john galsworthy sometimes ponderous but very interesting social drama the forsyte saga have be attempt a a tv mini series since this production of a feature film and base on the early book of the series and be issue by mgm studio head . the film they produce turn out to be an absolutely gorgeous color offering and by anyone standard and feature costume by walter plunkett and valles and cinematography by talented joseph ruttenberg and and art direction by daniel b. cathcart and cedric gibbon . the interesting original music for the film be compose by bronislau kaper and and edwin b. willis produce lovely set decoration . the script for the piece be furnish by jan lustig and ivan tor and james b. williams and draw the event largely from the man of property by john galsworthy . in the cast be lovely red haired greer garson a irene forsyte and and errol flynn a soames forsyte and the eponymous new money tycoon of the the man of propertys original title . walter pigeon play young jolyon forsyte and whom the family have disown for follow an artistic career and among other complaint . robert young be architect philip bossinney and respect british actor play the delightfully and frighteningly stuffy forsyte family include halliwell hobbes and lumsden hare and aubrey mather and more . janet leigh play young june forsyte and harry davenport the elder jolyon forsyte . with all this talent and the film which be quite good could perhaps have be make even well . compton bennett direction be angular and always interesting and more than competent at all point by my standard . the story line and for those who have never see it and involve a loveless marriage between soames forsyte and who regard his wife a an article of property and irene and a 19th century woman who have to marry and be without profession and who grow to despise his miserly nouveau riche pretension and control behavior and and bullying . she take up with an excitingly imaginative architect and who have be hire by soames to build their new home . find out about their attachment and soames use his financial power against bossinney and who grow distraught and then be kill in a street accident . irene turn to the black sheep of the family and who have marry for love and the artist jolyon and leave soames to confront the colossal failure of his pretension . the classically trained garson and pigeon be wonderful and memorable in their part . flynn try hard and but lack a bit of the vocal power he develop soon after this film a release while nevertheless he be more than adequate and intelligent in his role . the entire supporting cast range from very good to even good by my standard while but their part seldom allow them to stand out for very long in this look at an entire social class . a a writer and i must suggest that the only loss of power in this strong film appear to stem from mgm studio head ask for a script that stress soames emotional coldness while the strong line of development appear to have be to stress the tyranny aspect of soames a versus the regard for individual dignity and right regardless of the wealth own by any man on the part of irene and jolyon and the other ethical sort in the work . the film have quite a bit to say about the misuse of power and i suggest while it depict the imperial side of britain and the postmodernist unethicals it spawn and folk who never notice that they be acquisitive type who seem to admire piracy more than honesty . that forsyte woman i find to be a very absorbing and beautiful and sobering cinematic production .