The scene cuts to a school playground, where John and Pearl are ostracized and teased by classmates for what their father did.The somber film""s screenplay (by Robert E.Sherwood and Joan Harrison) was based on a literal ranslation of Daphne du Maurier""s 1938 gothic novel of the same name, in the tradition of Charlotte Bronte""sJane Eyre.It spans George""s whole career, from the time of his July 4th birth - and youth - to the present ime.[Note: The plunging neckline on her dress caused a tremendous controversy at the time.] As the two-timing, slutty fiancé of unsuspecting Roy, she encouragingly asks brother Monte to take her home during a dance ("Tired.