Interesting Fact - Films
There have been 16 film versions of the book, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte . (Including 5 silent films made between 1915 and 1926, to the latest film which comes out this year (2011). 1915: Jane Eyre starring Louise Vale. 1915: A version was released called The Castle of Thornfield. 1918: A version was released called Woman and Wife, directed by Edward José, adapted by Paul West, starring Alice Brady as Jane.1921: Jane Eyre starring Mabel Ballin and directed by Hugo Ballin. 1926: A youth version was made in Germany called Orphan of Lowood. 1934: Jane Eyre, starring Colin Clive and Virginia Bruce. 1943: I Walked with a Zombie is a horror movie loosely based upon Jane Eyre. 1944: Jane Eyre, with a screenplay by John Houseman and Aldous Huxley. It features Orson Welles as Mr. Rochester, Joan Fontaine as Jane, Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Reed, Margaret O'Brien as Adele and Elizabeth Taylor as Helen Burns. Joan Fontaine had earlier starred in Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchco...