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6.6/10   163 votes
Director:
Curtis Bernhardt
Writers:
Theodore Reeves (story)
Keith Winter (writer)
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Release Date:
20 abril 1946 (USA) más
Genre:
Drama
Frase comercial:
Acclaimed...THE GREATEST LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR! Tender! Endearing!
Plot:
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols... más | add synopsis
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Excellent performances in romanticized Bronte biography más

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Additional Details

También conocida como:
Predilección (Spain) [es]
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Duración:
USA:107 min
País:
USA
Idioma:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 más
Sonido:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Clasificación:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #9002, General Audience)
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Filmed between November 11, 1942 and mid-February 1943, the movie premiered on April 5, 1946 at the Strand Theater in Manhattan. The release had been delayed while Olivia de Havilland, after completing Government Girl (1943) on loan to RKO, successfully sued Warner Bros. to terminate her contract without providing the studio an extra six months to make up for her time on suspension. más
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Emily enters her brother's sickroom and doesn't completely shut its door, a hand and arm very obviously reaches out from outside the room and shuts it. más
Quotes:
Emily Bronte: All our lives there has been too much left unsaid between us. Loving is the only thing that really matters, Charlotte. It's worthwhile being hurt a bit to find that out. The world has always frightened me a little, so I'm really not afraid to leave it now. Though sometimes, when I hear the wind blowing through the heather, or see the sun go down beyond Wuthering Heights, I think, perhaps, I'd like to stay just a little longer. más
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Featured in Between Two Worlds: Erich Wolfgang Korngold (2001) (TV) más

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Excellent performances in romanticized Bronte biography, 13 March 2001
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Author: Neil Doyle de U.S.A.

Despite the fact that this treatment of the famous Bronte sisters (Charlotte, Emily and Anne) and their tormented brother Branwell (Arthur Kennedy)gives their story a romantic glow (instead of the harsh reality of their life on the moors), it can be enjoyed on the level of a well-acted, sometimes overwrought romantic drama with sterling performances by Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland, as well as an excellent one from Arthur Kennedy as the brother who wastes his talent.

The large cast includes Sydney Greenstreet (effective as Thackeray), Victor Francen, Nancy Coleman, Ethel Griffies and Dame May Witty. It may not be an accurate biography (in fact some critics said it should have been called 'Distortion'), but thanks to fine performances and Erich Wolfgang Korngold's magnificent score, it's fascinating to watch. Particularly effective is the montage showing a horse and rider against a cloudy sky as death approaches Emily Bronte and Korngold's music mounts as he comes closer and closer. Wonderful moment of imagery.

Whatever its shortcomings, I cannot praise Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score enough. It's one of his most magnificent and stands with KINGS ROW as one of his best film scores, adding majesty and atmosphere to many of the film's most dramatic scenes.

Trivia note: DEVOTION has a strange history. It was actually filmed and finished in 1943 while de Havilland was still under contract to the studio. When she launched her famous legal battle against them for adding suspension time to the end of her contract, Jack Warner decided to punish her. He gave her third billing, kept the film off the screen for three years hoping to weaken her career, and failed to invite her to the premiere of the film when it finally did open in Hollywood.

Despite all this, Olivia not only won the case in the Supreme Court, but went on to win two Oscars after the film was released!! Proof that he was wrong all along in underestimating her.

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