(Dr. Livingston), Fay Bainter (Aunt Belle), Richard Cromwell (Ted Dillard), Henry O'Neill (General Bogardus), Spring Byington (Mrs. Kendrick), John Litel (Jean La Cour), Gordon Oliver (Dick Allen), Janet Shaw (Molly Allen), Theresa Harris (Zette), Margaret Early (Stephanie Kendrick), Irving Pichel (Huger), Eddie Anderson (Gros Bat), Stymie Beard (Ti Bat), Lew Payton (Uncle Cato), George Renevant (De Lautruc), Georgia Caine (Mrs. Petion), Fred Lawrence (Bob), Ann Codee (Madam Pulard, Dressmaker), Daisy Bufford (Flower Girl), Trevor Bardette (Sheriff at Plantation), Jack Norton (Drunk), Jacques Vanaire (Duretta), Alan Bridge (New Orleans Sheriff)
Distribution: Warner Brothers
104 minutes
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Samuel Goldwyn Production
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, from the novel by Emily Brontë
Photography: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: James Basevi
Set decoration: Julia Heron
Costumes: Omar Kiam
Music: Alfred Newman
Technical adviser: Peter Shaw
Assistant director: Walter Mayo
Sound recorder: Paul Neal
Cast: Merle Oberon (Cathy), Laurence Olivier (Heathcliff), David Niven (Edgar Linton), Flora Robson (Ellen Dean), Donald Crisp (Dr. Kenneth), Hugh Williams (Hindley), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Isabella Linton), Leo G. Carroll (Joseph), Cecil Humphreys (Judge Linton), Miles Mander (Lockwood), Romaine Callender (Robert, the Butler), Cecil Kellaway (Earnshaw), Rex Downing (Heathcliff as a Child), Sarita Wooton (Cathy as a Child), Douglas Scott (Hindley as a Child), Helena Grant (Miss Hudkins), Susanne Leach (Guest), Tommy Martin and Schuyler Standish (Little Boys), Diane Williams (Little Girl), Mme. Alice Ahlers (Harpsichordist), Vernon Downing (Giles)
Distribution: United Artists
103 minutes
1940s
The Westerner (1940)
Samuel Goldwyn Production
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Jo Swerling and Niven Busch, based on a story by Stuart N. Lake
Photography: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: James Basevi
Set decoration: Julia Heron
Costumes: Irene Saltern
Music: composed and conducted by Dmitri Tiomkin (Alfred Newman, uncredited)
Assistant director: Walter Mayo
Cast: Gary Cooper (Cole Hardin), Walter Brennan (Judge Roy Bean), Doris Davenport (Jane-Ellen Mathews), Fred Stone (Caliphet Mathews), Forrest Tucker (Wade Harper), Lilian Bond (Lillie Langtry), Paul Hurst (Chickenfoot), Chill Wills (Southeast), Charles Halton (Mort Borrow), Tom Tyler (King Evans), Arthur Aylsworth (Mr. Dixon), Lupita Toyer (Teresita), Julian Rivero (Juan Gomez), Dana Andrews (Bart Cobble), Roger Gray (Eph Stringer), Trevor Bardette (Shad Wilkins), Jack Pennick (Bantry), Arthur Mix (Seth Tucker), Helen Foster (Janice), Connie Leon (Langtry's Maid), Charles Coleman (Langtry's Manager), Lew Kelly (Ticket Man), Heinie Conklin (Man at Window), Lucien Littlefield (Stranger), Corbet Morris (Orchestra Leader), Stanley Andrews (Sheriff), Henry Roquemore (Stage Manager), Hank Bell (Deputy), Bill Steele (Tex Cole), Blackjack Ward (Buck Harrigan), Jim Corey (Lee Webb), Buck Moulton (Charles Evans), Ted Wells (Joe Lawrence), Joe De La Cruz (Mex), Frank Cordell (Bean Henchman), Philip Connor (John Yancy), Capt. C. E. Anderson (Hezikiah Willever)
Distribution: United Artists
99 minutes
The Letter (1940)
Warner Brothers/First National
In charge of production: Jack L. Warner
Executive producer: Hal B. Wallis
Director: William Wyler
Associate producer: Robert Lord
Screenplay: Howard Koch, based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham
Photography: Tony Gaudio
Editors: George Amy and Warren Low
Art direction: Carl Jules-Weyl
Gowns: Orry-Kelly
