Word: underschaft
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...George Bernard Shaw play tells of the conversion of Barbara, a major in the Salvation Army, to the views of her father, Andrew Underschaft, who is almost her opposite--a millionaire munitions maker. Underschaft manages to convince her that the world is tough and poverty is not the beautiful virtue the Salvation Army maintains. He shows what power is and who wield...
...agree with Shaw's conclusions, you cannot deny that it is a picture that will make you think. Aside from the Shavian philosophy, it is undoubtedly one of the best directed, acted, and photographed pictures of the last few years. Wendy Hiller as Major Barbara, Robert Morley as Andrew Underschaft, and a newcomer named Robert Newton as Bill Walker, the tough mug who turns a leaf, all turn in brilliant performances. Here at last is a picture which credits the average movie-goer with more brains than a fourteen-year-old, and even if it is often too subtle...
| 1 |