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According to Ann Rutherford, although the filmmakers were committed to begin shooting on a particular date, they discovered that producer David O. Selznick had used every available reel of Technicolor film in existence to make Gone with the Wind (1939). Therefore, despite the lavish sets and opulent costumes, this movie had to be shot in black-and-white.
Because so many English people worked on the picture, 4:00 p.m. tea breaks were a daily ritual.
This movie sparked considerable interest in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. At least five editions of the novel were printed to coincide with the movie's release. In less than a decade after the movie's release, the novel had grown so popular, that it had gone through twenty-one printings.
Phil Silvers was asked to screen test for a role as a vicar, despite having a strong New York accent. It turned out to be a cruel prank by studio executives who passed the screen test around Hollywood. In his autobiography, Silvers says, "These three minutes were perhaps the funniest I've ever done."
Sir Laurence Olivier was less than thrilled with the movie after production began, certain it would be a flop, complaining both that key scenes were missing and that more attention was lavished on the costumes than the actors.
"Mrs. Bennet: Look at them! Five of them without dowries. What's to become of them? Mr. Bennet: Yes, what's to become of the wretched creatures? Perhaps we should have drowned some of them at birth."
"Mr. Bennet: An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins. And I will never see you again if you do."
