#Pride And Prejudice 1940

[mametupa]

#P&P 1940 #Pride and Prejudice 1940 #Pride and Prejudice #Jane Austen #Elizabeth Bennet #Mr. Darcy #Greer Garson #Laurence Olivier

[pseudowoodo]

Pride and Prejudice (1940) | Pride & Prejudice (2005)

#pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice 1940 #pride and prejudice 2005 #p&p 2005 #p&p 1940 #watched the 1940 version for the first time and it was quite funny #mine

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

Round One Master List

Mr Darcy (1995) Vs Robert Martin (2009)

Mr Darcy (2005) Vs Mr Collins (1995)

Mr Darcy (1940) Vs Mr Collins (2005)

Mr Darcy (P&P&Z) Vs Mr Collins (P&P&Z)

Mr Knightley (1996) Vs John Knightley (2009)

Mr Knightley (1996) Vs Mr Elliot (2007)

Mr Knightley (2009) Vs Edmund Bertram (1999)

Mr Knightley (2020) Vs Mr Elton (2009)

Captain Wentworth (1995) Vs Captain Benwick (2007)

Captain Wentworth (2007) Vs Frank Churchill (1996)

Captain Wentworth (2022) Vs Captain Harville (2007)

Mr Tilney (2007) Vs Henry Crawford (2007)

Edmund Bertram (2007) Vs Mr Elton (2020)

Edward Ferrars (2008) Vs Edward Ferrars (1971)

Edward Ferrars (1995) Vs Frank Churchill (2022)

Colonel Brandon (1995) Vs Colonel Fitzwilliam (1995)

Colonel Brandon (2008) Vs Colonel Brandon (1981)

Wickham (1995) Vs Frederick Tilney (2007)

Wickham (2005) Vs Denny (1995)

Wickham (1940) Vs Mr Elton (1996)

Willoughby (1995) Vs Mr Elliot (1995)

Willoughby (2008) Vs Mr Rushworth (1999)

Henry Crawford (1999) Vs Captain Harville (2022)

Henry Crawford (1983) Vs Frank Churchill (1996)

Mr Elliot (2022) Vs Captain Benwick (1995)

Frank Churchill (2009) Vs Mr Palmer (1995)

Tom Bertram (1999) Vs William Price (2007)

Mr Sidney Parker (2019) Vs Mr Bingley (P&P&Z)

Robert Martin (2022) Vs Robert Martin (1996)

Mr Bingley (1995) Vs John Thorpe (2007)

Mr Bingley (2005) Vs Charles Musgrove (2022)

Reginald DeCourcy (2016) Vs Mr Collins (1940)

#hotjaneaustenmenpoll #round one #jane austen #northanger abbey #persuasion #mansfield park #pride and prejudice #sense and sensibility #emma #lady susan #sanditon #pride and prejudice & zombies #pride and predjudice 1995 #pride and prejudice 2005 #pride and prejudice 1940 #emma 1996 #emma 2009 #emma 2020 #northanger abbey 2007 #sense and sensibility 1971 #sense and sensibility 2007 #sense and sensibility 1995 #mansfield park 1983 #mansfield park 1999 #mansfield park 2007 #persuasion 2022 #persuasion 2007 #persuasion 1995 #period drama

[my-little-random-world]

Greer Garson 𝑎𝑠 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒕 𝑎𝑛𝑑 Laurence Olivier 𝑎𝑠 𝑭𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒚 | Pride and Prejudice 1940

#definitely one of my comfort films #i love eye acting very much #and greer was great at it #also can i just say #her smile is everything #greer garson #elizabeth bennet #laurence olivier #fitzwilliam darcy #mr darcy #pride and prejudice 1940 #pride and prejudice #my gifs

[thelastofthebookworms]

#polls #jane austen #pride and prejudice #p&p #pride and prejudice 2005 #pride and prejudice 1995 #pride and prejudice 1980 #pride and prejudice 1940 #pride and prejudice and zombies #bride and prejudice #the lizzie bennet diaries

[anghraine]

I finished some grading, so I'm celebrating by actually finishing my monologue about why my ideal adapted Darcy would be a fusion of two unpopular versions—Laurence Olivier's (1940) and David Rintoul's (1980).

I already gave my rationale on the Olivier front here; the short version is that Olivier!Darcy leans into the smiling, snappy, polished banter from Darcy that is so often overhauled into brooding. It's not all that there is to him in the book, obviously, and the Olivier version definitely gets way off track, but I do think it catches something about the character that is often lost.

