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Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American black-and-white drama and romantic comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. The cast includes Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Edna May Oliver. Based on the work by Jane Austen, the film was produced by Hunt Stromberg for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin served as screenwriters, while Herbert Stothart composed the music. Karl Freund was the director of photography, Robert J. Kern was the film editor, and Cedric Gibbons and Adrian handled production design and costumes, respectively.
The film has a runtime of 117 or 118 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix. On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 7.3 based on 10,071 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 6.903 from 154 votes. The tagline describes it as "The Gayest Comedy Hit of the Screen! Five Gorgeous Beauties on a Mad-Cap Manhunt!"
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6.9In early 19th century England, Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters vie for the affections of rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, who have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to eldest daughter Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with second-eldest Elizabeth.
Cast
- Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet
- Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy
- Mary Boland as Mrs. Bennet
- Edna May Oliver as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Bennet
- Ann Rutherford as Lydia Bennet
Themes
- based on novel or book
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Written by
- Helen Jerome (dramatization)
- Screenplay by
- Aldous Huxley Jane Murfin
- Based on
- Pride and Prejudice , 1813 novel, by Jane Austen
- Produced by
- Hunt Stromberg
- Starring
- Greer Garson Laurence Olivier Mary Boland Edna May Oliver Maureen O'Sullivan Ann Rutherford Frieda Inescort
- Cinematography
- Karl Freund
- Edited by
- Robert Kern
- Music by
- Herbert Stothart
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Distributed by
- Loew's Inc.
- Release date
- July 25, 1940 ( 1940-07-25 ) ( Detroit )
- Running time
- 117 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,437,000
- Box office
- $1.8 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Pride and Prejudice
- Director
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Screenwriter
- Aldous Huxley
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- Hunt Stromberg
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cinematographer
- Karl Freund
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 117
- FilmAffinity ID
- 765561
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Pride and Prejudice5 1940.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pride and Prejudice (1940 film)
- publication date
- 1940-01-01
- title
- Pride and Prejudice
- film editor
- Robert J. Kern
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
- after a work by
- Jane Austen
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Adrian
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Pride and Prejudice
- review score
- 100%
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Encyclopedic overview
Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice, starring Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, the screenplay was written by Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin, adapted specifically from the stage adaptation by Helen Jerome, in addition to Jane Austen's novel.
The story is about five sisters from an English family of landed gentry who must deal with issues of marriage, morality and misconceptions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pride and Prejudice” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.