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Laurence Olivier: Wuthering Heights
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Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking. He attended the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art. His stage breakthrough was in Noel Coward's Private Lives ( in 1930), and in Romeo and Juliet ( in 1935) alternating the roles of Romeo and Mercutio with John Gielgud. His film breakthrough was portrayal of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights in 1939.
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For years Olivier just thought of movies as a quick way to earn money." In the '30s, his work with sincere, painstaking Director William Wyler made him realize that they can amount to a lot more. His fine performance as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights first suggested that Olivier might be a great actor in the making. But Olivier was never really happy in Hollywood. He disliked the climate; he was homesick for the stage.
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Olivier tried Hollywood again in 1939, and struck pay dirt with Wuthering Heights, for which he received the first of nine Oscar nominations for Best Actor (two wins). He followed this up in 1940 with Rebecca (a second nomination) and Pride and Prejudice, firmly establishing his reputation as one of the great screen personalities of his time.
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A poster from William Wyler's WUTHERINGHEIGHTS (1939) in which Olivier played Heathcliff, a role for which he received his first Best Actor Academy Award nomination. He would go on to receive nine such Oscar nominations in the course of his career.
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The affection for Olivier seems credible. In the background of a scene in "Sky Captain," a theater's marquee is clearly visible, reading the title to one of Olivier's most loved films: "Wuthering Heights."
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