Music: Max Steiner
Technical advisers: Louis Vincenot and John Villasin
Assistant director: Sherry Shourds
Sound: Dolph Thomas
Cast: Bette Davis (Leslie Crosbie), Herbert Marshall (Robert Crosbie), James Stephenson (Howard Joyce), Frieda Inescort (Dorothy Joyce), Gale Sondergaard (Mrs. Hammond), Bruce Lester (John
Distribution: Warner Brothers
104 minutes
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Samuel Goldwyn Production
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, from the novel by Emily Brontë
Photography: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: James Basevi
Set decoration: Julia Heron
Costumes: Omar Kiam
Music: Alfred Newman
Technical adviser: Peter Shaw
Assistant director: Walter Mayo
Sound recorder: Paul Neal
Cast: Merle Oberon (Cathy), Laurence Olivier (Heathcliff), David Niven (Edgar Linton), Flora Robson (Ellen Dean), Donald Crisp (Dr. Kenneth), Hugh Williams (Hindley), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Isabella Linton), Leo G. Carroll (Joseph), Cecil Humphreys (Judge Linton), Miles Mander (Lockwood), Romaine Callender (Robert, the Butler), Cecil Kellaway (Earnshaw), Rex Downing (Heathcliff as a Child), Sarita Wooton (Cathy as a Child), Douglas Scott (Hindley as a Child), Helena Grant (Miss Hudkins), Susanne Leach (Guest), Tommy Martin and Schuyler Standish (Little Boys), Diane Williams (Little Girl), Mme. Alice Ahlers (Harpsichordist), Vernon Downing (Giles)
Distribution: United Artists
103 minutes
1940s
The Westerner (1940)
Samuel Goldwyn Production
Director: William Wyler
Screenplay: Jo Swerling and Niven Busch, based on a story by Stuart N. Lake
Photography: Gregg Toland
Editor: Daniel Mandell
Art direction: James Basevi
Set decoration: Julia Heron
Costumes: Irene Saltern
Music: composed and conducted by Dmitri Tiomkin (Alfred Newman, uncredited)
Assistant director: Walter Mayo
Cast: Gary Cooper (Cole Hardin), Walter Brennan (Judge Roy Bean), Doris Davenport (Jane-Ellen Mathews), Fred Stone (Caliphet Mathews), Forrest Tucker (Wade Harper), Lilian Bond (Lillie Langtry), Paul Hurst (Chickenfoot), Chill Wills (Southeast), Charles Halton (Mort Borrow), Tom Tyler (King Evans), Arthur Aylsworth (Mr. Dixon), Lupita Toyer (Teresita), Julian Rivero (Juan Gomez), Dana Andrews (Bart Cobble), Roger Gray (Eph Stringer), Trevor Bardette (Shad Wilkins), Jack Pennick (Bantry), Arthur Mix (Seth Tucker), Helen Foster (Janice), Connie Leon (Langtry's Maid), Charles Coleman (Langtry's Manager), Lew Kelly (Ticket Man), Heinie Conklin (Man at Window), Lucien Littlefield (Stranger), Corbet Morris (Orchestra Leader), Stanley Andrews (Sheriff), Henry Roquemore (Stage Manager), Hank Bell (Deputy), Bill Steele (Tex Cole), Blackjack Ward (Buck Harrigan), Jim Corey (Lee Webb), Buck Moulton (Charles Evans), Ted Wells (Joe Lawrence), Joe De La Cruz (Mex), Frank Cordell (Bean Henchman), Philip Connor (John Yancy), Capt. C. E. Anderson (Hezikiah Willever)
Distribution: United Artists
99 minutes
The Letter (1940)
Warner Brothers/First National
In charge of production: Jack L. Warner
Executive producer: Hal B. Wallis
Director: William Wyler
Associate producer: Robert Lord
Screenplay: Howard Koch, based on the play by W. Somerset Maugham
Photography: Tony Gaudio
Editors: George Amy and Warren Low
Art direction: Carl Jules-Weyl
Gowns: Orry-Kelly
Music: Max Steiner
Technical advisers: Louis Vincenot and John Villasin
Assistant director: Sherry Shourds
Sound: Dolph Thomas
Cast: Bette Davis (Leslie Crosbie), Herbert Marshall (Robert Crosbie), James Stephenson (Howard Joyce), Frieda Inescort (Dorothy Joyce), Gale Sondergaard (Mrs. Hammond), Bruce Lester (John
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