*Series:* ua-cam.com/play/PLzcoQ_vebs-T2HiyFRu1TzCiioISLXLRq.html _..a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved over such a number of ladies; but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing that, instead of twelve, he had brought only six with him from London, his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly-room, it consisted of only five altogether: Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man._ _Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report, which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend._ _Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room: he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again. Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters._ *_Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 3_*
Hi I loooove the 2005 version! Jane really IS a beauty! As the book requires! Rosamunde Pike does not disappoint in that regard! And this country ball is a real ‘knees up’ to jar the refined sensibilities of the fine folk newly come to these parts so well captured by the cinematography! Seeing this rift between the very well heeled and the less so is a major theme in Pride and Prejudice bringing it to the fore visually is necessary for the dialogue to make sense, especially between D’Arcy and Lizzy! This version is the absolute best at that!
Thank you for sharing and putting together all these compare & contrasts of Austen's adapted works. I have found the older I get, the more I like how other adaptations do Austen's works, even if they give different approaches. I often get curious to see if they will keep to the essence of the novels and more. The 1940 version is a guilty pleasure for me while it's fun to see how the Dutch and Italians approached the works. 1967 is a good early version and I am personally fond of 1980, 1995, and 2005. While all versions capture the feel of the book for this scene, the 2005 version gives off a livier atmosphere.
Crispin Bonham-Carter (1995) is Bingley incarnate and cute beyond conception, but the 1940 Bingley is also endearing and without a grain of affectation. Acting the part of 'the just really decent dude' isn't easy...
They both play him as being dumb as a post; the character in the book isn't stupid, just overly dependent on darcy's good opinion. 1980's Samwise Gamgee Bingley is best Bingley.
@@Love.and.Freindship I'm also a keen Tolkien-reader - and of such a calibre I dressed me and my mother's black horse in a homemade Ringwraith-costume and went riding around in the local wood on autumn evenings - for more than two decades so cannot object to either of those comments!
Italian Darcy has amazingly bad luck with parties. In addition to the incident here, he gets ambushed by Mrs. Bennet at the same party; snubbed by Lizzie and ambushed by Mr. Collins at the next party, and later on has a smaller party broken up by the news of Lydia's elopement.
1995 will always be my favourite. Colin Firth was born to play Darcy. And it is very faithful to the book. I don't like the 2005 version. The actor playing Darcy in that one just couldn't capture the essence of Darcy. He was just completely boorish.
@@ecclestonsangel Firth was one of the worst Darcys, at least 10 years too old for the role and too odiously obnoxious in the beginning ever to be redeemed in the end, whereas MacFadyen was dreamy and the only one of all of them whom a sensible Lizzie would want to marry.
The 1940s adaption does not depict the 1860s civil war period. It is early Victorian which is only about 15 years past the Regency period of the book .Fashion changes quickly and comes back and goes again in every period of history but who cares the 1940s adaption is still charming and has many nuances and historical significance that the other adaptions do not have.
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_..a report soon followed that Mr. Bingley was to bring twelve ladies and seven gentlemen with him to the assembly. The girls grieved over such a number of ladies; but were comforted the day before the ball by hearing that, instead of twelve, he had brought only six with him from London, his five sisters and a cousin. And when the party entered the assembly-room, it consisted of only five altogether: Mr. Bingley, his two sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another young man._
_Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report, which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend._
_Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room: he was lively and unreserved, danced every dance, was angry that the ball closed so early, and talked of giving one himself at Netherfield. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves. What a contrast between him and his friend! Mr. Darcy danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley, declined being introduced to any other lady, and spent the rest of the evening in walking about the room, speaking occasionally to one of his own party. His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again. Amongst the most violent against him was Mrs. Bennet, whose dislike of his general behaviour was sharpened into particular resentment by his having slighted one of her daughters._
*_Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 3_*
Hi
I loooove the 2005 version! Jane really IS a beauty! As the book requires! Rosamunde Pike does not disappoint in that regard! And this country ball is a real ‘knees up’ to jar the refined sensibilities of the fine folk newly come to these parts so well captured by the cinematography! Seeing this rift between the very well heeled and the less so is a major theme in Pride and Prejudice bringing it to the fore visually is necessary for the dialogue to make sense, especially between D’Arcy and Lizzy!