The Olivier post ended: But there is also a whole other, subtler side to him that I think is really important, and that one is far better represented (IMO) by Rintoul’s Darcy. So onto my actual favorite Darcy, the infamously peculiar Darcy of the 1979/1980 P&P mini-series.

For context, I'm going to back up a bit and talk about something I've discussed many times before, but which is particularly relevant to this version. For all of canon Darcy's assurance in other ways, I think there's a distinct strain of awkwardness in his character—not shyness as such, but discomfort and difficulty in a wide range of social situations.

He avoids dancing whenever he can manage it, except with Elizabeth. When he becomes interested in her, he hangs out nearby and pays attention to her conversations with other people to work himself up to talking to her himself. He feels ill at ease around strangers and finds it difficult to identify their tones and expressions.

His own default, public expression seems to be quite low-affect. For instance, when sensible, observant Charlotte is looking for signs of interest in Elizabeth from him, she can't tell if Darcy really is interested in Elizabeth or simply absent-minded. Elizabeth completely mistakes his expressions on multiple occasions in the last third of the book as well as the earlier parts. At Rosings, Darcy says it's difficult for him to show interest. Even when he's not trying to be off-putting, he intimidates a number of other characters, from early in the book to the end of it. When he's actively being pleasant and successfully trying to make a good impression, the Gardiners still notice a certain stiff formality about him.

His early position seems to be that his discomfort negates his obligation to treat those outside his circle of friends, relatives, and dependents with courtesy. He evolves to putting in the effort to at least try to be pleasant and courteous—but the attempt does not always succeed. At the end of the novel, he remains uneasy around most of the Meryton community, and his manner towards them is easily read as stiff and cold (even to Elizabeth).

Significantly, Elizabeth evolves from wholly dismissing his discomfort to trying to shield him from the people who make him the most uncomfortable. IMO, this is part of her movement away from projecting what she wants to see onto people (Bingley, Charlotte, Wickham, Darcy) to trying to understand them in a more honest way.

Darcy was too quick to excuse himself, but I think these situations are hard for him in a way that Elizabeth initially dismissed. She ultimately comes to understand this about him, to the point of becoming actively protective of him—which reads really differently if he could handle these situations perfectly well with zero real awkwardness or discomfort if he just tried harder. But a) I prefer not to see Elizabeth's arc culminating in her becoming a doormat and b) I think Darcy's sense of unease and formal awkwardness is quite clearly established throughout the novel.

Okay. The point of all this is that the Darcy who can be stiff, formal, who struggles with expression, who is so uncomfortable that he makes everyone else uncomfortable, too—that's all there in Rintoul's Darcy, dialed up to eleven. It even pervades his demeanor at Pemberley, when he's clearly putting in effort with the Gardiners, but there's still that awkward rigidity and reserve about him.

I don't feel like Rintoul's Darcy is shy per se, and he's not awkward in the sense of being clueless like Mr Collins—I think there's a certain sophistication about Rintoul!Darcy's formality, excessive though it is. But damn is he uncomfortable. It's so relentless and so intense that he's uncomfortable to watch, because the 1980 P&P doesn't feel the need to make him relatable or a familiar romantic type. He's just this kind of peculiar person who ended up as the main love interest, and only really opens up at the very, very end, after Elizabeth accepts his proposal.

To be clear, I do think it goes too far in this direction and does lose sight of the Darcy who is clever and gets caught up quick, smiling banter. But I do respect the disinterest in shoving him into a typical male lead box and the willingness to let him be odd, even unappealing at times.

So while it would be difficult to combine these—I realize that—my ideal version would fuse the quick-witted, articulate side of his character that we see supercharged with Olivier's Darcy, with the uncomfortable and formal side that we see dialed up with Rintoul's. It's complex, but I don't think it's so complex that it couldn't be done, especially in the traditional mini-series format.

#tl;dr you'll take my autistic darcy headcanon from my dead cold corpse and no darcy embodies it more than rintoul's #anghraine babbles #long post #lady anne blogging #austen blogging #austen fanwank #pride and prejudice 1980 #fitzwilliam darcy #pride and prejudice 1940 #anghraine's meta

[kcinpa]

Into the Austen-verse: Eight Elizabeths (9104 words) by kckahler

Chapters: 2/2

Fandom: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995), Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Bride and Prejudice (2004), Bridget Jones (Movies), Fire Island (Movie 2022), Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Rating: General Audiences

Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Bridget Jones, Lalita Bakshi, Noah (Fire Island)

Summary:

Please enjoy some P&P multiverse hijinks. I even made a meme.

