Major Barbara (Original title)
Date: 04 August 1941 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Gabriel Pascal
Synopsis: The moral conflict in the mind of a Salvation Army girl when tempted by her millionaire father with his own approach to saving souls. From the play by G. Bernard Shaw.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Salvation Army
Releases
Date: 1941Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 121 mins Length: 10886 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: Reviews: George Bernard Shaw on FilmAuthor: STABLES, Kate Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set comprising: MAJOR BARBARA / CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA / ANDROCLES AND THE LION.
In: Sight and Sound v18 n1 January 2008 Page: 94
Title: Reviews: Major BarbaraAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5711 8 Oct 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5711 8 Oct 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Documentary News Letter v2 n5 May 1941 Page: 94
Title: [Documentary News Letter - v2 n5 May 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v56 n4551 2 Apr 1941
Title: [Today's Cinema - v56 n4551 2 Apr 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v8 n88 April 1941 Page: 44
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v8 n88 April 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v143 n6 10 May 1941 Page: 35
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v143 n6 10 May 1941: no known title]Language: English
Author: SHAW, George Bernard Pages: 487p.
Description: ARMS AND THE MAN pp. 353-400 CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA pp. 401-458 The DEVIL'S DISCIPLE pp. 273-278 MAJOR BARBARA pp. 279-352 PYGMALION pp. 223-272
Title: Two classic Shaw comedies: programme notes for the Toronto Film Society
Description: George Bernard SHAW F
Title: Serpent's eye: Shaw and the cinema
Author: COSTELLO, Donald P Pages: 209p.
Description: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA pp. 113-146 MAJOR BARBARA pp. 83-112 PYGMALION pp. 50-82 ARMS AND THE MAN pp. 189-196
Title: Major Barbara: a screen version
Author: SHAW, George Bernard Pages: 160p
Description: Handle with extreme care. In fragile condition.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(24)
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 440 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-99305
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10875 FeetBFI identifier: C-99307
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12292 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99308
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8721 FeetBFI identifier: C-99309
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 320 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-99311
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-99312
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexBFI identifier: C-99300
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(23)
Description: Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-99297
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 707 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-99298
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-99312
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 185 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-99296
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 12292 FeetBFI identifier: C-99302
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 440 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-99305
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10875 FeetBFI identifier: C-99307
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12292 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99308
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8721 FeetBFI identifier: C-99309
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 320 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-99311
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 12289 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99291
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 11750 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-99295
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-99301
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 440 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-99310
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10883 FeetBFI identifier: C-102583
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12290 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-99290
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10896 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99299
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 2900 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99306
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 4050 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99303
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 50 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99294
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 100 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99293
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recordedBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10973 FeetBFI identifier: C-102582
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 12289 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99292
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 04 August 1941 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Gabriel Pascal
Synopsis: The moral conflict in the mind of a Salvation Army girl when tempted by her millionaire father with his own approach to saving souls. From the play by G. Bernard Shaw.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Salvation Army
Releases
Date: 1941Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 121 mins Length: 10886 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(35)
Production Company: Pascal Film Productions, Producer: Gabriel Pascal, [Assistant Production Manager]: George Maynard, Assistant in Production: Stanley Haynes, Assistant in Direction: Harold French, David Lean, [Assistant Director]: Teddy Baird, [Assistant Director]: Jack Clayton, [Assistant Director]: Jack Hicks, [Assistant Director]: Jack Rix, Peter Graham Scott, Dialogue Supervisor: Harold French, Scenario Editor: Marjorie Deans, Scenario and Dialogue: Bernard Shaw, [Director of some scenes]: David Lean, From his own play: Bernard Shaw, Photography: Ronald Neame, [Camera Operator]: Jack Hildyard, [Camera Assistant]: Lionel H. Wheeler, Editor: Charles Frend, Montage: David Lean, Production Designer: Vincent Korda, Art Director: John Bryan, [Assistant Art Director]: Joseph Bato, Ferdinand Bellan, Costumes: Cecil Beaton, [Make-up]: Geoffrey Rodway, Michael Morris, Music: William Walton, Music Director: Muir Mathieson, [Orchestrations]: Roy Douglas, Recording Director: Martin Paggi, [Sound Editor]: Harry Miller, Studio: Denham Studios
