Now I Know What's The Trouble With Harry.

(WARNING all Trouble With Harry fans, this is a very negative review of a movie made by the world's best thriller director, who obviously does not know how to do black comedy.)

For one thing, Harry does not seem to be noticed properly until about halfway through the film. Until then he is just lying on a forest path being tripped over.

And here is Harry.

And for some reason Shirley MacLaine (Harry being her estranged husband) seems not to care at all that her husband is dead. In fact, it is her little boy who discovers the body but strangely doesn't recognise him! I know everyone has to make a bad movie, and Hitchcock, your's certainly was a doozie. So after 45 minutes of my idea of hell I decided to put on Mrs Minniver, Directed by William Wyler (who is by the way, topping my favourite directors list at the moment), and spent the rest of the evening crying my eyes out for Greer Garson.

Mrs Miniver

Cast:

• Greer Garson as Mrs. Kay Miniver
• Walter Pidgeon as Clem Miniver
• Teresa Wright as Carol Beldon
• Dame May Whitty as Lady Beldon

Plot: 

Mr. and Mrs. Miniver and their family live in a large house on the outskirts of London. They have a big garden and a private docking area on the river Thames. When their older son, Vin, comes home from Oxford where he has been studying, he falls in love with Carol Beldon, the grand-daughter of one of the most wealthy and influential women in the comunity. But when World War II starts, Vin joins the airforce and Mr. Minniver is part of a sort of home guard. Mrs. Minniver finds herself fighting in her own way at home to save not only her house and village which are rapidly being destroyed by bombs, but her family too.

The Review:

When I came into the room where we were watching it, my mum said "Bette, guess who directed this," I couldn't guess so my mum told me. "William Wyler," Well that was enough to glue me to my seat for a considerable amount of time, and that was before I had even seen Greer Garson as Mrs. Miniver. I spent the evening crying for her, her son, her husband and everyone. I didn't even notice the fact that the house looked like a Hollywood mansion rather than an English country-house. It was definitely a very moving film that has a big impact on you.

Awards

It was the Winner of 6 Academy Awards.

Award	Won	Result	Notes
Outstanding Motion Picture	Won	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Winner was Sidney Franklin, the film's producer
Best Director	Won	William Wyler
Best Actor	Nominated	Walter Pidgeon	Winner was James Cagney for Yankee Doodle Dandy
Best Actress	Won	Greer Garson
Best Writing, Screenplay	Won	George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis
Best Supporting Actor	Nominated	Henry Travers	Winner was Van Heflin for Johnny Eager
Best Supporting Actress	Won	Teresa Wright
Best Supporting Actress	Nominated	May Whitty	Winner was Teresa Wright for Mrs. Miniver
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Won	Joseph Ruttenberg
Best Effects, Special Effects	Nominated	A. Arnold Gillespie (photographic) Warren Newcombe (photographic) Douglas Shearer (sound)	Winner was Gordon Jennings, Farciot Edouart, William L. Pereira, Louis Mesenkop for Reap the Wild Wind
Best Film Editing	Nominated	Harold F. Kress	Winner was Daniel Mandell for The Pride of the Yankees
Best Sound, Recording	Nominated	Douglas Shearer	Winner was Nathan Levinson for Yankee Doodle Dandy

~Bette

Back At School And Eager To Blog!

Just before I post this, I wanted to just ask you to remember Cammie King Conlon's brilliant performance in Gone with The Wind as Bonnie, because she died today. You can read an article about it here.

Ok, so today I am going to watch The Trouble With Harry, which I am very much looking forward to seeing, because many people say that it is actually quite a change of pace from things like Rear Window, and of course it has my beloved Shirley MacLaine in it.

She is so cute... and that haircut!

So hopefully *Crossed Fingers* I will get around to reviewing that before too long. But, I wanted to ask you, have you seen Indescreet with Ingrid Bergman and Cary grant (In thier first screen pairing since Notorious in 1946) in it? It is one of thier lesser know ones. I saw it the other day, and while it is not my favourite Ingrid or Cary movie, it is very sweet and entertaining. The plot consists mainly of a comic love story about the romance of an aging theatre star (Ingrid Bergman) and a single man who pretends to be married so he does not get tied down to anyone (Cary Grant).

Now that I am back at school, I won't be able to post as much, but I will watching movies lots. I was thrilled when my English teacher told me this morning to "Watch as many films as you can when you get home," that for me is like a teacher asking you to eat sweets for homework!

Well, I'm off to watch The Trouble With Harry. Have a nice weekend all you readers, and if you know what you have planned to watch this weekend, please feel free to post it in a comment!

~Bette