeleteOh, that's just because Mr. Rochester and Jane made out on the bed! *laugh
ReplyDeleteIs it just me or are the picks this week just a little manic? I have to agree with Betty Kyleen on the version and yes, mostly for a totally un-Betty like scene featuring making out on the bed.
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