Yes the costumes are crappy, the plot is all wrong, Elizabeth is too old, Darcy too morose, and the ending has been rewritten, BUT THIS IS Pride & Prejudice. If you are a Jane fan, you should see this movie just because ...Click here to view the videos.
Movie Trivia: Actress Maureen O'Sullivan played Jane Bennett in this movie. This is one of the few instances in which the actress cast as Jane is prettier than the actress cast as Elizabeth. Maureen's other claims to fame are that she played a scantily clad Jane in Tarzan movies and in real life gave birth to Mia Farrow.
Laurence Olivier played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights at the same time his future wife Vivien Leigh played Scarlett in "Gone With the Wind." A year later, he played two more romantic leads: Maxim de Winter in Rebecca and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.
Movie Trivia: Actress Maureen O'Sullivan played Jane Bennett in this movie. This is one of the few instances in which the actress cast as Jane is prettier than the actress cast as Elizabeth. Maureen's other claims to fame are that she played a scantily clad Jane in Tarzan movies and in real life gave birth to Mia Farrow.
Laurence Olivier played Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights at the same time his future wife Vivien Leigh played Scarlett in "Gone With the Wind." A year later, he played two more romantic leads: Maxim de Winter in Rebecca and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.
