Jane Eyre (1943)

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
as Helen Burns
Orson Welles
as Edward Rochester
Margaret O'Brien
as Adele Varens
Agnes Moorehead
as Mrs. Reed

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Genres & Description

Action Drama Romance

7.6 / 10

Small, plain and poor, Jane Eyre comes to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. Denied love all her life, Jane can't help but be attracted to the intelligent, vibrant, energetic Mr. Rochester, a man twice her age. But just when Mr. Rochester seems to be returning the attention, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram and her party to stay at his estate. Meanwhile, the secret of Thornfield Hall could ruin all their chances for happiness.

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Shine into my darkness my rising sun

Good job girls - @Friday, June 22, 2018 5:45 AM

Alberta Driftwood Topps

This version is consistent in its melodrama. The acting in all the roles is so very good. Totally different but also excellent is the 1983 BBC version. - @Friday, April 6, 2018 4:53 AM

Tina Hamilton

Peggy Ann Garner is extraordinary, the perfect, abused, lost little Jane Eyre. Her performance is overshadowed by Elizabeth Taylor's beauty. I think commenters who ignore Jane have not read the original novel. They should. Peggy Garner won an youth Oscar for her fine acting in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. - @Monday, June 5, 2017 6:20 AM

ReviewCam

Favorite scene though is where Elizabeth and Joan are outside and Jane keeps talking about the different road, especially the one that lead to Dover, how they all lead there. Such a beautiful sign of the hope Jane had. Great performances by Joan and Elizabeth - @Saturday, December 10, 2016 8:27 PM

Geoff P

Is not Nature grace? - @Saturday, November 12, 2016 3:50 PM

Jimmy Jefferson

how can anyone stand this version?? highly overrated, from what I can see. the style is so hokey. Compare it to the Wuthering Heights with Ralph Fiennes and you will see what I mean. - @Saturday, October 22, 2016 5:43 AM

Jimmy Jefferson

4:00 so sad that Charlotte's sister died there! - @Saturday, October 22, 2016 5:38 AM

gossamerwings

Don't like Orson Welles in this role, should've been done by Laurence Olivier!! Joan Fontaine's narration is so nice to listen to, wonderful voice and spoken beautifully!! Margaret O'Brien was so young but did a great job in this movie!!! - @Friday, October 21, 2016 1:21 PM

berjaboy

Elizabeth Taylor's omission in the credits was apparently accidental. The film was already produced and distributed when they realized their mistake. 20th Century Fox, the creator of the film apologized to young Elizabeth for the error, but there's no mistaking that beautiful face in the finished movie. - @Friday, August 26, 2016 3:36 PM

luis grant

It's strange that Elizabeth Taylor was not in the credits - @Tuesday, August 16, 2016 8:55 PM

Felix Hu

Definitely this movie sows the seed of destruction of Christianity.. Moving forward 71 years down followers of Christ getting fewer and fewer , " The Great Fall away" have long started... This movie portray the injustice and harsh discipline in Christian schools. - @Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:37 PM

Roonil Wazlib

Omg Elizabeth Taylor is absolutely stunning! - @Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:54 AM

moon starr

this is the best version - @Friday, September 19, 2014 1:48 AM

greta pacino

A good book and a great movie. Thanks you. - @Thursday, September 5, 2013 7:10 AM

patrea lynn

he was so incredibly EVIL. - @Thursday, June 6, 2013 8:25 PM

harmoniabalanza

And those dour teachers are obedient Nazis, or obedient corporate drones of today...all the same. - @Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:06 AM

Bashbashment

This is version I utterly love !!! Thx for posting !! - @Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:37 AM

blessOTMA

I appreciate the direction by Robert Stevenson more all the time . Great film This like hearing the two sides of Charlotte Bronte's personality speaking to each. Other film versions of the novel that cut short this part are missing an opportunity . - @Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:41 AM

heatherglen33

There is no way, you can remake a classic. Only 1 Fontaine, and only 1 Wells..new actors lose all signs of mystery, and talent. - @Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:33 AM

awaitthegroom

Love it so does my 22 year old son- we watch it together when hes home eating sweets!! - @Friday, November 9, 2012 7:11 PM

بشاير العصيمي

من جد روعه - @Monday, October 29, 2012 3:06 AM

enydnightshade

Love it! It's a classic;) - @Friday, October 26, 2012 7:35 AM

MegaMJ43

I have tried to see the 1997 version...and it was really "Mission:Impossible" for me. - @Monday, September 17, 2012 6:28 PM

