Jane Eyre is a 1944 classic film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by William Goetz, Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles (uncredited). The screenplay was by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, Henry Koster and Robert Stevenson from the novel by Charlotte Brontë. The music score was by Bernard Herrmann and the cinematography by George Barnes.
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Jane Eyre is a 1944 classic film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name made by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by William Goetz, Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles (uncredited). The screenplay was by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, Henry Koster and Robert Stevenson from the novel by Charlotte Brontë. The music score was by Bernard Herrmann and the cinematography by George Barnes.
The film stars Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner, Sara Allgood, Henry Daniell, Agnes Moorehead, John Sutton, with Betta St. John and Elizabeth Taylor making early, uncredited appearances.
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The film begins with a voice over from Jane Eyre (an original contribution by the screenwriters):
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