"of World War II in ""Mrs. Miniver"". (""Guinness Book of World Records"" credits her with the longest Oscar acceptance speech, at five minutes and 30 seconds, after which the Academy Awards instituted a time limit.) In 1942, Garson also co-starred in the powerful, dramatic film ""Random Harvest"" with Academy Award winner Ronald Colman. Set at the end of World War I with Ronald Colman as a shell-shocked, amnesiac soldier and Greer Garson as his love interest, ""Random Harvest"" received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It lost to ""Mrs. Miniver"", and Garson won the Academy Award for that role."
"the influence of the American Office of War Information, the film attempted to undermine Hollywood's prewar depiction of Britain as a glamorous bastion of social privilege, anachronistic habits and snobbery in favour of more democratic, modern images. To this end, the social status enjoyed by the Miniver family in the print version was downgraded and increased attention was given to the erosion of class barriers under the pressures of wartime. In 1942, the film won an Oscar in the Best Picture category and both Greer Garson and Teresa Wright won an Oscar in the Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress"
"categories respectively. The film grossed $5,358,000 in North America (the highest for any MGM film at the time) and $3,520,000 abroad. In Britain, it was named the top box office attraction of 1942. 555 of the 592 film critics polled by American magazine ""Film Daily"" named it the best film of 1942. A sequel to ""Mrs Miniver"", ""The Miniver Story"" was made by the same studio in 1950 with Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon reprising their original roles. The characters were based on those in the original film, but their creator, Jan Struther, did not participate in the sequel. In"
"the 1940 film, ""Pride and Prejudice"". Garson starred with Joan Crawford in ""When Ladies Meet"" in 1941 (a poorly received and sanitized re-make of a Pre-Code version of the same name, which had starred Ann Harding and Myrna Loy) and that same year became a major box-office star with the sentimental Technicolor drama ""Blossoms in the Dust"", which brought her the first of five consecutive Best Actress Oscar nominations, tying Bette Davis's 1938–1942 record, which still stands. Garson won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942 for her role as a strong British wife and mother in the middle"
"Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Marsha Hunt, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea and Jessica Tandy. The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greer Garson) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. ""East Side, West Side"" starred James Mason, Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, and Ava Gardner. ""My Brother's Keeper"" (1954), based on the Collyer brothers, was optioned for films to various individuals over decades, but no film was ever produced. In the 1930s, she was a regular commentator on the radio broadcasts of the Metropolitan"
"to do anything about it and British governmental paralysis in responding to Hitler's manoeuvres preceding the outbreak of the Second World War. The novel was made into a film in 1942, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Claudine West, George Froeschel and Arthur Wimperis adapted the novel for the screen. The film starred Ronald Colman and Greer Garson in the lead roles. Colman and Garson reprised their roles in a radio version on the Lux Radio Theater, airing 31 January 1944. Takarazuka Revue, an all-female opera company in Japan, adopted the novel into musical play in 1992, starring Mira Anju. The 1942"
"version and has essentially the same happy ending. The Magnificent Ambersons (film) The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama, the second feature film produced and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel, about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins, with Welles providing the narration. Welles lost control of the editing of ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" to RKO, and the final version released to audiences differed significantly from"
"performer, Greer Garson, who also earned five consecutive nominations in the Best Actress category (1941-1945), including three years when both these actresses were nominated. In 1962, Bette Davis became the first person to secure 10 Academy Award nominations for acting. Since then only three people have surpassed this figure, Meryl Streep (with 21 nominations and three wins), Katharine Hepburn (12 nominations and four wins), and Jack Nicholson (12 nominations and three wins) with Laurence Olivier matching the number (10 nominations, 1 award). Steven Spielberg purchased Davis' Oscars for ""Dangerous"" (1935) and ""Jezebel"" (1938), when they were offered for auction for"
