Pride & Prejudice (1940) - Lady Catherine confronts Elizabeth Bennet

1940's version of Pride & Prejudice is a comedy and does not follow the book with the same seriousness the other productions (try to) do. Greer Garson is a good Elizabeth Bennet most of the time, but this Lady Catherine De Bourgh...
A versão de 1940 de Orgulho & Preconceito é uma comédia e não segue o livro com a mesma seriedade com que as outras versões (tentam fazer) fazem. Greer Garson é uma boa Elizabeth Bennet na maioria do tempo, mas essa Lady Catherine De Bourgh...

[@poetryjones7946]

Those Gone With The Wind dresses in this version always crack me up 😂

[@mikemactavish1665]

That is some bad hat Harry

[@audreykennedy8891]

The clothes make this version look more like Gone with the wind.

[@MStrat1106]

Lady Catherine (that great old dragon Edna May Oliver) is far more comic and harmless in this version, but MGM broadened everything in this adaptation. Animated and bouncy, Austen comes across more like Dickens. Once one adjusts to this, it's a happy and carefree experience, and certainly the most fun of all the different versions.

[@philipanderson4673]

I can understand the comments about costuming and casting, but having never read the book I found this movie highly entertaining, taken for what it is.

[@janiecehamblen933]

Boy, they really took literally license. Lady Catherine had no such power over Darcy.

[@MJ-gh1vn]

She didn’t have that power in the version either. You learn in the next scene that it was a ruse to see if Elizabeth was just after the money.

[@pauldelgadillo1827]

One thing is for sure. Although I like this version for the humor value, the costumers didn't do much research. Jane Austen lived during a time in England called "The Regency Period." That was during the Napoleonic War and the dress was much different than the type of wear the women are wearing. The Josefine dresses were popular and not Dickensian garb which became prominent during the early Victorian era.

[@emanuelyanes9925]

They did it this way becouse gone with the wind was very popular

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

They did it because they had a bunch of costumes left over from Gone With the Wind that they could use for free. Had they used proper period dress they would have needed to rent it, and at this point in time they couldn’t afford to.

[@kashack80s]

@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co right, they were broke after making Gone With the Wind

[@sharonpolikoff7282]

There's no rule that says Austen novels have to be filmed with costumes from the period when they were written. Look at all the adaptations of Shakespeare plays in modern dress, etc. And although the dresses in this film may have utilized Gone With the Wind 'leftovers,' I think it was very clever to fashion them in the flamboyant style of the 1830s (NOT the 1860s time frame of GWTW) - these gowns fit the 'over the top' personalities of Mary Boland and Edna May Oliver's characters. I love this version of the story!

[@NovelasDoMundo]

This Version Altered The Time Setting! This is Set in the 1830's

[@user-it1ig8fn1r]

Absolutely the best version of P & P!

[@kwclove7623]

I love this film. Who cares about the costumes and inaccuracies to the book.

[@jamesryan6008]

I totally agree. I won't watch any other version.

[@jansumi]

This was the first version of the film I saw, and will forever remain my favourite.

[@Charlie-hl7jr]

I realize, among other things about this version, Greer Garson is probably not very many people’s favorites Elizabeth Bennett but I really enjoy her-especially in this scene. How she plays off Lady Catherine, she’s so cool and calm yet witty and sarcastic.

[@jamesryan6008]

Greer Garson is my favorite Elizabeth. Just as this is my favorite version of Pride and Prejudice.

[@VousEtre]

Greer is a great Elizabeth Bennett. Her mother is great too as is Lady Catherine. Judy Dench was horrible mid-played.Olivier was too theatrical. But as handsome as Darcy was supposed to be. 1995 good because it gave it some time. Mr Collins great in 95 version.

[@waynebrasler]

Edna Mae Oliver was amazed how the film script changed the famous role of Lady Catherine, a truly awful and imperious individual. But being an experienced actress of the greatest skill (the original Parthy in "Show Boat") she took it in stride. With that horse face (her own description), size and voice, she said you used to come home at night, look in the mirror, and laugh heartily at all the money she was making. She was very talented, very skilled and very smart..

