| Pride and Prejudice | |
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Written by | Helen Jerome (dramatization) |
| Screenplay by | |
| Based on | Pride and Prejudice 1813 novel by Jane Austen |
| Produced by | Hunt Stromberg |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Karl Freund |
| Edited by | Robert Kern |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,437,000[1][2] |
| Box office | $1.8 million[1][2] |
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.
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."[3]
- ^ a b Glancy, H. Mark "When Hollywood Loved Britain: The Hollywood 'British' Film 1939-1945" (Manchester University Press, 1999)
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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