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Encyclopedia > Major Barbara (1941 movie)

Major Barbara is a 1941 United Artists motion picture starring Wendy Hiller as Barbara Undershaft, Rex Harrison as Adolphus Cusins, Robert Morley as Andrew Undershaft, Robert Newton as Bill Walker, and Sybil Thorndike as The General, with Marie Lohr as Lady Britomart, and Deborah Kerr as Jenny Hill. See also: 1940 in film 1941 1942 in film 1940s in film years in film film Events Top grossing films Sergeant York Buck Privates, starring Abbott and Costello Tobacco Road Academy Awards Best Picture: How Green Was My Valley - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: Gary Cooper - Sergeant York Best Actress... The United Artists Corporation (aka United Artists Pictures and United Artists Films) was formed on February 5, 1919 by four Hollywood greats: Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D. W. Griffith. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Dame Wendy Hiller (August 15, 1912 – May 14, 2003) was an English film and stage actress. ... Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theater and film actor. ... Robert Morley (May 26, 1908 - June 3, 1992) was a British actor who, often in supporting roles, was time and again cast as the archetypal English gentleman representing the Establishment. ... This article is on Robert Newton the deceased British actor. ... Dame Sybil Thorndike (October 24, 1882 - June 9, 1976) was a British actress. ... Deborah Kerr (born September 30, 1921) is a Scottish film actress. ...


The movie was directed by Gabriel Pascal. It was adapted for the screen by Marjorie Deans and Anatole de Grunwald, based on the 1905 play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw. The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... A stage play is a dramatic work intended for performance before a live audience, or a performance of such a work. ... Major Barbara is a play by George Bernard Shaw about an officer in the Salvation Army. ... George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 – November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. ...


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