The perfect beauty in the era of black and white

Coralie 2022-03-12 08:01:02

"Hollywood's first interracial star, actress with jet black hair", this is the well-known film Illustrated's evaluation of Mel Oberon, who played Catherine, the heroine of the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights". Catherine, played by Oberon, is beautiful and intellectual, a rare figure in the cruel patriarchal society. She echoes Lawrence Oliver's Westcliff, creating an on-screen myth. Oberon did not rise to prominence in the era of black and white films because of "Wuthering Heights", and failed to gain fame in the era of color films because of racial issues, but her existence tells the glory and glory of the era of black and white films, and will be remembered forever by future generations.

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Wuthering Heights quotes

  • Cathy: He seems to take pleasure in being mean and brutal. And yet, he's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same. And Linton's is as different as frost from fire... Ellen, I AM Heathcliff.

    [thunderbolt]

    Cathy: Everything he's suffered, I've suffered. The little happiness he's ever known, I've had too. Oh, Ellen, if everything in the world died and Heathcliff remained, life would still be full for me.

  • Heathcliff: Why are your eyes always empty? Like Linton's eyes.

    Isabella: They're not empty, if you'd only look deeper. Look at me. I'm pretty. I'm a woman and I love you. You're all of life to me. Let me be a single breath of it for you.