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Pride and Prejudice

1940 · Film · 118 min

  • Drama
  • Romance

Plot

In 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.

About Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a 1940 American romance 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. The film was released on July 26, 1940 in the United States by MGM and was critically well received. The New York Times film critic praised the film as "the most deliciously pert comedy of old manners, the most crisp and crackling satire in costume that we in this corner can remember ever having seen on the screen."

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Cast

  • Greer GarsonElizabeth Bennet
  • Laurence OlivierMr. Darcy
  • Mary BolandMrs. Bennet
  • Edna May OliverLady Catherine de Bourgh
  • Maureen O'SullivanJane Bennet
  • Ann RutherfordLydia Bennet
  • Frieda InescortMiss Caroline Bingley
  • Edmund GwennMr. Bennet
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