This version is the absolute best at that!
I love the 1940 version. The mother was hilarious.
Thank you for sharing and putting together all these compare & contrasts of Austen's adapted works. I have found the older I get, the more I like how other adaptations do Austen's works, even if they give different approaches. I often get curious to see if they will keep to the essence of the novels and more. The 1940 version is a guilty pleasure for me while it's fun to see how the Dutch and Italians approached the works. 1967 is a good early version and I am personally fond of 1980, 1995, and 2005.
While all versions capture the feel of the book for this scene, the 2005 version gives off a livier atmosphere.
Crispin Bonham-Carter (1995) is Bingley incarnate and cute beyond conception, but the 1940 Bingley is also endearing and without a grain of affectation. Acting the part of 'the just really decent dude' isn't easy...
They both play him as being dumb as a post; the character in the book isn't stupid, just overly dependent on darcy's good opinion. 1980's Samwise Gamgee Bingley is best Bingley.
@hcu4359 Though a bit of a Tolkien fan myself, it didn't strike me before how close 1980 Bingley seemed to Samwise Gamgee in the movies. 😄
@@Love.and.Freindship I'm also a keen Tolkien-reader - and of such a calibre I dressed me and my mother's black horse in a homemade Ringwraith-costume and went riding around in the local wood on autumn evenings - for more than two decades so cannot object to either of those comments!
Italian Darcy has amazingly bad luck with parties. In addition to the incident here, he gets ambushed by Mrs. Bennet at the same party; snubbed by Lizzie and ambushed by Mr. Collins at the next party, and later on has a smaller party broken up by the news of Lydia's elopement.
Yes, so it seems.
Mein Favorit ist die TV-Miniserie von 1995 - am wenigsten mag ich die Verfilmung von 2005!
Agree on both counts!
The 1980 will be my favorite❤
Laurence Olivier was the most handsome Mr Darcy 🤩
I just wish he wouldn't play the character as a mincing fop.
1980 and 1940 looks good also.. i think i will watch those two.. the 1995 were still my favorite 😍
1995 will always be my favourite. Colin Firth was born to play Darcy. And it is very faithful to the book. I don't like the 2005 version. The actor playing Darcy in that one just couldn't capture the essence of Darcy. He was just completely boorish.
1940 was quite scurrilous with the actual book and script but rescued by Laurence Olivier
@@carolynellis387 Of course you meant by Greer Garson.
@@ecclestonsangel Firth was one of the worst Darcys, at least 10 years too old for the role and too odiously obnoxious in the beginning ever to be redeemed in the end, whereas MacFadyen was dreamy and the only one of all of them whom a sensible Lizzie would want to marry.
@@rogerpropes7129 colin firth is the best Darcy and always will be (-:
I own the 1940, the 1980, 1995 and I did own the 2005 Until one of my relatives took it. The 2005 shows the immense difference in wealth.
The English play the English best, though the adaptations are charming & I'm sure a favorite all their own.
I want to know what this dance is called
I guess the 1940s audience expected period films to feel, sound and look like Gone with the Wind. 👎
The 1940s adaption does not depict the 1860s civil war period. It is early Victorian which is only about 15 years past the Regency period of the book .Fashion changes quickly and comes back and goes again in every period of history but who cares the 1940s adaption is still charming and has many nuances and historical significance that the other adaptions do not have.
Jane Austin only comes over in English. The other versions are terrible
It's Austen, and isn't it curious that in 1940 Maureen O'Sullivan was playing two quite different role as 'Jane'?
@@rogerpropes7129 Yes she was adorable as this Jane as well as Tarzans.