Tag: Henry James

The Innocents Script

Script by:Henry James (Novel), William Archibald (Screenplay), Truman Capote (Screenplay)
Directed by:Jack Clayton
Year:1961
IMDb:tt0055018

Plot:A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
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The Heiress Script

Script by:Henry James (Novel), Augustus Goetz (Theatre Play), Ruth Goetz (Screenplay), Augustus Goetz (Screenplay)
Directed by:William Wyler
Year:1949
IMDb:tt0041452

Plot:Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty -- filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance.
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The Turning Script

Script by:Carey Hayes (Screenplay), Chad Hayes (Screenplay), Henry James (Novel)
Directed by:Floria Sigismondi
Year:2020
IMDb:tt7510346

Plot:A young woman quits her teaching job to be a private tutor (governess) for a wealthy young heiress who witnessed her parent's tragic death. Shortly after arriving, the girl's degenerate brother is sent home from his boarding school. The tutor has some strange, unexplainable experiences in the house and begins to suspect there is more to their story.
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Washington Square Script

Script by:Henry James (Novel), Carol Doyle (Screenplay)
Directed by:Agnieszka Holland
Year:1997
IMDb:tt0120481

Plot:Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must decide whether to spend the rest of her life alone, or marry a man who is interested in her only because of her inheritence.
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Golden Bowl Script

Script by:Henry James (Novel), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Writer), Henry James (Writer)
Directed by:James Ivory
Year:2000
IMDb:tt0200669

Plot:An intricately plotted tale of thwarted love and betrayal, "The Golden Bowl" tells the story of an extravagantly rich American widower and his sheltered daughter, both of whom marry only to discover that their respective mates, a beautiful American expatriate and an impoverished Italian aristocrat, are entangled with one another in a romantic intrigue of seduction and deceit.
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