STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 February 1941, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

[ "WUTHERING HEIGHTS." I The outstanding picture. "Wuthering Heights," will be shown tonight. In Samuel Goldwyn’s "Wuthering Heights," based on the unforgettable love story of the Emily Bronte novel of the same name. Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier tire cast as the romantic lovers who discover the beauty and despair of love as they wander wildly over the desolate moors of the Yorkshire country. The stars arc brilliantly suj>purted by a east of outstaiiiiiiq; ]d..ver.inciuding David Nivim. Flora 11 >b<<m. Hugh William . Geraldine Fitzr.eraki. Donald Crisp and Miles Mar.iii r "Wuthering Heights” was picturisecl fr< m a masterly screenplay written by two of Hollywood’s leading secm.rists, Bdi Hecht mid Cm.iles MacArthur. Th-; picture was photographed by Gregg Toland, whose dramatic lightmg ;md i outdoor cinematography g.ve ' Wutia , ing Height;;" ;i background of br.. w’-| ing, sinister mood which is in keepmg ; with, its s':rrii:g talc <>f !■.’.<• and !., tv ; Briefly, the st' ry conci ri ‘he l.\c of live strangely assorted people. Its) mood is one ■ f gr< ..t I vc m;.! great i disaster, played out m an -pl’.-.-r<■: of strange emotions, strange hates ; strange mood;-. Met Obi : ..■ niflcently cast as Cathy, a high-spirited beautv whwe life ••• mv-tcri< a ’?• in-, lit:. :’-ied by tb.e moor,. . :i winch :!v I lias lived al! her life, 1.-mrcnci- < brocdimi. melancholy ’mitr.- I • j with Cathy, with ren arkable .'•'tret ' i and poii.mmt fervor. David N'.vei ; j SX? DiXy 1 ’-mb < LU" T ; ' ! greates-. ehonic-. r ; i cast as Cathy’s nur--.