"Daily""'s year-end poll of 548 critics naming the best films of 1941. According to MGM records the film earned $1,272,000 in the US and Canada and $1,386,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $552,000. Blossoms in the Dust Blossoms in the Dust is a 1941 American Technicolor film which tells the true story of Edna Gladney who takes it upon herself to help orphaned children to find homes, despite the opposition of the ""good"" citizens who think that illegitimate children are beneath their interest. It stars Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt and Fay Holden. The film was"
"Random Harvest (film) Random Harvest is a 1942 film based on the 1941 James Hilton novel of the same name, directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Claudine West, George Froeschel, and Arthur Wimperis adapted the novel for the screen, and received an Academy Award nomination. The film departed from the novel in several significant ways, as it proved nearly impossible to translate to film otherwise. It starred Ronald Colman as a shellshocked, amnesiac World War I soldier, and Greer Garson as his love interest. It was an instant commercial success. Its seven Academy Award nominations included nods for Colman, supporting actress Susan"
"The Miniver Story The Miniver Story is a 1950 film sequel to the successful 1942 film ""Mrs. Miniver"". Like its predecessor, it was made by MGM and starred Greer Garson in the title role, but it was filmed on location in England. The film was directed by H.C. Potter and produced by Sidney Franklin, from a screenplay by George Froeschel and Ronald Millar based on characters created by Jan Struther. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa and Herbert Stothart, with additional music by Daniele Amfitheatrof (from ""Mrs. Miniver"") (uncredited) and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. Greer Garson (Kay), Walter"
"would help the new Allies, Britain and America, to understand each other. He read and advised on early drafts of ""Mrs. Miniver"" (1942), the film starring Greer Garson as the heroic mother of a wartorn British family, which MGM made after a meeting of MGM executives with Bernstein in Hollywood. As the invasion of France loomed, Bernstein brought his friend Alfred Hitchcock back from Hollywood to Britain to work on two short documentary films for the post-invasion French audience. As the war wound to its close, Bernstein heard the first reports of extermination camps, visited Belsen himself, and was determined"
"Garson, won her first and only Academy Award for her performance. The idea for the film was controversial, since it was intended to make America less isolationist. By portraying the real-life suffering of British citizens in a fictional story, Americans might be more prone to help Britain during their war effort. The film succeeded in its propaganda elements, showing England during its darkest days of the war. Years later, after having been in the war himself, Wyler said that the film ""only scratched the surface of war... It was incomplete."" However, before America entered the war in December 1941, all"
"Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in ""Random Harvest"" (1942) and with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman in ""The Bells of St. Mary's"" (1945). Alfred Hitchcock used Travers as a Comic relief in ""Shadow of a Doubt"" (1943), where he played a bank clerk with a passion for criminal magazines. The character actor also portrayed the Railway Station Master Mr. Ballard with a love for roses who finally wins the annual flower show in his village shortly before dying in a bombardment in ""Mrs. Miniver"". He received an Academy Award-nomination as Best Supporting Actor for this appearance. Travers's most famous role"
"with a craggy voice and a master of the double-take, Gleason portrayed tough but warm-hearted characters, usually with a New York background. He co-wrote ""The Broadway Melody"", the second film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and had a small uncredited role in it. He also co-wrote and briefly appeared as a hot dog vendor in the 1934 Janet Gaynor vehicle ""Change of Heart"". He performed in a number of films with his wife Lucile. In ""The Clock"" (1945), he played a milk cart driver who gives lessons in marriage to the characters played by Judy Garland and"
"power. On 26 February 1942, Grierson attended the Academy Awards and received the award on behalf of the National Film Board for ""Churchill's Island"". Grierson also presented the award for the best documentary, the first time that this award was given by the Academy. After the Dieppe Raid, there were reports that Canadians that had been taken as prisoners of war had been manacled under Hitler's orders. Grierson proposed that the Film Board show how the German prisoners of war were being treated in Canada through a film. Ham Wright directed the film showing the German sailors that had been"
