Totally captures the meaning of the play, is focused on interpreting the themes of the play rather than making a sentimental product consumable for mainstream audiences, and thus avoids the hoakiness of some films of the era.
shareI rate it better than that. I think it's one of the best films of the 30s, unquestionably better than My Fair Lady, and, along with The Scarlet Pimpernel, one of Leslie Howard's best films. A shame he died in the war, he would have become one of the Grand Old Men of the stage and screen.
shareEr, maybe that has something or other to do with Shaw doing his own "adaption."
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