Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 - 23 November 1979) was a British actress [1] who began her film career in British films as Anne Boleyn in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). After her success in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), she travelled to the United States to make films for Samuel Goldwyn. Wuthering Heights: Directed by William Wyler. With Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson. A servant in the house of Wuthering Heights tells a traveler the unfortunate tale of lovers Cathy and Heathcliff.
LAURENCE OLIVIER and MERLE OBERON in WUTHERING HEIGHTS 1939. Photograph by Album Fine Art
Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American romantic period drama film directed by William Wyler, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier and David Niven, and based on the 1847 novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only 16 of the novel's 34 chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights. Photograph: United Artists/Allstar Critics condemned the declaration as too politically correct, even as it captured the complex tie. Laurence Olivier Binnie Barnes See production info at IMDbPro STREAMING +2 Add to Watchlist Added by 1.1K users 38 User reviews 11 Critic reviews Photos 28 Top cast Edit Merle Oberon United Artists After the above incident, Oberon fled the set in tears, humiliated. William Wyler pulled Olivier aside to admonish him, insisting that the actor go apologize to his co-star.
Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, publicity photo for Wuthering Heights, 1939 Merle oberon
Running time: 104 minutes Cast Merle Oberon (Cathy Earnshaw) Laurence Olivier (Heathcliff) Lawrence Olivier and Merle Oberon did two movies together within two years. One is considered one of the great romantic films of all time, and the movie that made Olivier a great movie star (and gave Oberon her best performance role): WUTHERING HEIGHTS. The other is this film, made in England a year earlier. The Divorce of Lady X tells the tale of Everard Logan (Olivier), a British lawyer, who is fogged in at a hotel where a costume party is being held — among those at the party is Leslie Steele. Laurence Olivier was also a 1940s matinee idol who married Scarlett O'Hara. NPR's Bob Mondello offers an appreciation.
Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon The Divorce of Lady X (1938) Old Hollywood Movie, Hollywood
The Divorce of Lady X is a 1938 British Technicolor romantic comedy film produced by London Films; it stars Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Binnie Barnes. Arguably, Oberon gives her greatest performance as Cathy opposite Laurence Olivier's Heathcliff in the 1939 adaptation of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. But by that time, Hollywood had grown.
Still, casting of the brooding Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff is a very good choice. He carries the film on his shoulders, aptly assisted by another English great, David Niven, as Edgar Linton. Even Merle Oberon as Cathy holds her own against these two. Wuthering Heights is a classic novel by Emily Brontë that tells the tragic story of Heathcliff and Catherine, two lovers who are doomed by their family and social circumstances. Watch this video.
Merle Oberon y Laurence Olivier en Cumbres Borrascosas, 1939 Cumbres borrascosas, Viejo
Oberon's performance in Wuthering Heights, opposite Laurence Olivier, cemented her place in Hollywood A 2014 documentary called The Trouble with Merle later found that Selby was, in fact,. The 1939 Best Picture Oscar nominee Wuthering Heights - directed by William Wyler, and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier as Emily Brontë's pathological lovers Cathy Earnshaw and Heathcliff - will be the next presentation in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' series "Hollywood's Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939."