"called ""Sunrise at Campobello"". It was produced with the cooperation of the Roosevelt's family, and she herself was present on the set during location shooting at the family estate in Hyde Park, New York. Greer Garson, who played Roosevelt, won the Golden Globe and National Board of Review Award for Best Actress. The film received four Academy Award nominations: Best Actress (Garson), Art Direction, Sound and Costume Design. In April 1960, Roosevelt was diagnosed with aplastic anemia soon after being struck by a car in New York City. In 1962, she was given steroids, which activated a dormant case of"
"The Magnificent Ambersons (film) The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama, the second feature film produced and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel, about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins, with Welles providing the narration. Welles lost control of the editing of ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" to RKO, and the final version released to audiences differed significantly from his rough cut of the film. More than"
"Adventure (1945 film) Adventure is a 1945 American romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Greer Garson. Based on the 1937 novel ""The Anointed"" by Clyde Brion Davis, the film is about a sailor who falls in love with a librarian. ""Adventure"" was Gable's first postwar film and the tagline repeated in the movie's famous trailer was ""Gable's back and Garson's got him!"" Gable had suggested ""He put the arson in Garson,"" while Garson proposed ""She put the able in Gable."" When his ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, Harry Patterson (Clark Gable), a"
"Adventure (1945 film) Adventure is a 1945 American romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Greer Garson. Based on the 1937 novel ""The Anointed"" by Clyde Brion Davis, the film is about a sailor who falls in love with a librarian. ""Adventure"" was Gable's first postwar film and the tagline repeated in the movie's famous trailer was ""Gable's back and Garson's got him!"" Gable had suggested ""He put the arson in Garson,"" while Garson proposed ""She put the able in Gable."" When his ship is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, Harry Patterson (Clark Gable), a"
"also nominated for Best Film Editing (Ted J. Kent) and Best Sound (Waldon O. Watson). It received a nomination for the 1965 Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy award. Father Goose (film) Father Goose is a 1964 American Technicolor romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron and Trevor Howard. The title derives from ""Mother Goose"", the code name assigned to Grant's character. The film won an Academy Award for its screenplay. It introduced the song ""Pass Me By"" by Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, later recorded by Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra and others."
"(1942), ""Come on Danger"" (1942) and ""Thundering Hoofs"" (1942). Holt's career received a boost in September 1941 when Orson Welles cast him as the lead in his second film, ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" (1942). ""It was a lucky decision"", Welles later said, calling Holt ""one of the most interesting actors that's ever been in American movies"". The ""Washington Post"" thought Holt ""gives an excellent account of himself"". The ""New York Times"" said he ""draws out all the meanness in George's character which is precisely what the role demands."" (In 1965 Welles wanted to reshoot the ending with those of the original"
"Academy Award nomination for Best Score of a Dramatic Picture. He composed the score for Welles's second film, ""The Magnificent Ambersons"" (1942); like the film itself, the music was heavily edited by the studio, RKO Pictures. When more than half of his score was removed from the soundtrack, Herrmann bitterly severed his ties with the film and promised legal action if his name were not removed from the credits. Herrmann also created the music for Welles's CBS radio series ""The Orson Welles Show"" (1941–1942), which included the debut of his wife Lucille Fletcher's suspense classic, ""The Hitch-Hiker""; ""Ceiling Unlimited"" (1942),"
"in ""Auntie Mame"", replacing Rosalind Russell, who had gone to Hollywood to make the film version. In 1960, Garson received her seventh and final Oscar nomination for ""Sunrise at Campobello"" in which she played Eleanor Roosevelt, this time losing to Elizabeth Taylor for ""BUtterfield 8"". Greer was special guest on an episode of the TV series ""Father Knows Best"" playing herself. On 4 October 1956, Garson appeared with Reginald Gardiner as the first two guest stars of the series in the premiere of NBC's ""The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford"". She appeared as a mystery guest on ""What's My"
"films topping the American Film Institute's AFI 100 list include Orson Welles's ""Citizen Kane"" (1941), which is frequently cited as the greatest film of all time, ""Casablanca"" (1942), ""The Godfather"" (1972), ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), ""Lawrence of Arabia"" (1962), ""The Wizard of Oz"" (1939), ""The Graduate"" (1967), ""On the Waterfront"" (1954), ""Schindler's List"" (1993), ""Singin' in the Rain"" (1952), ""It's a Wonderful Life"" (1946) and ""Sunset Boulevard"" (1950). The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, have been held annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1929, and the Golden Globe Awards have been held"
