Desolate and lonely are the rolling moorlands of England where, in the winter night, the snowdrifts stand like giant spectres in the teeth of screaming gales.

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11 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:03:16 in the radio play.

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- Then we discovered that Brian Aherne had tramped over the Yorkshire moors many times and that one of his secret ambitions was to play the part of Heathcliff.

- That solved a very knotty problem, for it's a role that demands rare strength and fire.

- For the part of Isabella, we selected Ida Lupino, one of Hollywood's rising young dramatic actresses...

- She, too, has that emotional power which every character in this play seems to require.

- Now, the players are on the stage and our drama's about to begin. We raise the curtain on Act One of 'Wuthering Heights'...

- Desolate and lonely are the rolling moorlands of England where, in the winter night, the snowdrifts stand like giant spectres in the teeth of screaming gales.

- About one hundred years ago, a stranger lost his way on such a night.

- Freezing, blinded and stumbling, he saw at last the fitful lights of an old manor house, aged and crumbling on the hillside.

- He knocked desperately at the door... It was opened by a doddering old butler who stood staring at him.

- Then, without a word, he led the stranger into the musty living room, where in the dim candlelight, a man and two women sat without moving.

- The man was tall and dark-skinned, like a gypsy. On his face, the stamp of years of bitter suffering.

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Top rated lines from this movie

Ah, so he's lost some of his pride, has he? Well, there's none gone in this house.

The only thing is, I wonder if I belong in heaven. I dreamed once I was there and I broke my heart with weeping to come back to earth, to the bleak moors. And I awoke, sobbing with joy, on top of Wuthering Heights.

I want to crawl to her feet, whimper to be forgiven for loving her. For needing her more than my own life. For belonging to her more than my own soul.

I forgive you, I forgive you for what you've done. I love you, I love my murderer.

I killed you. Then haunt me. Be with me always. Take any form you wish. Only don't leave me where I can't find you.

Wuthering Heights (1939) Sound Clip

Memorable quotes from Emily Brontë's novel, featuring sound clips from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast version first aired on September 18, 1939 on CBS.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Cathy), Ida Lupino (Isabella Linton), Brian Aherne (Heathcliff), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Edgar Linton), Kemball Cooper (Hindley), Marga Ann Deighton (Ellen)

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