Pride and Prejudice (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Producer(s) | Hunt Stromberg |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, England, Marriage, Romance (Drama), Sisters |
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Pride and Prejudice Overview:
Pride and Prejudice (1940) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Jane Austen published in 1813.
Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse | Won |
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Pride and Prejudice (1940)
By Cameron on Aug 10, 2016 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2153/Pride-and-Prejudice/#tcmarcp-177585 Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. MGM’s 1940 version of Pride and Prejudice was the first feature film of a Jane Austen novel, though it was certainly not the last. But this was not the first time that Pr... Read full article
MGM's Pride and Prejudice (1940)
By Rick29 on Jun 18, 2016 From Classic Film & TV CafeGreer Garson and Laurence Oliver. After viewing MGM's 1940 adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, comparisons with the BBC's popular 1995 miniseries are inevitable. That's not altogether fair to the 1940 version which is much shorter than the later miniseries (two hours vs. six hours). Ho... Read full article
MGM's Pride and Prejudice (1940)
By Rick29 on Jun 18, 2016 From Classic Film & TV CafeGreer Garson and Laurence Oliver. After viewing MGM's 1940 adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, comparisons with the BBC's popular 1995 miniseries are inevitable. That's not altogether fair to the 1940 version which is much shorter than the later miniseries (two hours vs. six hours). Ho... Read full article
Pride and Prejudice(1940).
By Dawn Sample on Nov 26, 2012 From Noir and Chick FlicksA film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel of the same name. Robert Z. Leonard directed. Cast: Greer Garson, Mary Boland, Maureen O'Sullivan. The film begins when the girls are out shopping for new dresses when they see two gentlemen and a lady in a beautiful carriage. They learn that the men are Mr. ... Read full article
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Quotes from
Mr. Darcy: Exquisitely. Just think how you would roar with laughter if it happened to yourself.
Mr. Darcy: I have made the mistake of being honest with you.
Elizabeth Bennet: Honesty is a greatly overrated virtue. Silence in this case would have been more agreeable.
Mrs. Bennet: Look at them! Five of them without dowries. What's to become of them?
Mr. Bennet: Yes, what's to become of the wretched creatures? Perhaps we should have drowned some of them at birth.
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Facts about
MGM considered Robert Donat and Robert Taylor to play Mr. Darcy, and Norma Shearer supposedly wanted MGM to borrow Errol Flynn from Warner Bros. for the role.
Vivien Leigh was passed over for the role of Elizabeth Bennett in favor of Greer Garson.
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