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. A comedy with social commentary.... (Full plot summary below)
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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. A comedy with social commentary.
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| Seanax.comSean Axmaker... preserves the social debate and witty dialogue of the play and succeeds on the personality brought to the screen by a top-notch cast. |
| Radio TimesTony Sloman[A] superb screen adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's morality study about the Salvation Army and armaments manufacture. |
| Common Sense MediaNell MinowGood intro to corporate social responsibility. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyPascal's screen version of Bernard Shaw's 1905 satire about socialism and capitalism is too theatrical, but the dialogue is witty and the performances by Rex Harrison and Wendy Hiller superb. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonA bit theatrical in places, which is not surprising when you consider its provenance but it suffers for it. |
| New York TimesBosley CrowtherTo call it a manifest triumph would be arrant stinginess with words. |
| User ReviewPaul DClever, satirical expose of people who do all the right things for all the wrong reasons (and a few who do the wrong things for the right reasons). Propaganda at its core, but still entertaining, and Wendy Hiller is fantastic. |
| User ReviewEdith NGabriel Pascal's filmed version of the George Bernard Shaw play may be trying to put the work of the great playwright to film as best as possible, but not quite succeeding. Pygmailon fares much better. Wendy Hiller is Major Barbara, a wealthy girl who has taken up with the Salvation Army and helping to spread the word of God. Rex Harrison is professor Adolphus Cusins who becomes immediately smitten with the Major. The two become a couple. Barbara wants nothing from her rich father, despite still living under his provisions and house. Robert Newton is a low class man who solves his problems through drink and violence, but you know he will soon come around. And eventually everything comes together to learn that everyone is not as bad as they may seem, including the rich old man. The acting and characterizations are very good. But the story doesn't hit the comedic moments well (perhaps just age?) and does tend to drag. Nevertheless Shaw fans will probably love it. |
| User ReviewAlex Bgood but not so much 4 the story but the amazing performers. |
