Washington Square

Based on the novel by Henry James

In 1840's New York Catherine lives with her father, Dr. Sloper. Her mother died some years before, and Dr. Sloper still idolizers her, and never misses an opportunity to compare her daughter to her -- a comparison the daughter can never win. When Morris Townsend, a handsome but pennyless young man, comes along, and woos and wins his daughter's heart, Dr. Sloper is sure that he is after her considerable inheritance, and opposes their marriage. Dr. Sloper takes his daughter to Europe in hopes she will forget Morris, but she does not. After Catherine returns to New York, the young lovers plan to elope. Dr. Sloper threatens to disinherit his daughter. Will this dissuade Morris?

This 1997 film starred:

* Jennifer Jason Leigh ..... Catherine Sloper
* Albert Finney ..... Dr. Austin Sloper
* Ben Chaplin ..... Morris Townsend
* Maggie Smith ..... Aunt Lavinia
* Judith Ivey ..... Aunt Elizabeth Almond
* Jennifer Garner ..... Marian Almond

>>>The Heiress (1949) starring Olivia de Havilland is also based on this novel