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Edward Rochester
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Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre (younger)
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Sara Allgood
Bessie
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Elizabeth Taylor
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John Abbott
Mason
Harry Allen
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Townsman
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Woman at Party
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Guard on Coach to Lowood
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Dealer
Jean Fenwick
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Mrs. Eshton
Arthur Gould-Porter
Young Man
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Grace Poole
Ronald Harris
John Reed
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Lowood School Trustee
Charles Irwin
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Bud Lawler
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Sir George Lynn
Moyna MacGill
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Mrs. Skatcher
Nelson McDowell
Lowood School Trustee
Mary Menzies
Girl in orphanage scene at dinner table
John Meredith
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Roseanne Murray
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Tempe Pigott
Fortune Teller
Nancy June Robinson
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Marion Rosamond
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Billie Seward
Woman at Party
Yorke Sherwood
Beadle
Ivan F. Simpson
Mr. Woods - the Minister
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Leslie Vincent
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Dan Wallace
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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on Fri Aug 30 2019

Are you always drawn to the loveless and unfriended? Jane Eyre is directed by Robert Stevenson who co-adapts the screenplay with John Houseman, Aldous Huxley and Henry Koster. Based on the Charlotte Brontë novel of the same name, it stars Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine and Peggy Ann Garner. Music is scored by Bernard Herrmann and George Barnes is the cinematographer. After a harsh and eye opening childhood, orphan Jane Eyre gains employment at Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. A Difference in class and life outlook, Jane and Rochester are by definition polar...