Pride and prejudice

United States, 1940

Film
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Five marriageable daughters! What’s a mother to do? What’s a father to do? What are we to do? Laugh, cry and become totally entranced by “Pride and Prejudice”, Jane Austen’s classic comedy of manners. Adapted for the screen by Aldous Huxley, this energetic film stars Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. Also starring are Edmund Gwenn, Mary Boland, Maureen O’Sullivan and Ann Rutherford. The beautiful costumes are by renown designer Adrian.

Credits

director
producer

Hunt Stromberg

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

01:58:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1940

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

35342

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

People → Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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