[@marinabusi7864]

Wayne Brasler .

[@kabardinka1]

A truly great actress. She's wonderful in David Copperfield.

[@Sirjuancarlos6262]

Yes indeed this is the best version. The 2nd best version being the one with Colin Firth starring in it.

[@EtzEchad]

I like how they used this scene to reveal that Darcy arranged the wedding with Lydia and Wickum. That is a good choice by the director to speed up the story by several minutes.

[@johnboger6]

Big departure from the book. This meeting is covered in Chapter 56.Lady Catherine never steps into the Bennett house but requests Elizabeth to accompany her on a walk outside in the garden. But more than just a change of location, the story has been re-written. Elizabeth already knew that Darcy had bought Wyckham off and forced him to marry Lydia. This was no great surprise to Elizabeth. Nor, in the book, does Lady Catherine threaten to disown her nephew. What this chapter of the book offers the reader is to see Elizabeth go head to head with the Lady Catharine. In this regard the movie falls far short of the novel.

[@harringt100]

LOL, this is not Pride and Prejudice, but it is amusing in its own way.

[@knol800]

She doesn't have the power to do s*** to Darcy. His father's money isn't tied to that woman. I don't think the people who put this on actually read the friggin book.

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Oh, they did! They just didn’t care. The movie was produced on a shoestring budget to build up MGM's coffers for what they thought would be a long and unprofitable war. By the way, the screenplay was by a staff writer: Aldous Huxley.

[@user-ue2xz5bh1d]

She was bluffing 😂 she only said it to test her 😂 yes next scene was this 😂

[@zizancat5995]

Who is watching this in 2021 👍

[@tnsampson2]

Love this scene; love both characters.

[@helenjensen3729]

The lady Catherine from the 2005 movie was more believable in my opinion - much more threatening

[@Isaac_Holland09]

The way cstherine storms up to the chair, like an angry teenage girl 😂

[@K2shadowfax]

Loved this movie...and EMO et al are simply brilliant!

[@oliviabravo7235]

My very favorite movie, the best version of this book! But I can’t get the complete movie anymore….

[@knol800]

I have a little problem with the costume and the jewelry that Elizabeth Bennet is wearing where the hell is the supposed to be taking place. She's coming across like a southern belle. The clothes don't look right the accent sure isn't right. It sounds strange.

[@brummiejojo]

The best version of Pride and Prejudice is the 1990s BBC series staring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle.

[@Kd_gg10]

None even come close

[@PeterKirkMusician]

Absolutely !

[@rosemarybishop5776]

Both are great in their own way. In movies you don't have to choose one over another!

[@user-lg6gm7dr6l]

No, the main characters are not beautiful enough

[@melenatorr]

It probably is, but I have never enjoyed it much somehow. This version (adapted from a stage play, not directly from the novel), makes me smile, makes me laugh, makes me believe the five Bennet sisters have lived together all their lives and know each other; make me believe that Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have spent many, many ...... many years as husband and wife. I love Melville Cooper's Mr. Collins: there is something in his prissy, fastidious manner and delivery, combined with a certain subdued sprightliness that brings this silly man to life, and no other Mr. Collins quite does that for me.

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

Awesome

[@Sirjuancarlos6262]

Edna Mae Oliver would have been great if she had ever played Queen Mary, the Grandmother of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd.

[@ryusuna]

I wonder if they did't study the history before making the costumes or the other versions are the wrong ones?

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

They used what they had, to save money. This was made at the beginning of World War II (before it began for the US, in fact) and MGM didn’t pay a penny more for this production than they needed to. The costumes were originally made for Gone With the Wind. The studio made it out that Louis B. Mayer loved the costume aesthetic so much he insisted the date of P&P be moved to the 1850s, but in reality they simply didn’t want to spend money they didnt have to.

