This version was certainly more faithful than 1934 and much better made on the whole, yet I’m afraid I don’t share the love a lot of people seem to have for it. I thought she was very cute, sweet, and innocent, although a bit of a coquette. It’s all shown on screen and Rochester directly confronts her for going after him for his money. I thought she was fine in her limited role, but her and Rochester’s falling out was changed. In this one, he offers her the job as teacher but she refuses. Like 1934, he’s still in total control when Jane is grown up. His character was pretty much true to the book, but he never lost any power at Lowood in this. Um, why? They didn’t have time for the whole Rivers coincidence at the end? I dunno. He kind of takes the place of Miss Temple. John, Jane’s cousin, but Lowood’s kindly doctor who counsels Jane as a child and again as an adult. She just wants Jane to stay with her as she’s dying. Reed does not have the book conversation with her. Jane goes back to Gateshead after leaving Rochester and Mrs. I don’t think her daughters are in it at all, and John hitting Jane is only dealt with after the fact. Nearly a quarter of the film covers young Jane’s torturous experience at the Lowood School, based on the actual place that Charlotte and her sisters attended. The film was released at the end of 1943 in Britain, and had its American release of February, 1944. And, as is common in the adaptation, she is the one to get her hair cut. This feat of compression was accomplished by Hollywood for the 1943 film Jane Eyre. Wasn’t she so gorgeous already at a young age? Her piety was cut out from this (I think it is in every version!) but she did a good job with the character’s kindness and selflessness. Memorable quotes, passages, and trivia from one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. She was uncredited for some reason, but her face looked so familiar when watching that I had to look it up. Her British accent wasn’t perfect but I thought she did a decent job. His joking/humorous side is not brought into play at all. His Rochester is pretty jerky and really stresses the dark, “troubled” side of his character. And of course, although she claimed to be plain, she’s clearly beautiful. Her performance wasn’t horrible but she played it as just too restrained. This was quite a stark contrast to the 1934 version, that’s for sure! It was much more faithful to the novel than 1934, but it still changed quite a bit as well. Quite dark and ominous with eerie music adding to the look and feel. This is my first time watching it, though. If I recall correctly, the 1944 version of Jane Eyre is considered a classic by many.