Cast
(24)
Wendy Hiller (Major Barbara), Rex Harrison (Adolphus Cusins), Robert Morley (Andrew Underschaft), Robert Newton (Bill Walker), Emlyn Williams (Snobby Price), Sybil Thorndike (The General), Marie Löhr (Lady Britomart), Penelope Dudley Ward (Sarah Underschaft), Walter Hudd (Stephen Underschaft), David Tree (Charles Lomax), Deborah Kerr (Jenny Hill), Donald Calthrop (Peter Shirley), Marie Ault (Rummy Mitchens), Cathleen Cordell (Mog' Habbijam), Torin Thatcher (Todger Fairmile), Miles Malleson (Morrison), Felix Aylmer (James), Stanley Holloway (policeman), S.I. Hsiung (Ling), Kathleen Harrison (Mrs Price), Mary Morris (a girl), Charles Victor (Bilton), O.B. Clarence (Pettigrew), Edward Rigby ([man on quayside])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(7)
In: Sight and Sound v20 n5 May 2010 Page: 97Title: Reviews: George Bernard Shaw on FilmAuthor: STABLES, Kate Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: DVD box set comprising: MAJOR BARBARA / CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA / ANDROCLES AND THE LION.
In: Sight and Sound v18 n1 January 2008 Page: 94
Title: Reviews: Major BarbaraAuthor: MACNAB, Geoffrey Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5711 8 Oct 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5711 8 Oct 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Documentary News Letter v2 n5 May 1941 Page: 94
Title: [Documentary News Letter - v2 n5 May 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v56 n4551 2 Apr 1941
Title: [Today's Cinema - v56 n4551 2 Apr 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v8 n88 April 1941 Page: 44
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v8 n88 April 1941: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v143 n6 10 May 1941 Page: 35
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v143 n6 10 May 1941: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
Title: The collected screenplays of Bernard ShawAuthor: SHAW, George Bernard Pages: 487p.
Description: ARMS AND THE MAN pp. 353-400 CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA pp. 401-458 The DEVIL'S DISCIPLE pp. 273-278 MAJOR BARBARA pp. 279-352 PYGMALION pp. 223-272
Title: Two classic Shaw comedies: programme notes for the Toronto Film Society
Description: George Bernard SHAW F
Title: Serpent's eye: Shaw and the cinema
Author: COSTELLO, Donald P Pages: 209p.
Description: CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA pp. 113-146 MAJOR BARBARA pp. 83-112 PYGMALION pp. 50-82 ARMS AND THE MAN pp. 189-196
Title: Major Barbara: a screen version
Author: SHAW, George Bernard Pages: 160p
Description: Handle with extreme care. In fragile condition.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(24)
Accessible materials to view(6)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 440 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-99305
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10875 FeetBFI identifier: C-99307
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12292 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99308
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8721 FeetBFI identifier: C-99309
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 320 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-99311
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-99312
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Video materials(1)
Description: 2-inch QuadruplexBFI identifier: C-99300
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(23)
Description: Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-99297
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Base: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 707 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-99298
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-99312
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 185 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-99296
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 12292 FeetBFI identifier: C-99302
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 440 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-99305
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 10875 FeetBFI identifier: C-99307
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12292 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99308
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8721 FeetBFI identifier: C-99309
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 320 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-99311
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 12289 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99291
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 11750 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-99295
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-99301
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 440 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-99310
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 10883 FeetBFI identifier: C-102583
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 12290 FeetStock date: 1974BFI identifier: C-99290
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 10896 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99299
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 2900 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99306
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 4050 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99303
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 50 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99294
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MixedLength: 100 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-99293
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recordedBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 10973 FeetBFI identifier: C-102582
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 12289 FeetStock date: 1976BFI identifier: C-99292
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film