Jane Eyre (1949)
1949 · Television · 59 min · dir. Franklin Schaffner
- Drama
- Romance
- TV Movie
Synopsis
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Franklin Schaffner
- Writer
- Charlotte Brontë
- Studio
- CBS
- Released
- 1949-12-12
- Running time
- 59 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1940s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Charlton Heston
- Jane Eyre
- Studio One
Cast & crew
Franklin Schaffner Director
Charlton Heston
Viola Roache- Ethel Remey
Joan Wetmore
Adelaide Klein
Mary Sinclair
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Jane Eyre (Studio One). · richgoup · 2012-03-24
Original air date: 12 December 1949. Season: 2, episode: 14. Cast: Charlton Heston (Edward Rochester), Mary Sinclair (Jane Eyre), Betty Furness (Herself-commercial spokeswoman), Adelaide Klein, Ethel Everett (Mrs. Fairfax), Viola Roache (Blanche Ingram) and Joan Wetmore (Grace Poole). Source: IMDB. One of the some drama anthologies at the beginning of the Networks.