The Heiress

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American film drama film film

The Heiress is a 1949 American drama film, adapted from a stage play based on Henry James's novel "Washington Square," renowned for Olivia de Havilland's Academy Award-winning performance.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
The Heiress canonical	23
The Heiress (1949 film)	3
Mrs. Sloper	2
The Heiress (play)	2
The Heiress (1995 revival)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
adaptationOf	stage play The Heiress ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork	Henry James ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction–Set Decoration, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
awardReceivedBy	Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
basedOn	The Heiress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Heiress (play) Washington Square ⓘ
character	Catherine Sloper ⓘ Dr. Austin Sloper ⓘ Lavinia Penniman ⓘ Morris Townsend ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Leo Tover ⓘ
colorProcess	black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	William Wyler ⓘ
distributedIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributor	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	William Hornbeck ⓘ
filmingLocation	New York City ⓘ Paramount Pictures Studios ⓘ surface form: Paramount Studios
genre	drama ⓘ
hasNotablePerformanceBy	Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
mainSubject	family relationships ⓘ romantic deception ⓘ
musicBy	Aaron Copland ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	William Wyler ⓘ
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate	1949-10-06 ⓘ
releaseYear	1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	115 ⓘ
screenwriter	Augustus Goetz ⓘ Ruth Goetz ⓘ
setIn	New York City ⓘ
setInTimePeriod	19th century ⓘ
starring	Miriam Hopkins ⓘ Montgomery Clift ⓘ Olivia de Havilland ⓘ Ralph Richardson ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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Olivia de Havilland → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

Montgomery Clift → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

William Wyler → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

William Wyler → directed → The Heiress ⓘ

Washington Square → adaptation → The Heiress ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Heiress (1949 film)

Leo Tover → workedOn → The Heiress ⓘ

Leo Tover → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

Edith Head → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

Cherry Jones → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

Walter Plunkett → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

The Heiress (film score) → partOf → The Heiress ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Heiress (1949 film)

1950 Academy Awards → bestActressFilm → The Heiress ⓘ

1950 Academy Awards → bestArtDirectionBlackAndWhiteWinner → The Heiress ⓘ

1950 Academy Awards → bestOriginalScoreWinner → The Heiress ⓘ

1950 Academy Awards → bestScoringOfADramaticOrComedyPictureWinner → The Heiress ⓘ

Hans Dreier → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

The Heiress → basedOn → The Heiress self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Heiress (play)

Edward Montgomery Clift → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

Clift → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

subject surface form: Montgomery Clift

Wyler → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

subject surface form: William Wyler

Catherine Sloper → adaptedIn → The Heiress ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Heiress (play)

Catherine Sloper → adaptedIn → The Heiress ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Heiress (1949 film)

Catherine Sloper is the daughter of Dr. Austin Sloper → mother → The Heiress ⓘ

subject surface form: Catherine Sloper

this entity surface form: Mrs. Sloper

Morris Townsend is Catherine Sloper's suitor → appearsInAdaptationOf → The Heiress ⓘ

subject surface form: Morris Townsend

Dr. Austin Sloper → spouse → The Heiress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mrs. Sloper

Morris Townsend → appearsInAdaptation → The Heiress ⓘ

Lincoln Center Theater → producedWork → The Heiress ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Heiress (1995 revival)

Miriam Hopkins → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

John F. Seitz → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ

William Hornbeck → notableWork → The Heiress ⓘ