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 ...
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Title: Pride and Prejudice (1940)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
| Karen Morley | ... | Mrs. Collins | |
| Heather Angel | ... | Kitty Bennet | |
| Marsha Hunt | ... | Mary Bennet | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | Mr. Collins | |
| Edward Ashley | ... | Mr. Wickham | |
| Bruce Lester | ... | Mr. Bingley | |
| E.E. Clive | ... | Sir William Lucas | |
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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. Written by Snow Leopard
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Five charming sisters on the gayest, merriest manhunt that ever snared a bewildered bachelor! Girls! Take a lesson from these head hunters. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 July 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Más fuerte que el orgullo See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Although Jane Austen's novel was set in Regency England (late eighteenth to early nineteenth century), the period was set at a later time. This anachronism has been explained in a couple of ways. Those more favorably disposed to the studio system claim the styles of the Regency Period (when women's dresses resembled nightgowns) were thought too plain for public taste, so new gowns were created in the voluminous Victorian style of the 1830s to give it a more romantic flair. Others have pointed out that because MGM wasn't willing to put a huge budget behind the risky venture, costumes left over from Gone with the Wind (1939) were altered slightly and placed on background players to save money. New gowns in the same flouncy style were designed for the female leads. See more »Goofs
When their cousin, Collins, is expected to dinner, the butler comes in to light the candles. The mother asks the butler about Collins and when the camera cuts back to the butler, all the candles are lit. See more »Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: It happened in OLD ENGLAND . . . . in the village of Meryton . . . . See more »Contribute to This Page
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This film version of Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice is generally pleasant to watch. The cast is certainly glamorous and a slight change in the period moved the story into one with fancier costumes to look at. At a few places the plot had to be rushed a little to make it fit into two hours and the ending is also a touch happier than in the novel. Some critics lamented the slightly changed ending but this works actually very well for this medium. The rushed plot elements increase the overall pace but compromises somewhat the credibility of the characters, while the increased pace is at odds with the much more tranquil way of life in days gone by.
Therefore, this is really watchable, but the definite version is the 1995 BBC mini series which is much closer to the novel as well.