The Heiress (1949)

No one is allowed to be happy in a Henry James story. The extreme highs of first love and the dark depths of betrayal and abandonment gave Olivia de Havilland much to work with in her Oscar-winning role. This was another Ralph Richardson vehicle, playing her despicable father, which part he delivered with his usual aplomb. Baby Montgomery Clift is extremely winning and charming in his role as the fortune hunter. I found myself yearning for a kernel of truth in his professions of love. But, again, it's a Henry James story. While de Havilland's work is fabulous in this film, I despaired over the penchant of Hollywood to hire one of the most beautiful white women in the world at that time for this "Plain Jane" part. 

That last picture is a spolier, from the end of the movie. You can tell by her body language what she has decided to do. She spends a lot of the movie leaning away from him.