Mrs. Miniver

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Call Number: DVD Drama Mrs.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Originally released as a motion picture in 1942.
Based on the novel by Jan Struther.
Special features: Greer Garson Academy Award footage; photo gallery (33 stills); 2 vintage MGM wartime shorts: "Mr. Blabbermouth" & "For the common defense"; theatrical trailer.
Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Henry Wilcoxon, Christopher Severn.
The story of a middle-class British family and their struggle to survive during WWII. Mrs. Miniver nobly tends her rose garden while her stalwart husband participates in the evacuation at Dunkirk. She personafies grace under pressure as the Miniver family huddles in their bomb shelter during a Luftwaffe attack, while she is forced to confront a downed Nazi paratrooper in her kitchen, and while she is preparing for her annual flower show - despite the exigencies of bombing raids. Even the vicars climactic call to arms from the pulpit of his ruined church seems to bring out the best in people.
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great! submitted by 0liviap0pp on August 22, 2011, 7:35am This is a great movie!

watched for first time submitted by kencza on August 21, 2017, 8:35am I'm glad I finally saw this classic award winning movie.
A period piece including encouragement to buy war bonds in the final credits, and featuring
a truly outstanding( her best ever?) performance by Greer Garson. Also features a personal favorite
in Henry Travers (of A Wonderful Life fame). I love the hokey sets and effects. The scene with the battleship in a tub
of water just kills me.