
Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Olivia de Havilland won her second Academy Award for The Heiress giving one of her finest screen performances in this version of the Ruth & Augustus Goetz play based on Henry James&s & Washington Square& In 1840&s New York Catherine lives with her father Dr Sloper a physician Her mother died some years before & Dr Sloper still idolizes her He never misses an opportunity to compare his daughter to her
- a comparison the daughter cannot win When Morris Townsend a handsome but penniless young man comes along & woos & wins his daughter&s heart Dr Sloper is sure that he is only after her considerable inheritance & opposes their marriage Dr Sloper takes his daughter to Europe in hopes she will forget Morris but she does not After Catherine returns to New York the young lovers plan to elope Dr Sloper threatens to disinherit his daughter Will this dissuade Morris? Actors Olivia de Havilland Montgomery Clift Ralph Richardson Miriam Hopkins Vanessa Brown Betty Linley Ray Collins Mona Freeman Selena Royle Paul Lees Harry Antrim Russ Conway & David Thursby Director William Wyler Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1949 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 1 hour & 50 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players