In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.
Acting
Ida Lupino's Emily burns with chaotic intensity.
Costume
Olivia de Havilland's Charlotte gets the good bonnets.
Production
Thackeray's cameo feels like Victorian Avengers.
Director
Curtis Bernhardt
Ida Lupino
Emily Brontë
Paul Henreid
Rev. Arthur Nicholls
Olivia de Havilland
Charlotte Brontë
Sydney Greenstreet
William Makepeace Thackeray
Nancy Coleman
Anne Brontë
Arthur Kennedy
Branwell Brontë
May Whitty
Lady Thornton
Victor Francen
Constantin Heger
Montagu Love
Rev. Brontë
Ethel Griffies
Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
Billy Bevan
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
Edmund Breon
Sir John Thornton (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
French Student (uncredited)
Micheline Cheirel
Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Olivia de Havilland and Ida Lupino reportedly feuded on set, making their sisterly rivalry deliciously authentic.
This film invented a love triangle that absolutely never happened; the real Arthur Nicholls proposed to Charlotte once and she said yes immediately.
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