"Ben Piazza she was surprised, as they were ""the soul of understanding."" During her first years at MGM Greer Garson was Thau's mistress. Thau was a strong supporter of Garson, who received an Oscar nomination in 1941 for ""Blossoms in the Dust"". Joan Crawford, a more established star, was angry that she had not received any recognition, and blamed Thau. She left the studio. However, in 1953 she was surprised to get a call from Thau offering her a starring role in ""Torch Song"" (1953). Elizabeth Taylor was given a role by MGM in ""Lassie Come Home"", and was offered"
"that ""someone should salute England. And even if we lose $100,000, that'll be okay."" Mayer wanted British actress Greer Garson, his personal discovery, to star, but she refused to play a matronly role. Mayer implored her ""to have the same faith in me"" that he had in her. He read from the script, having her visualize the image she would present to the world, ""a woman who survives and endures. She was London. No, more than that, she was ... England!"" Garson accepted the role, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress. ""Mrs. Miniver"" won six Academy Awards and became"
"his disability was minimized. ""Sunrise at Campobello"" depicts the debilitating effects of FDR's paralytic illness to a greater extent than had been previously disclosed by the media. FDR was diagnosed with polio in 1921, but his symptoms are more consistent with Guillain–Barré syndrome - an autoimmune neuropathy which his doctors failed to consider as a diagnostic possibility. In any case, the film is accurate in the sense that FDR and everyone around him believed that his symptoms were caused by polio. Greer Garson won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama. The film was also entered"
"of six films in which Walter Pidgeon and Greer Garson co-starred. The film earned $2,948,000 in the US and Canada and $1,549,000 overseas resulting in a profit of $298,000. The reviewer for ""The New York Times"" commented that Garson was ""out of her element"" in the film, although the ""Variety"" reviewer said that she ""aquits (sic) herself like a lady out to prove she can be hoydenish when necessary. She proves it and audiences will like the new Garson."" Notes Julia Misbehaves Julia Misbehaves is a 1948 American romantic comedy film, which stars Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as a"
"Meanwhile, in his 1993 BFI book on the film, Richard Dyer notes that owing to the rise of homosexual law reform, gay men also viewed the plight of the characters as comparable to their own social constraint in the formation and maintenance of relationships. Sean O'Connor considers the film to be an ""allegorical representation of forbidden love"" informed by Noël Coward's experiences as a closeted homosexual. ""Brief Encounter"" was adapted as a radio play on 20 November 1946 episode of Academy Award Theater, starring Greer Garson. It was presented three times on The Screen Guild Theater, first on 12 May"
"industrial, and trade union circuits, the preview library, and relations with volunteer projection services. He was also responsible for all foreign distribution and the translation of Canadian films into the leading European languages. He was also involved in advising the making of many propaganda films and, therefore, got to know directors such as Joris Ivens who did ""Action Stations"" and ""Corvette Port Arthur"" for the NFB. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) awarded a special Oscar for the work that the NFB did during World War II. In 1945, when Grierson was preparing to leave the NFB,"
"earning the studio a loss of $574,000. That Forsyte Woman That Forsyte Woman (released in the United Kingdom as The Forsyte Saga) is a 1949 romance film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young and Janet Leigh. It is an adaptation of ""The Man of Property"", the first novel in ""The Forsyte Saga"" by John Galsworthy. Walter Plunkett and Arlington Valles were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color. The original music score was composed by Bronislau Kaper. Irene (Greer Garson) is the wife of Victorian ""man of property"" Soames"
"Award for Best Supporting Actress as the daughter-in-law of Greer Garson's character in ""Mrs. Miniver"". Wright is one of only nine players who have been nominated in both categories in the same year. Her three Academy Award nominations and one Academy Award in her first three films is unique. She remains the only performer to have received Academy Award nominations for her first three films. In 1943, Wright appeared in the acclaimed Universal film ""Shadow of a Doubt"", directed by Alfred Hitchcock, playing an innocent young woman who discovers her beloved uncle (played by Joseph Cotten) is a serial murderer."