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Major Barbara is a 1941 British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal and edited by David Lean. It was adapted for the screen by Marjorie Deans and Anatole de Grunwald, based on the 1905 stage play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw. It was both a critical and a financial success.
Major Barbara: Directed by Gabriel Pascal, Harold French. With Wendy Hiller, Rex Harrison, Robert Morley, Robert Newton. A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls directing her father's business.
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- Comedy
- Gabriel Pascal, Harold French
- 1941-08-02
Pygmalion’s Wendy Hiller returns, this time as one of Shaw’s most memorable and controversial characters, Barbara Undershaft, a Salvation Army officer who speaks out against the hypocrisy she believes exists in her Christian charity organization.
- Major Barbara
Mar 28, 2022 · Major Barbara with Wendy Hiller 1941 - 1080p HD Film. A young and idealistic woman, who has adopted the Salvation Army and whose father is an armament industrialist, will save more souls...
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Feb 11, 2010 · Fresh from Pygmalion, Wendy Hiller has a standout role as the highly motivated and charismatic Salvation Army Major Barbara Britomart. Barbara finds an acolyte and husband in Adophus Cusins, a penniless scholar of Greek surprised to discover that Barbara comes from a wealthy family.
- Gabriel Pascal, David Lean, Harold French
- Wendy Hiller
The daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft (Robert Morley), idealistic young Barbara (Wendy Hiller) rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army.
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- Comedy
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Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective. Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft.
