Pride and Prejudice (1940)

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Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard

Starring (View all)

Greer Garson
Elizabeth Bennet

Laurence Olivier
Mr. Darcy

Mary Boland
Mrs. Bennet

Edna May Oliver
Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Maureen O'Sullivan
Jane Bennet

Ann Rutherford
Lydia Bennet

Frieda Inescort
Miss Bingley

Edmund Gwenn
Mr. Bennet

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Aldous Huxley
(screen play) and

Jane Murfin
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Enjoyable

17 years, 1 month ago at Jan 21 18:23

AJWyrm

Even though the script departs quite a bit from the book, and I'm not really a big fan of old movies, I really enjoyed it. I still prefer the later versions but this is definitely worth seeing for Austen fans.

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2 years, 10 months ago at Apr 1 10:22

Kyle Ellis

This 1940 film is not my favourite Pride and Prejudice, that's the 1980 and 1995 mini-series. However, I do consider it a good movie on its own terms(as an adaptation it is one of the least faithful adaptations of the story out there), though the costumes made my eyes hurt(very like Gone With the Wind meets the Victorian era) and the film is very rushed consequently the characters are not as empat... read more

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Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice, and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

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“This 1940 film is not my favourite Pride and Prejudice, that's the 1980 and 1995 mini-series. However, I do consider it a good movie on its own terms(as an adaptation it is one of the least faithful adaptations of the story out there), though the costumes made my eyes hurt(very like Gone With the Wind meets the Victorian era) and the film is very rushed consequently the characters are not as empathetic and fleshed out in personality as in the timeless story. The script is on the whole witty and moving, but there are some noticeable(and quite distracting) anachronisms. However, the cinematography is truly lovely as is the scenery, and the music is of sweeping romanticism. Greer Garson is a beautiful and spirited Elizabeth and Laurence Olivier is a dashing Darcy(though I much prefer his Heat” read more

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