Mrs. Miniver (1942)

January 18, 2023 9:13 AM

[TRAILER] English middle-class family, The Minivers, experience life in the first months of World War II.

Starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Henry Wilcoxon, Christopher Severn, Brenda Forbes.

Directed by William Wyler. Screenplay by Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West. Based on Mrs. Miniver, 1939 book (from newspaper column Mrs. Miniver) by Jan Struther.

94% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

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posted by DirtyOldTown (2 comments total)

This movie turned out to be such a powerful piece of pro-Allies, anti-German propaganda that even Joseph Goebbels admitted that "yo, it's too good, I can't beat it."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 6:22 AM on January 19, 2023 [1 favorite]

A couple of years ago when "Dunkirk" came out, all I could think of in the Mark Rylance scenes was Walter Pidgeon and his sturdy little boat. I love this movie.
posted by briank at 6:39 AM on January 19, 2023 [1 favorite]