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Director
  
Christy Cabanne

Story by
  
Charlotte Bronte

Duration
  

Language
  
English

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Production
  
Monogram Pictures

Country
  
United States

Jane Eyre (1934 film) movie poster

Release date
  
August 15, 1934 (1934-08-15)

Based on
  
Jane Eyre  by Charlotte Bronte

Writer
  
Charlotte Bronte (novel), Adele Comandini

Cast
  
Virginia Bruce
(Jane Eyre),
Colin Clive
(Edward Rochester),
Beryl Mercer
(Mrs. Fairfax),
David Torrence
(Mr. Brocklehurst),
Aileen Pringle
(Lady Blanche Ingram),
Edith Fellows
(Adele Rochester)

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Jane Eyre is a 1934 American romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne, starring Virginia Bruce and Colin Clive. It is based on the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, and is the first adaptation to use sound.

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Synopsis

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A Victorian orphan secures a position as governess at Thornfield Hall. She falls in love with her employer.

Cast

  • Virginia Bruce as Jane Eyre
  • Colin Clive as Edward Rochester
  • Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Fairfax
  • David Torrence as Mr. Brocklehurst
  • Aileen Pringle as Lady Blanche Ingram
  • Edith Fellows as Adele Rochester
  • Jean Darling as Jane Eyre as a Child
  • Lionel Belmore as Lord Ingram
  • Jameson Thomas as Charles Craig
  • Ethel Griffies as Grace Poole
  • Claire Du Brey as Bertha Rochester
  • William Burress as Minister
  • Joan Standing as Daisy
  • Richard Quine as John Reed
  • Anne Howard as Georgianna Reed (uncredited)
  • Olaf Hytten as Jeweler (uncredited)
  • Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Reed (uncredited)
  • William Wagner as Halliburton (uncredited)

    • Production

    Production began 17 May 1934 at General Service Studios.

    Soundtrack

  • Adele sings the "Bridal Chorus" from the opera Lohengrin, by Richard Wagner.
  • Adele sings "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean".

    • Critical reception

    Critic Leonard Maltin gave the film 2 stars (out of four), describing it as a "[t]hin version of the oft-filmed Bronte novel, produced by Monogram, of all studios[...] Still, it's not uninteresting as a curio."

    References

    Jane Eyre (1934 film) Wikipedia
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