Devotion

Devotion

107 mins | Drama | April 5, 1946

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.

Devotion

107 mins | Drama | April 5, 1946

Devotion
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Devotion
Directors Jesse Hibbs, Curtis Bernhardt
Writers Keith Winter, Theodore Reeves

Cast

Ida Lupino

as Emily Brontë

Paul Henreid

as Rev. Arthur Nicholls

Olivia de Havilland

as Charlotte Brontë

Sydney Greenstreet

as William Makepeace Thackeray

Nancy Coleman

as Anne Brontë

Arthur Kennedy

as Branwell Brontë

May Whitty

as Lady Thornton

Victor Francen

as Constantin Heger

Montagu Love

as Rev. Brontë

Ethel Griffies

as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

Hartney J. Arthur

as Man (uncredited)

Billy Bevan

as Mr. Ames (uncredited)

Edmund Breon

as Sir John Thornton (uncredited)

Tanis Chandler

as French Student (uncredited)

Micheline Cheirel

as Mademoiselle Blanche (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

as Mr. George Smith (uncredited)

David Clyde

as Land Agent (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)

Howard Davies

as Englishman (uncredited)

Frank Dawson

as Club Member (uncredited)

Marie De Becker

as Tabby (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

as Elderly Reader of "Jane Eyre" (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

as Hoggs (uncredited)

P.J. Kelly

as Shepherd (uncredited)

Crauford Kent

as Club Member (uncredited)

Sonia Lefkova

as Marie (uncredited)

Elayne Lima

as French Student (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd

as Mrs. Ingraham (uncredited)

Rita Lupino

as Giselle (uncredited)

Eily Malyon

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

John Meredith

as Ted (uncredited)

Odette Myrtil

as Mademoiselle Heger (uncredited)

Edgar Norton

as Club Member (uncredited)

Sylvia Opert

as French Student (uncredited)

Hilda Plowright

as Elderly Woman (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

as Guest at Thornton's Ball (uncredited)

Irina Semochenko

as French Student (uncredited)

Violet Seton

as Mrs. Crump (uncredited)

Reginald Sheffield

as Charles Dickens (uncredited)

Yorke Sherwood

as Man (uncredited)

Geoffrey Steele

as Man (uncredited)

Donald Stuart

as Mr. Tripp (uncredited)

David Thursby

as Farmer (uncredited)

Leo White

as Waiter (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Englishwoman (uncredited)