The Heiress (1949)
Set at a time 100 years ago before electricity and electric lights were discovered and horse carriage was the mode of transport of the day, it is a story of an aged spinster, her find of love and the friction with her father.
Katherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, won an Oscar for this role), the only child of Dr. Slocum is at a slightly over the marriageable age at that era.
Her father still lives dreaming about his deceased wife and compares his daughter to be inferior to her in every way - grace, beauty, intelligence and charm. Matchmaking through parties seem to futile until comes along Morris Townsend, acted by Montgomery Clift, who plays the powerful role of a pastor in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Confession' .
Townsend takes keen interest on Katherine but not to the liking of her father. He feels that Townsend is only interested in her inheritance.
The father disapproves his hand in marriage and takes her on a 6month European tour in the hope that Katherine would forget him but in vain.
Upon return, a confrontation erupts, father threatens denial of inheritance, Katherine plans to elope with her lover boy but Townsend never turns up. Soon father dies and Katherine become the sole heiress to the father's money.
Many years later, Townsend shows up, still made good of himself. He alleges that he sacrificed his love previously so as not sour her relationship with her father. Katherine would not buy his story- she avenges him by agreeing to elope with him once again just like before but just let him bang on her bolted front door calling out her name whilst she haughtily walks up the stairs to her bedroom. The End.
I swear that the main soundtrack sounds very much like Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling in Love' or rather vice versa.
Set at a time 100 years ago before electricity and electric lights were discovered and horse carriage was the mode of transport of the day, it is a story of an aged spinster, her find of love and the friction with her father.
Katherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland, won an Oscar for this role), the only child of Dr. Slocum is at a slightly over the marriageable age at that era.Her father still lives dreaming about his deceased wife and compares his daughter to be inferior to her in every way - grace, beauty, intelligence and charm. Matchmaking through parties seem to futile until comes along Morris Townsend, acted by Montgomery Clift, who plays the powerful role of a pastor in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Confession' .
Townsend takes keen interest on Katherine but not to the liking of her father. He feels that Townsend is only interested in her inheritance.
The father disapproves his hand in marriage and takes her on a 6month European tour in the hope that Katherine would forget him but in vain.
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| Montgomery Clift |
Upon return, a confrontation erupts, father threatens denial of inheritance, Katherine plans to elope with her lover boy but Townsend never turns up. Soon father dies and Katherine become the sole heiress to the father's money.Many years later, Townsend shows up, still made good of himself. He alleges that he sacrificed his love previously so as not sour her relationship with her father. Katherine would not buy his story- she avenges him by agreeing to elope with him once again just like before but just let him bang on her bolted front door calling out her name whilst she haughtily walks up the stairs to her bedroom. The End.
I swear that the main soundtrack sounds very much like Elvis Presley's 'Can't Help Falling in Love' or rather vice versa.
Verdict: No groundbreaking effort but entertaining though especially when one enjoys dialogue of a time when people were extremely courteous to each other.
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