Historic setting: disastrous or clever?! A Pride and Prejudice (1940) review

Arwen reviews the 1940 Hollywood rendition of “Pride and Prejudice” with Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier. This star-studded movie made some interesting choices. Did they know what they were doing with the fashion and hairstyles? What kind of Lizzy and Darcy were they trying to put forward in 1940? What changes did the adaptation make and did it all work for this film?
0:00 Pride and Prejudice 1940
Directed by Robert Leonard
Novel by Jane Austen
Greer Garson as Elizabeth
Laurence Olivier as Darcy
Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane Bennet
Ann Rutherford as Lydia Bennet
1:15 Not the fashion of 1813, but 1834
3:00 The charm and the casting
4:10 Fashion, the make-up and the hats
6:20 Hairstyles
7:40 Dresses 1830s
8:10 Netherfield ball and Miss Bingley
10:10 Adapting the book and the play
by Helen Jerome
12:30 Lizzy and Darcy added scene(s) and #mansplaining
14:20 Clever details (book demonstration)
16:30 Choice of wardrobe of 1930s (insert)
18:00 Rushing through the 1860s-1910s fashion
Historical costumes!
19:10 They changed Mister Collins
21:40 They changed Lady Catherine de Bourgh
played by Edna May Oliver
22:45 This one versus two later renditions
24:15 Good and charm
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Music: Magnetic Rag by Scott Joplin
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[@TristouMTL]

Wow... what a wonderful review! So fair to recognize its faults and to speculate on possible reasons why, and so knowledgeable to appreciate work well done. I lean more to the choice of 1830s dresses because they look more fabulous than simple Regency frocks on screen, as opposed to the war of 1812, which few Americans even remember -- indeed, they call it the Forgotten War, perhaps because they basically lost :)

[@twopeoplesopinion]

History is funny with odd similarities.
And yeah, I think the 1830s dresses are fab too!
Glad you liked the review!