Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Rusty: National Film RegistryAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor (Laurence Olivier)
Academy Award for Best Director (William Wyler)
Academy Award for Best Original Score (Alfred Newman)
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Geraldine Fitzgerald)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur)Award details: (details at IMDb)
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Wuthering Heights is a 1939 American black-and-white film directed by William Wyler and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. It is based on the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. The film depicts only sixteen of the novel's thirty-four chapters, eliminating the second generation of characters. The novel was adapted for the screen by Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht and John Huston. The film won the 1939 New York Film Critics Award for Best Film. It earned nominations for eight Academy Awards, including for Best Picture and Best Actor. The 1939 Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white category, was awarded to Gregg Toland for his work. In 2007, Wuthering Heights was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".