A James Filmography Since 1947 everyone from Francios Truffaut to Jane Campion has tried their hand at adapating Henry James's novels and stories for the big and small screens. Below, listed with the most recent first, a list of the 30 films based on his work. The Golden Bowl (2000) Directed by James Ivory Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Cast: Uma Thurman Charlotte Stant Jeremy Northam Prince Amerigo Kate Beckinsale Maggie Verver Nick Nolte Adam Verver Anjelica Huston Fanny James Fox Bob Assingham Madeleine Potter Lady Castledan Presence of Mind (1999) (from The Turn of the Screw) Directed by Antonio Aloy Screenplay by Antonio Aloy and Mitch Brian Cast: Sadie Frost The Governess Lauren Bacall Mado Remei Harvey Keitel The Master Nilo Mur. Miles Ella Jones Flora Agustín Villaronga Fosc Dayna Danika Miss Jessel Jack Taylor Father The Turn of the Screw (1999) (TV) Directed by Ben Bolt Screenplay by Nick Dear Cast: Jodhi May Miss Pam Ferris Mrs. Grose Colin Firth The Master Joe Sowerbutts Miles Grace Robinson Flora Jason Salkey Peter Quint Caroline Pegg Miss Jessel Jenny Howe Cook The Haunting of Hell House (1999) Directed by Mitch Marcus Screenplay by Mitch Marcus Cast: Michael York Professor Ambrose Andrew Bowen : James Farrow Claudia Christian Lucy Aideen O'Donnell Sarah Washington Square (1997) Directed by Agnieszka Holland Screenplay by Carol Doyle Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh Catherine Sloper Albert Finney Dr. Austin Sloper Maggie Smith Aunt Lavinia Penniman Ben Chaplin Morris Townsend Judith Ivey : Aunt Elizabeth Almond Arthur Laupus Mr. Almond Jennifer Garner Marian Almond Robert Stanton Arthur Townsend Betsy Brantley Mrs. Montgomery Nancy Daly Maureen (Maid) Sara Ruzicka Catherine Sloper (age 11) The Wings of the Dove (1997) Directed by Iain Softley Screenplay by Hossein Amini Cast: Helena Bonham Carter Kate Croy Linus Roache Merton Densher Charlotte Rampling Aunt Maude Alex Jennings Lord Mark Ben Miles First Journalist Philip Wright Second Journalist Michael Gambon Lionel Croy Alexander John Butler Alison Elliott Millie Theale Elizabeth McGovern Susan Stringham The Portrait of a Lady (1996) Directed by Jane Campion Screenplay by Laura Jones Cast: Nicole Kidman Isabel Archer John Malkovich Gilbert Osmond Barbara Hershey Madame Serena Merle Mary-Louise Parker Henrietta Stackpole Martin Donovan Ralph Touchett Shelley Winters Mrs. Touchett Richard E. Grant Lord Warburton Shelley Duvall Countess Gemini Christian Bale Edward Rosier Viggo Mortensen Caspar Goodwood Valentina Cervi Pansy Osmond John Gielgud Mr. Touchett Roger Ashton-Griffiths Bob Bantling Catherine Zago Mother Superior L'Élève (1996) Directed by Olivier Schatzky Screenplay by éve Deboise and Olivier Schatzky Cast: Vincent Cassel Julien Caroline Cellier Emma Sabine Destailleur Louise Sandrine Le Berre Paula Jean-Pierre Marielle Armand Benny Pest Jean Caspar Salmon Morgan The Haunting of Helen Walker (1995) (from The Turn of the Screw) Directed by Tom McLoughlin Screenplay by Hugh Whitemore Cast: Valerie Bertinelli Helen Walker Florence Hoath Flora Aled Roberts Miles Michael Gough Paul Rhys Christopher Guard Peter Quint