Word: hiller
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Heiress*-a period play of mid-19th Century Manhattan-centers in Catherine Sloper (strikingly played by Britain's Wendy Hiller), an awkward, passive, plain-looking girl with great expectations. She falls passionately in love with an attractive fortune hunter (well played by Peter Cookson); but her coldhearted, sardonic father (well played by Basil Rathbone), thoroughly aware of the suitor's motives and utterly unconcerned with his daughter's feelings, forbids the match on pain of disinheritance...
After admirably directing and producing "Great Expectations," Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger apparently felt they could dispense with Charles Dickens and do their own writing as well. Unfortunately, "I Know Where I'm Going" misses the collaboration of Mr. Dickens considerably, but the combined talents of mature actress Wendy Hiller, photographers with imagination, and some native Scots have overcome scenario shortcomings and produced a pleasurable film...
...marry a wealthy gentleman described by her father as being "as old as I am." However, before reaching the altar she encounters a storm and a naval officer and each has an equally turbulent effect upon her. Fortunately it's not as trite as all that, for Wendy Hiller portrays Joan Webster, the calculating wonan, with a poise and effectiveness that makes much out of not much of anything. Roger Livesey and the supporting east also contribute an occasional worthwhile moment and, with the assistance of Scottish folk dances and Gaclic singing, the picture becomes quite enjoyable...
...Know Where I'm Going. Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey and a couple of Scotland's lovely Western Isles collaborate in a charming romantic comedy (TIME, Sept...
Married. Thomas Austin Yawkey, 41, Detroit-born millionaire-owner of the Boston Red Sox; and Jean Hiller, 34, onetime Saks Fifth Avenue model; six weeks after he was divorced by Elise Sparrow Yawkey, ex-cover girl; both for the second time; in Georgetown...