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Sisters Emily and Charlotte Brontë lived to write, weaving tales rich with characters, incident and passion from the poor Yorkshire vicarage they called home. Devotion tells the story–with more than a dash of literary license–of these daring women who created Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre.
Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland portray the sisters, yearning for literary success and the love of the same man (Paul Henreid). Arthur Kennedy is a standout as their troubled brother Branwell, a would-be artist who drowns his talent in brandy. And a fine supporting cast, including Sydney Greenstreet, Dame Mae Whitty, Nancy Coleman and Montagu Love (in his final film), helps bring 19th-century England vividly alive.
Original Release
04/05/1946
US Release
04/05/1946
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 / Reverend Brontë |
Ethel Griffies | Aunt Elizabeth Branwell |
Directors
Writers
Keith Winter, Theodore Reeves, Edward Chodorov
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 / Reverend Brontë |
Ethel Griffies | Aunt Elizabeth Branwell |
Hartney J. Arthur | Man |
Billy Bevan | Mr. Ames |
Edmund Breon | Sir John Thornton |
Tanis Chandler | French Student |
Micheline Cheirel | Mlle. Blanche / Mademoiselle Blanche |
Wallis Clark | Mr. George Smith |
David Clyde | Land Agent |
Harry Cording | Coachman with Frightened Horses |
Howard Davies | Englishman |
Frank Dawson | Club Member |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jack L. Warner | Executive Producer |
Robert Buckner | Producer |