Friday, April 12, 2024
George Bernard Shaw on Film
- Commentary: Under construction.
Directed by Various.
- Major Barbara
Commentary: Under construction.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Wendy Hiller Major Barbara Undershaft Rex Harrison Adolphus Cusins Robert Morley Andrew Undershaft Robert Newton Bill Walker Sybil Thorndike The General Emlyn Williams Snobby Price Miles Malleson Morrison the Butler Donald Calthrop Peter Shirley Marie Lohr Lady Britomart Stanley Holloway Policeman Marie Ault Rummy Mitchens Penelope Dudley-Ward Sarah Undershaft
Release Date: 1941
Directed by Gabriel Pascal.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
- Caesar and Cleopatra
Commentary: Under construction.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Vivien Leigh Cleopatra Claude Rains Caesar Stewart Granger Apollodorus Flora Robson Ftatateeta Francis L. Sullivan Pothinus Basil Sydney Rufio Cecil Parker Britannus Raymond Lovell Lucius Septimus Anthony Eustrel Achillas Ernest Thesiger Theodotus Anthony Harvey Ptolemy Robert Adams Nubian Slave
Release Date: 1945
Directed by Gabriel Pascal.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
- Androcles and the Lion
Commentary: Under construction.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Jean Simmons Lavinia Victor Mature The Captain Alan Young Androcles Robert Newton Ferrovius Maurice Evans Caesar Elsa Lanchester Megaera Reginald Gardiner Lentulus Gene Lockhart Menagerie Keeper Alan Mowbray Editor of Gladiators Noel Willman Spintho John Hoyt Cato Jim Backus The Centurion Lowell Gilmore Metellus Woody Strode The Lion Strother Martin Soldier Sylvia Lewis Chief Vestal Virgin
Release Date: 1952
Directed by Chester Erskine.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
- Major Barbara
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