The Brontë Sisters on TCM and a Retelling Panel in Virginia

Today, March 23, TCM (United States) devotes its primetime to the Brontës (a pity/shame they forgot the umlaut in the promo picture):

TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: The Brontë Sisters

8:00 PM -- Wuthering Heights (1939)
A married noblewoman fights her lifelong attraction to a charismatic gypsy.
Dir: William Wyler
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven
104 min, TV-PG, CC

Won an Oscar for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White -- Gregg Toland

Nominated for Oscars for Best Actor in a Leading Role -- Laurence Olivier, Best Actress in a Supporting Role -- Geraldine Fitzgerald, Best Art Direction -- James Basevi, Best Director -- William Wyler, Best Music, Original Score -- Alfred Newman, Best Writing, Screenplay -- Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and Best Picture

10:00 PM -- Jane Eyre (1944)
A governess at a remote estate falls in love with her brooding employer.
Dir: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien
96 min, TV-PG, CC

12:00 AM -- Devotion (1946)
The Brontë sisters and their brother fight personal demons to realize their artistic ambitions.
Dir: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid, Olivia de Havilland
107 min, TV-G, CC

At the Virginia Festival of the Book (Charlottesville, VA):

DetailFiction: Retelling the Tales
March 23rd, 2012 - 4:00 PM

Margot Livesey (The Flight of Gemma Hardy), Sharyn McCrumb (The Ballad of Tom Dooley; Ghost Riders), and Hillary Jordan (When She Woke) use classic stories as a jumping off point for their new novels. Hosted by WriterHouse.
Location: Central JMRL Library

The Flight of Gemma Hardy is a retelling of Jane Eyre and The Ballad of Tom Dooley is loosely connected with Wuthering Heights.