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Ida Lupino
Emily Brontë
Paul Henreid
Rev. Arthur Nicholls
Olivia de Havilland
Charlotte Brontë
Sydney Greenstreet
William Makepeace Thackeray
Nancy Coleman
Anne Brontë
Arthur Kennedy
Branwell Brontë
May Whitty
Lady Thornton
Victor Francen
Constantin Heger
Montagu Love
Rev. Brontë
Ethel Griffies
Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
Hartney J. Arthur
Man (uncredited)
Billy Bevan
Mr. Ames (uncredited)
Edmund Breon
Sir John Thornton (uncredited)
Tanis Chandler
French Student (uncredited)
Micheline Cheirel
Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Mr. George Smith (uncredited)
David Clyde
Land Agent (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Howard Davies
Englishman (uncredited)
Frank Dawson
Club Member (uncredited)
Marie De Becker
Tabby (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Elderly Reader of "Jane Eyre" (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Hoggs (uncredited)
P.J. Kelly
Shepherd (uncredited)
Crauford Kent
Club Member (uncredited)
Sonia Lefkova
Marie (uncredited)
Elayne Lima
French Student (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Ingraham (uncredited)
Rita Lupino
Giselle (uncredited)
Eily Malyon
Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)
John Meredith
Ted (uncredited)
Odette Myrtil
Mademoiselle Heger (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Club Member (uncredited)
Sylvia Opert
French Student (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Guest at Thornton's Ball (uncredited)
Irina Semochenko
French Student (uncredited)
Violet Seton
Mrs. Crump (uncredited)
Reginald Sheffield
Charles Dickens (uncredited)
Yorke Sherwood
Man (uncredited)
Geoffrey Steele
Man (uncredited)
Donald Stuart
Mr. Tripp (uncredited)
David Thursby
Farmer (uncredited)
Leo White
Waiter (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Englishwoman (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 07 2022

Based (very) loosely on real events, this is quite an entertaining tale of two strong willed Brontë women - Charlotte (Olivia de Havilland) and Emily (Ida Lupino) and of their enthusiasm for local curate "Nicholls" (the rather decent but insipid Paul Henreid) and for getting their wonderfully imaginative stories published. In that aspiration, they are joined by their sister Anne (Nancy Coleman) and all of this takes place as they must try and save their artist brother Bramwell (Arthur Kennedy) from a future at the bottom of a bottle. The cast and the writing deliver an engaging and authentic ta...