Jane Austen's 250th Birthday Celebration and Screening! Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Adorned in classical Hollywood theatrics, Aldous Huxley and Jane Murfin’s lavish adaptation of Jane Austen’s most famous work sees Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet transported to Victorian-era Britain, where they navigate marriage and the mores of the day. Though often compared to Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation, Robert Z. Leonard’s version remains a sharp and stirring work, and a testament to the power of Jane Austen’s storytelling. Starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson.

Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield co-edited the 1998 book Jane Austen in Hollywood, a collection of essays that examines the phenomenon of Jane Austen's work being adapted into films and television. Troost is a professor of English at Washington & Jefferson College, while Greenfield is a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard