Title: Mrs Miniver
Date: 1942
Type: Drama
Rating: 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: William Wyler
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Comment
This film portrays the life, loves, ups and down of a prosperous middle class English family during the early years of World War 2. It manages to mix the routine life of civilians during the war and the immenent threat of death. Both Greer Garson as the matriarch of the family and Teresa Wright as the young woman marrying into the family rightly won Oscars for their performances.
Actors
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Teresa Wright
May Whitty
Reginald Owen
Henry Travers
Richard Ney
Oscars
Won - Best Actress - Greer Garson
Won - Best Supporting Actress - Teresa Wright
Won - Best Director - William Wyler
Nomination - Best Actor - Walter Pidgeon
Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Henry Travers
Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - May Whitty