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Major Barbara.

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Filmed in London in 1941, during the Blitz, Major Barbara emerged from a troubled production to become a major success for George Bernard Shaw and producer-director Gabriel Pascal. Pygmalion's Wendy Hiller returns, this time as one of Shaw's most memorable and controversial characters, Bar...

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Corporate Author: Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors: Pascal, Gabriel, 1894-1954 (Director, Producer), Hiller, Wendy, 1912-2003 (Actor), Harrison, Rex (Actor), Newton, Robert, 1905-1956 (Actor), Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007 (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Subjects:
Salvation Army > Drama.
Armies > Officers > Drama.
Fathers and daughters > Drama.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:Filmed in London in 1941, during the Blitz, Major Barbara emerged from a troubled production to become a major success for George Bernard Shaw and producer-director Gabriel Pascal. 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. Rex Harrison, Robert Newton, and Deborah Kerr costar in this merrily satirical morality play.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 121 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:Mode of access: World Wide Web.