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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20010926
Author:Huddleston, Yvette

Byline: YVETTE HUDDLESTON

MADE in 1939, this classic version of Emily Bronte's Gothic romance stands above other more recent adaptations. Much of its success is due to Laurence Olivier's tour-de-force as Heathcliff - dark-eyed, brooding and with a hint of menace, Olivier (pictured with Merle Oberon) got closer than anyone to BrontI's vision of the complex and troubled soul of her wayward romantic hero. By comparison Oberon, as Cathy, seems far less in tune with the nuances of her character, but their scenes together certainly do evoke the intensity of feeling that Bronte's ...

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