Diana Rigg Mrs. Grose Elizabeth Morton Miss Jessel Tricia Thorns Peggy Aisling Flitton Connie Flip Webster Alice Mark Longhurst Luke The Turn of the Screw (1992) Directed by Rusty Lemorande Screenplay by Rusty Lemorande Cast: Patsy Kensit Jenny Stéphane Audran Mrs. Grose Julian Sands Mr. Cooper Marianne Faithfull Narrator Bryony Brind Miss Jessel Thomas Kryger. Jenny's Father/Vicar Doreen Mantle Doreen Peter Whitman Peter Mickey Monroe Secretary Anna Bolt. Anna Laura Cox Laura The Turn of the Screw (1990) (TV) Directed by Graeme Clifford Cast: Amy Irving The Governess David Hemmings : Mister Harley Micole Mercurio Mrs. Grose Olaf Pooley John the Gardner Cameron Milzer Miss Jessel Irina Cashen Flora Linda Hunt The Voice Bret Culpepper Wyck the Groom The Turn of the Screw (1990) (TV) Directed by Claus Viller Cast: Phyllis Cannan Miss Jessel Menai Davies Mrs. Grose Helen Field The Governess Richard Greager Prologue/Quint Sam Linay Miles Machiko Obata Flora Otra vuelta de tuerca (The Turn of the Screw) (1985) Directed by Eloy de la Iglesia Aspern (1985) (from The Aspern Papers) Directed by Eduardo de Gregorio Screenplay by Michael Graham Cast: Jean Sorel Jean Decaux Bulle Ogier Mlle Tita Alida Valli Juliana Barther Ana Marta Anna Humbert Balsan L'éditeur The Bostonians (1984) Directed by James Ivory Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Cast: Christopher Reeve Basil Ransome Vanessa Redgrave Olive Chancellor Jessica Tandy Miss Birdseye Madeleine Potter Verena Tarrant Nancy Marchand Mrs. Burrage Wesley Addy Dr. Tarrant Barbara Bryne Mrs. Tarrant Linda Hunt Dr. Prance Charles McCaughan Music Hall Policeman Nancy New Adeline Jon Van Ness Henry Burrage Wallace Shawn Mr. Pardon The Europeans (1979) Directed by James Ivory Screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Cast: Lee Remick Eugenia Young Robin Ellis : Robert Acton Wesley Addy Mr. Wentworth Tim Choate Clifford Lisa Eichhorn Gertrude Kristin Griffith Lizzie Acton Nancy New Charlotte Norman Snow Mr. Brand Helen Stenborg Mrs. Acton Tim Woodward Felix Young Gedda Petry Augustine The Green Room (1978) (from "The Altar of the Dead") Directed by François Truffaut Screenplay by Jean Gruault François Truffaut Cast: first billed only: François Truffaut Julien Davenne Nathalie Baye Cecilia Mandel Jean Dasté Bernard Humbert Patrick Maléon Georges Jane Lobre Mme Rambaud Antoine Vitez Bishop's secretary Jean-Pierre Moulin Gerard Mazet Serge Rousseau Paul Masigny Jean-Pierre Ducos Priest in the mortuary room The Ambassadors (1977) (TV) Directed by James Cellan Jones Cast: David Huffman Chad Gayle Hunnicutt Sarah Pocock Lee Remick Maria Gostrey Paul Scofield Lambert Strether Delphine Seyrig Marie de Vionnet The Jolly Corner (1975) (TV) Directed by Arthur Barron Screenplay by Arthur Cast: George Backman Sudie Bond James Greene Salome Jens Lucy Landau Paul Sparer Fritz Weaver Daisy Miller (1974) Directed by Peter Bogdanovich Screenplay by Frederic Raphael Cast: Cybill Shepherd Annie P. "Daisy" Miller Barry Brown Frederick Winterbourne Cloris Leachman Mrs. Ezra Miller Mildred Natwick Mrs. Costello Eileen Brennan Mrs. Walker Duilio Del Prete Mr. Gionavelli James McMurtry