ID

FBW001261      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

Mrs. Miniver

Directed by

William Wyler

Produced by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) (Loew's, Inc.), Culver City, CA (New York, NY)

Staff

Producer: Sidney A. Franklin; Script: Arthur Wimperis, George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West; Based on: Jan Struther (based on the novel "Mrs. Miniver"); Camera: Joseph Ruttenberg; Special optical effects: Warren Newcombe, A. Arnold Gillespie; Editing: Harold F. Kress; Art direction: Cedric Gibbons, Uri McCleary; Set decoration: Edwin B. Willis; Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie; Costume design: Robert Kalloch; Music: Herbert Stothart

Cast

Greer Garson (Mrs. Kay Miniver); Walter Pidgeon (Clem Miniver); Teresa Wright (Carol Beldon); Dame May Whitty (Lady Beldon); Henry Travers (Mr. Ballard); Reginald Owen (Foley); Miles Mander (German Agent's Voice); Henry Wilcoxon (Vicar); Richard Ney (Vin Miniver); Clare Sandars (Judy Miniver); Christopher Severn (Toby Miniver); Brenda Forbes (Gladys, the Housemaid); Rhys Williams (Horace Perkins); Marie de Becker (Ada, the Cook); Helmut Dantine (German Flier); Mary Field (Miss Spriggins); Tom Conway (Man); Paul Scardon (Nobby); Ben Webster (Ginger); Aubrey Mather (George, the Innkeeper); Forrester Harvey (Huggins); John Abbott (Fred, the Porter); Connie Leon (Simpson, the Maid); Billy Bevan (Conductor); Florence Wix (Woman with Dog); Robert Hale (Old Man); Alice Monk (Lady Passenger); Ottola Nesmith (Saleslady); Douglas Gordon (Porter); Gerald Oliver Smith (Car Dealer); Alec Craig (Joe); Clara Reid (Mrs. Huggins); Harry Allen (William); Leslie Vincent (Dancing Partner); John Burton (Halliday, Miniver Guest); Leonard Carey (Haldon's Butler); Eric Lonsdale (Marston); Guy Bellis (Barman); Charles Irwin (Mac); Ian Wolfe (Dentist); David Thursby (Farmer); Charles Bennett (Milkman); Arthur Wimperis (Sir Henry); David Clyde (Carruthers); Colin Campbell; Herbert Clifton (Doctor); Leslie Francis (Doctor); David Dunbar (Man in Store); Art Berry, Sr. (Man in Store); Sidney D'Albrook (Man in Store); Gene Byram (Glee Club Member); Virginia Bassett (Glee Club Member); Aileen Carlyle (Glee Club Member); Irene Denny (Glee Club Member); Herbert Evans (Glee Club Member); Eula Morgan (Glee Club Member); Vernon Steele (Glee Club Member); Vivie Steele (Glee Club Member); Marek Windheim (Glee Club Member); Tudor Williams (Glee Club Member); Kitty Watson (Contestant); Hugh Greenwood (Contestant); Sybil Bacon (Contestant); Flo Benson (Contestant); Harold Howard (Judge); Billy Engle (Townsman); Louise Bates (Miniver Guest); Edward Cooper (Waiter); Walter Byron (Man in Tavern); Ted Billings (Man in Tavern); Dan Maxwell (Man in Tavern); Frank Atkinson (Man in Tavern); Henry King (Man in Tavern); Gil Perkins (Man in Tavern); John Power (Man in Tavern); Thomas Louden (Mr. Verger); Peter Lawford (Pilot); Stanley Mann (Workman); Leslie Sketchley (Policeman); Emerson Fisher-Smith (Policeman); Frank Baker (Policeman); Colin Kenny (Policeman)

Length

134'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

It is the summer of 1939, and Kay Miniver is returning home in the small village of Belham outside of London. At the train station she is met by railroad supervisor Mr. Ballard, who asks if he can give the name "Mrs. Miniver" to his new hybrid rose, which he plans on entering in a local flower contest. Kay agrees. Later Vin Miniver, her son, falls in love with Carol Beldon. The couple becomes engaged just as WWII begins. Then Clem Miniver goes off with the other men of the village in little boats to help hundreds of thousands of retreating British soldiers stranded on the beaches of Dunkirk. In his absence Kay Miniver discovers a wounded German pilot outside her house. Holding a gun on him she turns him over to authorities. When Clem Miniver returns, Vin Miniver and Carol are married. During an air raid, Carol is machine-gunned to death. Vin Miniver later flies with his RAF squadron against the enemy.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Holdings

- Kinemathek Hamburg, Hamburg

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987