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Major Barbara (1941) “My dear, I’m a millionaire — that’s my religion.”. When the headstrong daughter (Wendy Hiller) of a millionaire weapons manufacturer (Robert Morley) becomes a major in the Salvation Army, she makes it her life’s mission to save souls, and quickly secures a fiance (Rex Harrison) willing to do anything for her love.
5 de ene. de 2010 · Major Barbara is a George Bernard Shaw play about the moral dilemma of the daughter of a major arms manufacturer with a social conscience. There's a love story too of course. The 1941 film is well scripted by GBS himself with sparkling dialogue and the conversion to DVD HD is excellent.
MAJOR BARBARA tells the story of a wildly idealistic young woman, Barbara Undershaft, who helps the poor as a Salvation Army Major at a topsy-turvy anything-goes homeless tent community. For many years, Barbara and her siblings, Stephen and Sarah, have been estranged from their father, Andrew Undershaft, who is unexpectedly brought back into ...
Major Barbara, social satire in three acts by George Bernard Shaw, performed in 1905 and published in 1907, in which Shaw mocked religious hypocrisy and the complicity of society in its own ills. Barbara Undershaft, a major in the Salvation Army, is estranged from her wealthy father, Andrew Undershaft, a munitions manufacturer. Although the ...
Major Barbara. Directed by Gabriel Pascal. With Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley. UK, 1941, 35mm, black & white, 100 min. Print source: HFA. Wendy Hiller stars as Major Barbara Undershaft, a Salvation Army worker who rebels against her father (Morley), a munitions factory owner. She is wooed by a young Classics professor (Harrison) who ...
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Major Barbara. Directed by: Gabriel Pascal. Starring: Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton. Genres: Drama, Satire, ... Any time I thought that the film was funded by the Salvation Army, there would follow a biting, satirical joke that undercut their mission or beliefs. Indeed, there is plenty of humor in the film, ...
