The Heiress

A meticulous & emotionally intimate character study directed by William Wyler that earned 4 Academy Awards, including a Best Actress Oscar to Olivia de Havilland and Best Costume Design, Black and White statuettes for Edith Head and Gile Steele. When the shy daughter (de Havilland) of a wealthy doctor (Ralph Richardson) finds first love in mid-nineteenth century New York, is it real romance or is her handsome young suitor (Montgomery Clift) only in it for money and social status? Husband & wife playwrights, screenwriters & collaborators Ruth and Augustus Goetz exquisitely adapt the Henry James novel Washington Square via their Broadway hit play.