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It's a moving play, but, more than that, I think, it has a lesson today for every woman. It shows the necessity of holding on to one's ideals.

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

You can hear this line at 00:55:14 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- For your father was an emperor of China. Your mother, a Queen of India.

- And this is our land forever... and our love.

- The storm and passion of Wuthering Heights fade into the dimness of a hundred years ago.

- We're back in the present, with Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Aherne and Ida Lupino at our microphones.

- But it seems to me that they all look just a little bit stirred by the drama they just brought us.

- It's a moving play, but, more than that, I think, it has a lesson today for every woman. It shows the necessity of holding on to one's ideals.

- But Cathy gave up what she really wanted for position and security. That's a common failing among women, isn't it?

- Mm, on the contrary. I think women are less likely than men to sidetrack their ideals.

- Well, whatever Cathy's faults, she was one of the most real characters I've ever come across.

- Yes, if you know the story of 'Wuthering Heights,' I imagine it'd be pretty easy to hear the voices of Cathy and Heathcliff out on those moorlands when the winds begin to howl.

- What about it, Brian? You've been there.

[...]

Wuthering Heights (1939) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsMemorable 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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