| 词条 | Major Barbara (film) |
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| name = Major Barbara | image = Major barbara.jpg | director = Gabriel Pascal Uncredited: Harold French David Lean | writer = George Bernard Shaw Marjorie Deans Anatole de Grunwald | starring = Wendy Hiller Rex Harrison Robert Morley Robert Newton | producer = Gabriel Pascal | cinematography = Ronald Neame Uncredited: Freddie Young | editing = David Lean Charles Frend | studio = Gabriel Pascal Productions | distributor = General Film Distributors | released = {{film date|1941|8|2|df=yes}} | runtime = 131 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | music = William Walton }}Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal and edited by David Lean. It was adapted for the screen by Marjorie Deans and Anatole de Grunwald, based on the 1905 stage play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw. It was both a critical and financial success.[1] PlotIn this social satire, Barbara Undershaft (Hiller), an idealistic major in the Salvation Army, is deeply troubled by the fact that her father, Andrew Undershaft (Robert Morley), is a wealthy weapons manufacturer. Meanwhile, Andrew is looking for an heir for his industrial empire, in particular a foundling like himself. Cast
ProductionMajor Barbara was filmed in London during The Blitz bombing of 1940. During air raids, the crew and cast repeatedly had to dodge into bomb shelters. The film's producer-director, Pascal, never stopped the production and the film was completed on schedule.[2]Critical receptionIn a contemporary review, Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times, "To call it a manifest triumph would be arrant stinginess with words. For this is something more than just a brilliant and adult translation of a stimulating play, something more than a captivating compound of ironic humor and pity. This is a lasting memorial to the devotion of artists working under fire, a permanent proof for posterity that it takes more than bombs to squelch the English wit. It is as wry and impudent a satire of conventional morals and social creeds as though it had been made in a time of easy and carefree peace. It is, in short, a more triumphant picture than any the British have yet sent across."[3] while more recently, Time Out wrote, "There is plenty to relish, notably Newton and Morley hamming it up (as, respectively, the rumbustious Bill Walker and the overbearing tycoon), and Deborah Kerr in her debut; but it does tend to just sit there. It was David Lean's first shot at directing, but producer Pascal helmed the bulk of it."[4] DVDMajor Barbara was released on DVD by The Criterion Collection on 23 February 2010, as part of the box set George Bernard Shaw on Film. ReferencesNotes1. ^Valerie Pascal. The Disciple and His Devil. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. 2. ^{{Cite book|title=Beyond the Epic: The Life and Films of David Lean|last=Gene D.|first=Phillips|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8131-2415-5|location=|pages=40|via=}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/15/archives/george-bernard-shaws-major-barbara-at-the-astor-seen-as-a-triumph.html|title=George Bernard Shaw's 'Major Barbara,' at the Astor, Seen as a Triumph -- 'Lady From Louisiana' Presented at Loew's Criterion|first=Bosley|last=Crowther|date=15 May 1941|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2018|via=NYTimes.com}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/major-barbara|title=Major Barbara|publisher=}} Bibliography
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14 : 1941 films|1940s comedy films|British comedy films|British films|British films based on plays|British black-and-white films|Films directed by Gabriel Pascal|The Salvation Army|British satirical films|Films produced by Gabriel Pascal|Films based on works by George Bernard Shaw|Films scored by William Walton|Films directed by Harold French|Screenplays by Anatole de Grunwald |
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