Jane Eyre (1943 film)

Jane Eyre
theatrical release poster
Directed byRobert Stevenson
Screenplay byJohn Houseman
Aldous Huxley
Robert Stevenson
Based onJane Eyre
1847 novel
by Charlotte Brontë
Produced byUncredited:
StarringOrson Welles
Joan Fontaine
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Edited byWalter Thompson
Music byBernard Herrmann
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • December 24, 1943 (1943-12-24) (UK)[1]: 380 
  • February 4, 1944 (1944-02-04) (US)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,705,000[2]
Box office$1.75 million (rentals)[3]
2,620,527 admissions (France, 1946)[4]

Jane Eyre is a 1943 American film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by the uncredited Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles; Welles also stars in the film as Edward Rochester, with Joan Fontaine playing the title character.

The screenplay was written by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, and director Robert Stevenson. The musical score was composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography was by George Barnes.

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  2. ^ Zanuck, Darryl F. (1993). Behlmer, Rudy (ed.). Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck: The Golden Years at Twentieth Century-Fox. New York: Grove Press. pp. 64–65. ISBN 9780802115409.
  3. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (1989) Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, p.220, ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1.
  4. ^ French box office of 1946[permanent dead link] at Box Office Story