Major Barbara (film)

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Major Barbara
Directed by Gabriel Pascal
Produced by Gabriel Pascal
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Marjorie Deans
Anatole de Grunwald
Starring Wendy Hiller
Rex Harrison
Robert Morley
Robert Newton
Music by William Walton
Editing by David Lean
Charles Frend
Release date(s) August 2, 1941
Running time 131 min.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
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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 play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw. It was both a critical and financial success.[1]

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[edit] Plot

In this social satire, Barbara Undershaft (Wendy 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, and an unrepetant one at that. Meanwhile, he is looking for an heir for his industrial empire, in particular a foundling like himself.

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[edit] Production

Major Barbara was filmed in London during the The Blitz bombing of 1941. During air raids, the crew and cast had to repeatedly dodge into bomb shelters. The film's producer-director, Pascal, never stopped the production and the film was completed on schedule.

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Valerie Pascal. The Disciple and His Devil. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970.

[edit] Bibliography

  • The Great British Films, pp 59-62, Jerry Vermilye, 1978, Citadel Press, ISBN 080650661X

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