What is Jane Eyre / Tomorrow is Forever about?

JANE EYRE, 1944, 20th Century Fox, 97 min. Dir. Robert Stevenson. Plain Jane Eyre (Joan Fontaine) goes to work as a governess for the bright and charismatic Edward Rochester (Orson Welles) and quickly falls for her boss. Before long, family secrets emerge in this adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel. Co-stars include Agnes Moorehead, Margaret O'Brien and, in an early role, Elizabeth Taylor. TOMORROW IS FOREVER, 1946, MGM Repertory, 105 min. Dir. Irving Pichel. When Elizabeth (Claudette Colbert) receives word that her husband, John (Orson Welles), has been killed in World War I, she marries another man (George Brent). However, John is alive but unrecognizable, thanks to plastic surgery to treat his war injuries. John's discovery that Elizabeth has given birth to his son leads him to question whether to reveal his true identity.

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What is Jane Eyre / Tomorrow is Forever about?: JANE EYRE, 1944, 20th Century Fox, 97 min. Dir. Robert Stevenson. Plain Jane Eyre (Joan Fontaine) goes to work as a governess for the bright and charismatic Edward Rochester (Orson Welles) and quickly falls for her boss. Before long, family secrets emerge in this adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel. Co-stars include Agnes Moorehead, Margaret O'Brien and, in an early role, Elizabeth Taylor.
TOMORROW IS FOREVER, 1946, MGM Repertory, 105 min. Dir. Irving Pichel. When Elizabeth (Claudette Colbert) receives word that her husband, John (Orson Welles), has been killed in World War I, she marries another man (George Brent). However, John is alive but unrecognizable, thanks to plastic surgery to treat his war injuries. John's discovery that Elizabeth has given birth to his son leads him to question whether to reveal his true identity.