Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Helen O’Hara

Episode 78: Mrs Miniver (1942)

Released 13 January 2021

For this episode, we watched Mrs Miniver based loosely on the 1940 novel by Jan Struther. It starred Greer Garson (won), Walter Pidgeon (nominated), Henry Travers (nominated), May Whitty (nominated) and Theresa Wright (won) and was directed by William Wyler (won). It also won for its screenplay and cinematography.

• Helen O’Hara https://twitter.com/HelenLOHara
• The real Helen O’Hara https://youtu.be/8vBUUfO_m5Q
• Bette Davis hawks war bonds https://youtu.be/ZqQHkLuVwAM
• Carry on Up the Khyber dinner scene https://youtu.be/kaUEwiz3MzM
• https://www.waterstones.com/book/women-vs-hollywood/helen-ohara/9781472144430

Next time we will be discussing Birdman. If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD or Blu-Ray on Amazon.co.uk, or Amazon.com, or you can download it via iTunes (UK) or iTunes (USA).

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