The Heiress (1949)
Dull and plain Catherine lives with her emotionally distant father, Dr. Sloper, in 1840s New York. Her days are empty — filled with little more than needlepoint. Enter handsome Morris Townsend, a dashing social climber with his eye on the spinster's heart and substantial inheritance. new york city, marriage, love, money, wealth, inheritance, manhattan, new york city, embroidery, spinster, 19th century, fortune, fortune hunter, white gloves