''Wuthering Heights'' is a 1920 British silent

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directed by

A. V. Bramble Albert Victor Bramble (1884–1963) was an English actor and film director. He began his acting career on the stage. He started acting in films in 1913 and subsequently turned to directing and producing films. He died on 17 May 1963. Filmogra ...

and starring

Milton Rosmer Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in '' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. I ...

Colette Brettel Colette Brettel (1902–1973) was a British stage and film actress. Born Dorothy Nicolette Pettigrew in London, she made her screen debut in the 1920 film ''Wuthering Heights'' and appeared in several British films of the early 1920s including '' ...

and

Warwick Ward Warwick Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in ...

. It is the first film adaptation made of the 1847 novel ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

'' by Emily Brontë, and was primarily filmed in and around her home village of

Haworth Haworth () is a village in the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, in the Pennines, south-west of Keighley, west of Bradford and east of Colne in Lancashire. The surrounding areas include Oakworth and Oxenhope. Nearby villages inc ...

. It is not known whether the film currently survives,Progressive Silent Film List: ''Wuthering Heights''
at silentera.com and it is considered to be a

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- Heathcliff *

Ann Trevor Ann Trevor (1899–1970) was a British actress. Her stage work included the original production of Noël Coward's '' Hay Fever'' at London's Ambassadors Theatre, in 1925. Selected filmography * ''Wuthering Heights'' (1920) * ''Build Thy House' ...

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Hindley Earnshaw Hindley Earnshaw is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights''. Hindley is the brother of Catherine Earnshaw, father of Hareton Earnshaw, and the foster brother and sworn enemy of Heathcliff. He descends into a ...

* John Lawrence Anderson -

Edgar Linton Edgar Linton is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights''. His role in the story is that of Catherine Earnshaw's husband. He resides at Thrushcross Grange and falls prey to Heathcliff's schemes for revenge agai ...

* Cecil Morton York - Mr Earnshaw *

Cyril Raymond Cyril William North Raymond MBE (13 February 1899 – 20 March 1973) was a British character actor. He maintained a stage and screen career from his teens until his retirement, caused by ill health, in the 1960s. His many stage, film and tele ...

Hareton Earnshaw Hareton Earnshaw is a character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights''. He is the son of Hindley Earnshaw and Hindley's wife, Frances. At the end of the novel, he makes plans to wed Catherine Linton, with whom he falls in love. S ...

* Dora De Winton - Mrs Linton * Aileen Bagot -

Frances Earnshaw ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent ...

* Mrs. Templeton -

Nelly Dean Ellen "Nelly" Dean is a female character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights.'' She is the main narrator in the book, and she provides eyewitness accounts of many of the story's central events to Mr Lockwood. Ellen Dean is called ...

* George Traill - Joseph * Alfred Bennett - Reverend Shields * Edward Thirlby - Attorney * G. Mallalieu - Doctor * Derrick Ronald - Heathcliff (age 5) * Albert Brantford - Heathcliff (age 12) * Florence Kenyon (as Twinkles Hunter) - Cathy (age 6) * Audrey Smith - Catherine (age 7) * Roy Lennol - Hindley Earnshaw (age 14) * Lewis Barry-Furniss - Edgar Linton (age 15) * Lewis Barber - Hareton Earnshaw (age 15)

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