[@michaelplunkett8059]

@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co And they still lost money on it. In the gloominess of a war, they were aiming for entertainment. Hence the humorous take on a classic story. After the long Napoleon wars, Jane might have enjoyed it if she could have seen it.

[@audreykennedy8891]

Lady Catherine had no saying over Darcy's money. It came from his father. Bullshit line.

[@kabardinka1]

Edna May Oliver was a wonderful actress and well cast as Lady Catherine (Greer Garson's rather dull, IMO). But it's a pity this version of Pride & Prejudice was directed by a studio hack, Robert Z. Leonard, and not by a director who would understand the drama inherent in this scene which is really the climax of the book. This should be a battle between two very strong willed women and even between two classes and while Elizabeth has a sharp wit, it in no way should be funny.

[@barbaravire6439]

This movie pride and predudice this (1940) with Lawerence Olivier is my favorite!

[@jennifferwalton3345]

The early victorian/romance period costumes were available at this time, and kept the filming budget down. While we all would have prefered Regency gowns, I love tbis interpetation of Elizabeth. Jennifer Ehlers Elizabeth was more controled . The humor of Elizabeth was limited to Ehles eyes . Knightlys Elizabeth was missing this aspec of the Character. Greer and Ehler were warmer.

[@lyndarichardson4744]

I thought Greer Garson looked too old to play Lizzy.

[@floraposteschild4184]

I used to hate this version. Really, people need to get over the idea they are better writers than Jane Austen. Even if they are Aldous Huxley. But now I have to admit that aside from Greer Garson, the cast and direction are great. If only they were in a version truer to the book, they would be perfect.

[@jamesa.romano8500]

Greer Garson may have been too old and the film may have gotten just about every major aspect wrong from the book, but I'm biased as its the first version I'd seen and when I think Elizabeth Bennett Greer is usually the one I think of first. Part of what I think works is that while Lizzy is twenty and Greer was in her 30s when she played her, the character is supposed to be wise beyond her years and more mature than her sisters (which meets halfway with the fact that Greer looked younger than her actual age). I think Greer's natural warmth goes a long way towards establishing what Jane Austen described as "a lively, playful disposition which delighted in anything ridiculous" and "something more of quickness than her sisters." I get why its not everyone's cup of tea but I just love it

[@Pk6161]

Can't find full movie, so sad

[@aussiemiss1442]

It’s available on dvd from classic movie sites While there grab a copy of 12 angry men. One of the best movies ever made.

[@mariadoloressalasomeno1232]

Esos tirabuzones del pelo me gustan.

[@arzumeral5604]

Türkçe çeviri yok mu?

[@irishcottage]

Not true to the book, yet brilliant nonetheless.

[@annacuocci5857]

i love this movie but i can't find the full one,pity

[@dutchymcdutch2553]

Check the piratebay:)

[@Jeni10]

Anna Cuocci Anna, it's now on iTunes! I just bought it myself. 😍

[@gwenmartinsen3979]

What did the parrot say?

[@recalltolife3478]

"Get me out of this film."

[@ItsMe..]

"my poor nerves"

[@katc2345]

Love Edna Mae

[@Shoujofan]

Me too!

[@Gerry1of1]

Great Movie! bad costuming

[@Beach_comber]

Wacky costumes and accents!

[@denisealston6312]

Too bad it's not the full movie.

[@Shoujofan]

KZbin would never allow me to upload a full movie, even just the scenes are flagged and blocked sometimes and I don't know why.

[@5809AUJG]

They couldn't even get the clothing right in this one...ah, the massive ignorance of hollywood...!

[@luigi-1545]

they botched it so bad

[@isabelrodriguez6717]

P&P 2005 Delicious!

[@jimmyprantalos6482]

Very inaccurate

[@notnek202]

Says who?

[@chronicstitcher7933]

The absolute worst version of this great classic novel.

[@notnek202]

Oh please 🙄

[@staffanlindstrom576]

Very bad.

[@4877015454]

Per favore in lingua italiana esiste solo l'inglese?

[@annamae859]

Worst film version ever.

[@carlatate7678]

Just awful.