Devotion (Warner Bros.) (1946)

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Mr. Bronte (Montagu Love), their erratic brother Branwell (Arthur Kennedy) and their Aunt Branwell (Ethel Griffies) in the village of Haworth, Yorkshire, in 1836. The girls have begged wrapping paper from Lady Thornton (Dame May Whitty) because they cannot afford to buy the writing paper they require for the prodigious number of poems, essays, stories and novels they are continually composing. Meanwhile Branwell, deep in many cups, meets the Rev. Mr. Nicholls (Paul Henreid), the new curate to Rev. Mr. Bronte’s parish. Earnestly believing that Branwell is a genius, Anne and Charlotte prepare to become governesses in order to finance him in London. While Charlotte and Anne are suffering indignities as governesses and trying to write poems, Emily and Mr. Nicholls become close and understanding friends. Emily trusts the friendly curate so completely that she tells him of her strange dream, the one about the cloaked horseman who gallops past on the black horse. Branwell returns. London did not appreciate genius. He is jealous of his sisters and berates them for betraying his talent. They are planning to publish a book of poems. Nicholls meets Charlotte for the first time. At a party at Lady Thornton’s, Charlotte forbids Nicholls to see Emily, commands him to leave the parish. He retaliates by kissing her. Later, Branwell fights Nicholls, and another village scandal ensues. But Branwell confesses it was his fault, and Nicholls buys a bad painting of his to finance the education of Emily and Charlotte in Brussels. Emily comes to Nicholls’ apartment to tell him she loves him and to beg him not to send her to Brussells. But Nicholls cannot in truth say he loves Emily. At the Heger Seminary in Belgium, Charlotte falls in love with the headmaster, Henri Heger (Victor Francen) and callously reveals to Emily that Nicholls kissed her. The girls are elated to learn that their poems are to be published, then downcast to hear Branwell is seriously ill. Heger dismisses Charlotte casually and she leaves with a heartbreak. Back at Haworth, Branwell reads Charlotte’s manuscript, “Jane Eyre,” and Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and announces, as he lies dying, that Emily and Charlotte are in love with the same man. “Jane Eyre” is published simultaneously with “Wuthering Heights” and becomes the sensation of literary London. It runs into many editions and William Makepeace Thackeray (Sydney Greenstreet) squires Charlotte about in triumph. Charlotte, in triumph and, as Thackeray said, “as if she stepped out of ‘Vanity Fair’,” visits Nicholls in’ Limehouse. He admits that he loves her, but they quarrel violently and Charlotte returns to Haworth. Emily lies desperately ill. As Emily dies, Charlotte finally understands the integrity of her real greatness and the quiet strength of her love. Emily dies with the vision of the black horseman, not unwelcome now, in her eyes. Soon thereafter, the Rev. Mr. Nicholls returns to Haworth. (Running Time: 107 Minutes) Produchon Produced by Robert Buckner. Directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Screen Play by Keith Winter; Original Story by Theodore Reeves. Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Director of Photography, Ernie Haller, A.S.C. Film Editor, Rudy Fehr. Art Director, Robert M. Haas. Sound by Stanley Jones. Special Effects by Jack Holden, Jack Oakie and Rex Wimpy, A.S.C. Dialogue Director, James Vincent. Montages by Don Siegel and James Leicester. Set Decorations by Casey Roberts. Gowns by Milo Anderson. Makeup Artist, Pere Westmore. Musical Director, Leo F. Forbstein. Assistant Director, Jesse Hibbs. Page Hight | Still No. IL 528 Mat No. 204—30c Ida Lupino is co-starred with Olivia de Havilland, Paul Henreid and Sydney Greenstreet in Warners’ ‘Devotion, currently playing at the Strand. ‘Devotion’ Star Member Of Old Thespian Family On page 1177 of ‘“Who’s Who in the Theatre” there is a diagram of the Lupino family tree. It only goes back to 1780 which isn’t nearly far enough, for the Lupino family tree has been full of actors for centuries. “Some of them probably are hanging from its branches,” says Ida Lupino, youngest member of the ancient tribe of thespians whose current starring film, Warners’ “Devotion,” opens on Friday at the Strand. ‘Ida burst upon the English theatrical world at the age of 18, as a film extra. She played her first leading role in a motion picture only a year later. She was cast as the “girl friend” of John Loder, then a rising young English actor who since has made his mark in American films. The role was a tempestuous one with plenty of chance for high drama. Ida made the most of it. Thereafter, although she made several comedies, Miss Lupino found herself playing vixens and the like with increasing frequency. It was, however, a role of that type which brought Miss Lupino to Hollywood. When Ida heard that William A. Wellman was about to produce and direct “The Light That Still No. PH 161 Failed,” she went after and was given the role of the tragic Bessie, who slashed the artist’s one masterpiece to ribbons. The critics and public cheered Ida’s_ performance, and _ she smiled complacently. After that came roles in Warner Bros.’ “Ladies in Retirement,” “The Hard Way,” “In Our Time” and similar efforts that enabled Miss Lupino to keep right on proving she was a highly dramatic actress. In her current Warner. film, “Devotion,” a stirring romance about two sisters who fall in love with the same man, Ida Lupino shares starring honors with Olivia de Havilland, Paul Henreid and Sydney Greenstreet. Mat No. 205—30c A new and different characterization is submitted by suave Paul Henreid in Warner Bros.’ stirring drama, ‘Devotion, currently at the Strand. The film also stars Ida Lupino, Olivia de Havilland and Sydney Greenstreet.