Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Country: US
Technical: bw 116m
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn
Synopsis:
One of five daughters whom her mother is desperately attempting to marry off to the first comer, Elizabeth spurns the proposal of one of the most eligible men in England, whom she is predisposed to consider guilty of pride.
Review:
The mass of wet hens and generally vacuous females, not to mention one or two males, in this particular classic are compensated for by the sobering presences of Edmund Gwenn and Edna May Oliver, and rendered negligible by the admirable Olivier, born to play the part of Darcy, and the desirable Garson as the lovers. A Hollywoodised version of a great work, with enough English talent to allow this to be overlooked.
Country: US
Technical: bw 116m
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn
Synopsis:
One of five daughters whom her mother is desperately attempting to marry off to the first comer, Elizabeth spurns the proposal of one of the most eligible men in England, whom she is predisposed to consider guilty of pride.
Review:
The mass of wet hens and generally vacuous females, not to mention one or two males, in this particular classic are compensated for by the sobering presences of Edmund Gwenn and Edna May Oliver, and rendered negligible by the admirable Olivier, born to play the part of Darcy, and the desirable Garson as the lovers. A Hollywoodised version of a great work, with enough English talent to allow this to be overlooked.
Country: US
Technical: bw 116m
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Edmund Gwenn
Synopsis:
One of five daughters whom her mother is desperately attempting to marry off to the first comer, Elizabeth spurns the proposal of one of the most eligible men in England, whom she is predisposed to consider guilty of pride.
Review:
The mass of wet hens and generally vacuous females, not to mention one or two males, in this particular classic are compensated for by the sobering presences of Edmund Gwenn and Edna May Oliver, and rendered negligible by the admirable Olivier, born to play the part of Darcy, and the desirable Garson as the lovers. A Hollywoodised version of a great work, with enough English talent to allow this to be overlooked.