#jaff #pride and prejudice #ao3 fanfic #mine #i wrote a fic #jane austen #pride and prejudice 1940 #pride and prejudice and zombies #pride and prejudice 1995 #pride and prejudice 2005 #bride and prejudice #bridget jones’s diary #fire island #the lizzie bennet diaries #elizabeth bennet

[leaving-fragments]

the 1940 version of pride and prejudice flattened a lot of the characters' personalities but i think the worst misrepresentation was that of lady catherine de bourgh... they made her turn out nice

#wdym darcy sent her in as his abassador and she actually thinks lizzie is perfectly right for him?!!? #she's absolutely furious her twenty year plan of marrying her daughter to him didn't work out! #also she definitely would not not rejoice in the inferiority of their connection regardless of her daughter #man #pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice 1940 #*c

[nerdyrevelries]

My requirements for a P&P adaptation are that

Mr. Collins is big and has no concept of his own awkwardness. He must think he is a gift to the world while everyone else sees him for what he is.

Mary Bennet is awkward in a lovable way that makes you like her even as she is singing badly.

Mr. Collins has a little theme song.

By these criteria, 1980, 1940, and Bride and Prejudice are all perfect adaptations.

#Jane Austen #Pride and Prejudice #Pride and Prejudice 1940 #Pride and Prejudice 1980 #Bride and Prejudice #P&P #P&P 1940 #P&P 1980 #I am aware that this is a grading criteria for me and me alone. #But you gotta admit it's weird that Mr. Collins got a theme song three different times.

[cursemewithyourkiss]

I've now seen Laurence Olivier in three literary adaptations from 1939-1940 and the way he's just consistently out-acted by his female co-stars is so funny to me

#pride and prejudice 1940 #wuthering heights 1939 #rebecca 1940 #fuck off me

[thatscarletflycatcher]

They don't know for quite a time Jane Eyre was co-titled in Spanish "Alma Rebelde", rebellious soul. Or that the 1940 P&P was titled "Más Fuerte Que el Orgullo", stronger than pride, even if the novel's title had always been a direct translation of the English title.

#jane eyre #pride and prejudice 1940 #so often Decisions Were MadeTM in Spanish translation

[mametupa]

#P&P 1940 #Pride and Prejudice 1940 #Jane Austen #Mr.Darcy #Elizabeth Bennet #Caroline Bingley #Laurence Olivier #Greer Garson #Frieda Inescort #Pride and Prejudice

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

Monochrome July

Pride and Prejudice (1940) / Greer Garson as Elizabeth Bennet

So much is wrong with this movie (starting with the costumes) that I'm surprised I find it as enjoyable as I do, but I just can't help it! And if you're not going to do the authentic thing and costume it in the Regency era, the 1830s are not a terrible second choice. They certainly give ample opportunity for the sillier Bennet sisters to make themselves look fashionably ridiculous. Elizabeth's dress is positively restrained in comparison to the wildest excesses of the era.

Many of the dresses I've liked so far have featured stripes or other high-contrast designs, but this one is just the opposite. It catches the eye through the cut, the sheen of the fabric, and the subtle gradations of dark to light in the floral trim.

#pride and prejudice 1940 #monochrome july #greer garson #one dress a day challenge #one dress a week challenge #movie costumes #period film #pride and prejudice #austen adaptations #elizabeth bennet #1940 films #1940 movies #1830s style #old hollywood #classic hollywood #classic film #classic movies

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

#Mr Darcy #Mr Collins #laurence olivier #Tom Hollander #pride and prejudice 1940 #pride and prejudice 2005 #Jane Austen #hotjaneaustenmenpoll #Mr Collins (2005) Vs Darcy (1940) #pride and prejudice #round one

[my-little-random-world]

Greer Garson 𝑎𝑠 𝑬𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒉 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒕 | Pride and Prejudice 1940

#she was so pretty #i like this version very much #the lines in this film are just brilliant #the delivery of sarcasm is chef's kiss #ooooof #it's just THE best #it isn't just clever #it's outrageously funny #definitely one of my comfort films #greer garson #elizabeth bennet #pride and prejudice 1940 #pride and prejudice #my gifs

[cinemaocd]

Might fuck around and...

rewatch all of the pre-1990 Jane Austen adaptations. AS LIVE BLOGS.

STARTING NOW.

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

#Ignore the BRIDE and prejudice #that is from the oughts and actually a lot of fun #I will do maybe do an Austen Modern AU poll but not now.... #gotta focus on the old ones #Pride and Prejudice 1940 #Laurence Olivier #Greer Garson #Pre1990sJane-athon