Posts Tagged ‘Pride and Prejudice 1940’

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the ‘illiberal’ minded, nerve suffering but hilarious Mrs Bennet. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Brenda Blethyn (2005), Alison Steadman (1995), Priscilla Morgan (1980), Mary Boland (1940) and Alex Kingston (lost in Austen).

This is our final feature on the endings of the major TV adaptations and Pride and Prejudice movies, with transcripts of the final scenes.
Click here for the BBC 1980 version.
Click here for the BBC 1995 dramatization.
Click here for the 2005 movie.
The 1940 movie departs from the novel to such a degree, particularly during the final [...]

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the ‘handsome’, ‘affable’ and infinitley ‘agreeable’ Mr Bingley. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Simon Woods (2005), Crispin Bonham-Carter (1995), Osmund Bullock (1980), Bruce Lester (1940) and Tom Mison (lost in Austen).

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the beautiful, kind and good-natured Jane Bennet.In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Rosamund Pike (2005), Susannah Harker (1995), Sabina Franklyn (1980), Maureen O’Sullivan(1940) and Morven Christie (lost in Austen).

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the vexing but also adorable Mr Bennet. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Donald Sutherland (2005), Benjamin Whitrow (1995), Moray Watson (1980), Edmund Gwenn (1940) and Hugh Bonneville (lost in Austen).

Here are My Pride and Prejudice’s all time top 10 pictures of the ‘oddity’ that is Mr Collins. In no particular order and from all the major screen and TV adaptations we have Tom Hollander (2005), David Bamber (1995), Malcolm Rennie(1980), Melville Cooper (1940) and Guy Henry (Lost in Austen).