Randolph C. Miller Nicholas Jones Charles George Morfogen Eugenio Jean-Pascal Bongard Hotel Receptionist Vevey Georginas Gründe (1974) (TV) (from Georgina's Reasons) Directed by Volker Schlöndorff Screenplay by Peter Adler Cast: Elke Aberle Joachim Bissmeier Edith Clever Eva Maria Meineke Margarethe von Trotta The Turn of the Screw (1974) (TV) Directed by Dan Curtis Screenplay by William F. Nolan Cast: John Barton Mr. Frericks Eva Griffith Flora Jasper Jacob Miles Megs Jenkins Mrs. Grose Anthony Langdon Luke James Laurenson Peter Quint Lynn Redgrave Jane Cubberly Kathryn Leigh Scott Miss Jessel Benedict Taylor Timothy The Golden Bowl (1972) (TV miniseries) Directed by James Cellan Jones Screenplay by Jack Pulman Cast: Kathleen Byron Fanny Assingham Cyril Cusack Bob Assingham\Narrator Donald Gray Sir John Brinder Gayle Hunnicutt Charlotte Daniel Massey Prince Amerigo Barry Morse Adam Verver Jill Townsend Maggie Verver The Spoils of Poynton (1971) (TV mini series) Directed by Peter Sasdy Screenplay by Lennox Philips Cast: June Ellis Diane Fletcher Pauline Jameson Gemma Jones Ian Ogilvy Arvtagerskan (1962) (TV) (from Washington Square) Directed by Josef Halfen Screenplay by Augustus Goetz Cast: Ulla Akselson Maria, housemaid Jšrgen Barwe Arthur Townsend Margareta Bergfeldt Mrs. Montgomery Berit Gustafsson Mrs. Elisabeth Almond Ulf Johanson D. Austin Sloper Jullan Kindahl Mrs. Lavinia Penniman Ulla Sjšblom Catherine Sloper Folke Sundquist Morris Townsend Mimmo WŚhlander Marian Almond The Innocents (1961) (from The Turn of the Screw) Directed by Jack Clayton Screenplay by William Archibald Cast: Deborah Kerr Miss Giddens Peter Wyngarde Peter Quint Megs Jenkins Mrs. Grose Michael Redgrave The Uncle Martin Stephens Miles Pamela Franklin Flora Clytie Jessop Miss Jessel Isla Cameron Anna The Heiress (1961) (TV) (from Washington Square) Directed by Marc Daniels Screenplay by Augustus Goetz Cast: Julie Harris Farley Granger Muriel Kirkland Barry Morse David O'Brien Barbara Robbins Suzanne Storrs Mary Van Fleet The Turn of the Screw (1959) (TV) Directed by John Frankenheimer Screenplay by James Costigan Cast: Ingrid Bergman Governess Isobel Elsom Mrs. Grose Laurinda Barrett Miss Jessel Hayward Morse Miles Paul Stevens : Peter Quint Alexandra Wager Flora The Heiress (1949) (from Washington Square) Directed by William Wyler Screenplay by Augustus Goetz Cast: Olivia de Havilland Catherine Sloper Montgomery Clift Morris Townsend Ralph Richardson Dr. Austin Sloper Miriam Hopkins Lavinia Penniman Vanessa Brown Maria Betty Linley Mrs. Montgomery Ray Collins Jefferson Almond Mona Freeman Marian Almond Selena Royle Elizabeth Almond Paul Lees Arthur Townsend The Lost Moment (1947) (from The Aspern Papers) Directed by Martin Gabel Screenplay by Leonardo Bercovici Cast: Robert Cummings Lewis Venable Susan Hayward Tina Bordereau Agnes Moorehead Juliana Borderau Eduardo Ciannelli Father Rinaldo Images: (1,4,5) Merchant Ivory Productions; (2) © Meridian Broadcasting; (3) Rosemont Productions International Limited; (6) Paramount Pictures; (7) ©2000 ABC Photography Archives; (8) CBS Photo Archive. 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