Devotion

1946 PG-13 1h 47m

5.9 / 10 13

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5.9/10

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In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Emily and Charlotte also try to help their tormented brother Branwell, a gifted artist whose life is being destroyed by alcohol.

Director Curtis Bernhardt

Writers

Theodore Reeves Keith Winter

Stars

Ida Lupino Paul Henreid Olivia de Havilland

William Makepeace Thackeray

Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

Mr. Ames (uncredited)

Edmund Breon

Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

French Student (uncredited)

Micheline Cheirel

Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Mr. George Smith (uncredited)

David Clyde

Land Agent (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

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Howard Davies

Englishman (uncredited)

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Frank Dawson

Club Member (uncredited)

Elderly Reader of "Jane Eyre" (uncredited)

Shepherd (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

Club Member (uncredited)

French Student (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

Mrs. Ingraham (uncredited)

Rita Lupino

Giselle (uncredited)

Eily Malyon

Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)

Mademoiselle Heger (uncredited)

Edgar Norton

Club Member (uncredited)

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Sylvia Opert

French Student (uncredited)

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Hilda Plowright

Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Guest at Thornton's Ball (uncredited)

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Irina Semochenko

French Student (uncredited)

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Violet Seton

Mrs. Crump (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

Charles Dickens (uncredited)

Mr. Tripp (uncredited)

Englishwoman (uncredited)

Drama

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Geronimo1967 7 Jul 2022

7/10

Based (very) loosely on real events, this is quite an entertaining tale of two strong willed Brontë women - Charlotte (Olivia de Havilland) and Emily (Ida Lupino) and of their enthusiasm for local curate "Nicholls" (the rather decent but insipid Paul Henreid) and for getting their wonderfully imaginative stories published. In that aspiration, they are joined by their sister Anne (Nancy Coleman) an...