I do have Best Years and I’m determined to make a decision on which one is better. Discover what to watch this November including a Marvel docu-series, a '90s reboot, and a Star Wars holiday celebration. Search for "The Miniver Story" on Amazon.com, Title: ( Log Out /  ), http://thegreatkh.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/myrna-loy-august-2-on-tcm.html, Summer Under the Stars Blogathon: Day 4 – Teresa Wright |, Since You Went Away (1944) – Journeys in Classic Film, #97: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 with Scott Michaels), #96: Interview With Actress Carroll Baker, #94: Marlene Dietrich, Grand Dame of Moviedom, https://c6.patreon.com/becomePatronButton.bundle.js, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. While one of the main foundations in the original is the eldest son Vin and his relationship with Carol, but in the latter Vin is absent from the entire picture with not even a single reference made to him. Like its predecessor, the picture was made by MGM starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, but it was filmed on location in England. To me this felt like watching a video on the dangers of war or strangers.

While one of the main foundations in the original is the eldest son Vin and his relationship with Carol, but in the latter Vin is absent from the entire picture with not even a single reference made to him. Interested in purchasing today’s film? They immediately like each other, even though Carol doesn’t hesitate to put Vin and his ideas in their place. When their son Vincent, Vin to everyone, comes home from Oxford for the summer he is immediately attracted to Carol Beldon, granddaughter of Lady Beldon. The Minivers are a comfortable, upper middle class family with little problem outside of Mrs. Miniver admitting she loves nice things (so it’s safe to assume the crux of the film will be her having to do without said nice things?).

Kay Miniver has also conducted a brief but platonic affair with an American colonel. Interview with Film Historian Anthony Slide. Despite this, she persuades the general to return to his wife, leaving Judy free to marry Tom. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site?

The various events in the film have little to do with each other and all show how the bad events of war affect them although nothing bad ever happens directly to the various family members. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. Director Wyler admitted the film was a propaganda piece for the war and it shows in how much of a cautionary tale this is. I’m attempting to see the rest of Wyler’s work after loving The Heiress and actually had Mrs. Miniver in my possession before that film. Greer and Walter - the proper pecking order (That's despite me being a Walter Pigeon fan too !) Listen to episodes early, receive gifts, and more by becoming a Patron. View production, box office, & company info, Political Pleasures in Potter’s The Farmer’s Daughter (1947) | Blu-ray Review, ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Won’t Be a Blockbuster, But It’s Rewriting Movie Sequel History, British Film and Hollywood: What If Hitchcock Had Stayed in the UK? He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

Thanks for reading! They feel very deeply but there stiff upper lip holds everything together and keeps them from going crazy or, as an American would see it, being very interesting or realistic.

When Carol Beldon goes to the Minivers she does so in order to have Mrs. Miniver convince the man entering the local flower contest to drop out because Carol’s grandmother has always won. Drama. After their orphanage burns down, a group of children are being transported west by train to Manitoba. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Thanks so much! The neighborhood showcased throughout the film is one of stagnation. It was at her request Ney's character be dropped from this film in every way. While their love story doesn’t have the passion I expected, Wright always appears natural and effortless in her emotions and control of a scene. All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie, Ontario little Patsy ... See full summary ». It doesn’t have the everyman quality of other war films leaving you cold to the plight of the family.

I Can’t Believe They Chose That As Best Picture.

Clem decides to stay in London and brings Tom into his architectural practice, and soon after he's made aware of his wife's illness. The family, headed by the lovely and gracious matriarch, endures the departure of the father for the beaches at Dunkirk, the discovery of a wounded Nazi pilot, the death of the daughter-in-law in an air raid, and the entry of the son into the Royal Air Force.

A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II. She is well-liked by everyone and the local station master has even named his new rose after her.

Later on Vin makes a big deal of proposing to Carol and telling her not to do something “until I get back.”  With a final “don’t worry about me” you’re prepping for Vin to come back in a casket.

The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family. A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter, who she gave up as an infant, and her estranged husband, when the former becomes engaged. The story, told partly in flashback and narrated by Clem Miniver, commences on VE Day as Clem and Judy return home from war service and Toby returns from a foster family in America. MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK. The sadness has nothing to do with post war and is somewhat random. A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II. If you use the handy link below a small portion will be donated to this site! Screenplay: George Froeschel, Ronald Millar, Randal Miller, inspired by characters created by Jan Struther. Dearly Departed Tours owner Scott Michaels joins us to get down with the residents of Transylvania in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Again, wrong.Garson and Pidgeon do respectable acting jobs as the couple with on screen chemistry, but the script is a tedious thing and certainly not up to the standards of the original film. Add the first question. And yet Vin ends the film completely fine! They could have made it an uplifting story of life after WWII in England, and instead they chose to have it end horribly. British hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria has Hitler in his gun sight. Dusting Off Celluloid 1940s: Which Old Movie Would You Like to See? War is senseless, we know, but by not affecting the Minivers directly we take on an “it happened to somebody I knew” stance to the story (sorry if I got you singing Gotye). Thank you so much for this review, because my group of classic movie friends tends to be OBSESSED with Greer Garson, and hence Mrs. Miniver is hailed as one of the great movies of all time. Well here it is .....the Miniver story the follow up to the much loved, highly successful - four Oscars - Mrs Miniver.

All of them are available for adoption and at a stop at Scourie, Ontario little Patsy ... See full summary ». I currently run two podcasts, Citizen Dame and Ticklish Business. It was at her request Ney's character be dropped from this film in every way. Clem Miniver is a successful architect and his beautiful wife Kay is the anchor that keeps the family together. I personally have a great fondness for Mrs. Miniver partly because of one of the things that turned you off–the normalcy of the family.

Soon Vin is in the RAF and everyone has to put up with the hardship of war including blackouts and air raids. Then again, I’ve been surprised by so many movies that aren’t highly praised I think it balances things out. View production, box office, & company info, Political Pleasures in Potter’s The Farmer’s Daughter (1947) | Blu-ray Review, ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Won’t Be a Blockbuster, But It’s Rewriting Movie Sequel History, British Film and Hollywood: What If Hitchcock Had Stayed in the UK? Inciting Event: Mrs. Miniver’s oldest son Vin returns from Oxford—full of new ideas—and meets Carol, the granddaughter of the local noblewoman. The Minivers are an English middle-class family trying to live life despite the encroachment of war. Let’s discuss the good about this movie and it comes in the form of actress Teresa Wright, a new nominee for my Hall of Fame.

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