Directed by:
Curtis BernhardtScreenplay:
Edward ChodorovCinematography:
Ernest HallerComposer:
Erich Wolfgang KorngoldCast:
Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland, Sydney Greenstreet, Nancy Coleman, Arthur Kennedy, Dame May Whitty, Victor Francen, Montagu Love (more)Plots(1)
Sisters Emily and Charlotte Bronte lived to write, weaving tales rich with characters, incident and passion from the poor Yorkshire vicarage they called home. Devotion tells the story - with more than a dash of literary license - of these daring women who created Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. Ida Lupino and Olivia de Havilland portray the sisters, yearning for literary success and the love of the same man (Paul Henreid). Arthur Kennedy is a standout as their troubled brother Branwell, a would-be artist who drowns his talent in brandy. And a fine supporting cast, including Sydney Greenstreet, Dame May Whitty, Nancy Coleman and Montagu Love (in his final film), helps bring 19th-century England vividly alive. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ida Lupino
UK
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
High Sierra (1941)
Paul Henreid
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Casablanca (1942)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Olivia de Havilland
Japan
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Heiress (1949)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Sydney Greenstreet
UK
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Conflict (1945)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Nancy Coleman
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Kings Row (1942)
Arthur Kennedy
USA
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Window (1949)
Dame May Whitty
UK
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Victor Francen
Belgium
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Montagu Love
UK
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Howard Davies
UK
Best movies:
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
The Verdict (1946)
Micheline Cheirel
France
Best movies:
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
Ethel Griffies
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Jeffrey Sayre
USA
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
Edgar Norton
UK
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Top Hat (1935)
Billy Bevan
Australia
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Rebecca (1940)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Florence Wix
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Eily Malyon
UK
Best movies:
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Going My Way (1944)
Sylvia Opert
South Africa
Best movies:
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Road to Morocco (1942)
Wallis Clark
UK
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Harry Cording
UK
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Bernadette (1943)