Katrina Whirlpool

good going, now Helen is going to fucking DIE. - @Monday, September 17, 2012 4:20 PM

Nana Fuad

a great classic movie - @Friday, September 14, 2012 7:52 PM

SMIR YASMINA

Merveilleuse et si jeune Elizabeth Taylor ! - @Wednesday, September 12, 2012 6:58 PM

Cynthia Repsher

Although she breifly appears in this movie she is not credited in this movie at all.Elizabeth Taylor did a good job here. - @Tuesday, March 27, 2012 4:39 AM

Dazman1313

This film is shown regularly on Film 4 via Freeview and others various ways, often at 11 am, it's on on Monday 20th February at 11:00 on Film 4. - @Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:43 AM

heatherglen33

When are these movie moguls going to learn that you CANNOT remake a classic. The new one is terrible. There was one Fontaine, and one Wells. Please! - @Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:58 AM

heatherglen33

@TCall2004 LOL Yeah...he would torture all of them. - @Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:50 AM

DangVuVN

@Astughentsa not the best, but very good compare to the movie industry at that time - @Saturday, January 14, 2012 3:11 AM

plumeria66

she looks like anna paquin. - @Saturday, January 7, 2012 7:36 AM

Chennaigirl123

The adaptation's nothing spectacular... but the music's really nice! - @Wednesday, November 9, 2011 3:47 PM

ladycordelia17

@sibunafan331 - I hate Brocklehurst too; audiences aren't supposed to like him, especially with the way he mistreats the pupils of Lowood at every turn (although all the movie adaptations have him being far more of a tyrannical presence than in the novel). And also in the novel, an offhandedly-mentioned girl is "guilty" of having naturally curly hair, whereas the "vain" curly-haired girl in the movies is always Helen (which is why Jane is punished for protesting over Helen's hair getting cut). - @Saturday, November 5, 2011 7:25 PM

musicalcoholicdrunk

7:08 try looking at Elizabeth eyes...even in a black-and-white picture her eyes were fascinating - @Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:51 PM

MsSarjen

@rebe1angel Have you read the Tenant of Wildfel Hall? Written by Anne. She is, I guess, the least famous of the Brontë sisters, but an equally talented writer. Wildfell Hall is also a great piece of story telling, however less in the style of the romantic period, and more naturalistic in the description of the relationship between men and women of the day. - @Sunday, October 9, 2011 9:07 AM

sumirei001

Captivating - @Saturday, September 17, 2011 2:58 PM

kirkba

@4evajscgrl Yes it's the same girl: Peggy Ann Garner. - @Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:40 PM

sabrina ang

i hate the headmaster it seems like he never had a childhood - @Monday, July 11, 2011 6:59 AM

tzipporam

Liz Taylor at 11yrs old. - @Saturday, June 25, 2011 6:25 PM

Wolfen443

@Astughentsa, old black & White films with a great cast & staff often got the story not quite right but deliver it most powerfully at least. - @Monday, March 28, 2011 10:20 PM

Fiume Simonini

Hoy falleció Liz Taylor y si esta no fue su primera película estoy cerca pues no figura ni siquiera en los créditos originales. QEPD - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:57 PM

Giulia Holland

omg elizabeth taylor lol - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 5:29 AM

NosHabebitHumus

No wonder this is so good. The screenplay was done by Aldous Huxley, Robert Stevenson (the director) and John Houseman. Huxley lived in L.A. from 1937 until his death in 1963. - @Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:03 PM

Miguel Antonio González San Martín, de Chile.

¡Novela sensacional! - @Saturday, February 26, 2011 3:19 PM

es piya

for me among other versions, this one effectively depicts the book of charlotte bronte - @Friday, January 28, 2011 4:41 AM

justify798

Can anyone tell me where I can find "Middle of the Night" with Kim Novak? - @Monday, January 17, 2011 4:31 AM

Jenny A.

omg.. i love helen's hair. its so pretty. - @Saturday, December 18, 2010 11:33 AM

Allie Claire

please put the whole thing on youtube! I want to see this one SOO badly!! - @Friday, December 10, 2010 3:26 PM

Nicole S

Elizabeth Taylor is stunning. - @Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:29 AM