Mrs. Miniver Extremely Rare Original 1942 14/22 Window Card WWII Classic

Here is an extremely rare very early vintage original 1942 14" by 22" window card for the 1942 WWII classic Mrs. Miniver directed by William Wyler--one of the greates movies of all time! Minor staining, minor creasing right side, several tears repaired (very well done; I only noticed them from the reverse), minor corner and edge wear, minor fading, crease lower right corner.

Extremely rare and wonderful movie! Miniver earned six Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Garson), Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright), Adapted Screenplay and Cinematography.

The picture received six additional nominations, Best Actor (Walter Pidgeon), Best Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), Supporting Actress (Dame May Whitty), Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Sound and Special Effects. Wright was also nominated in the Best Actress category that year, for her performance in Pride of the Yankees. According to some modern sources on the history of the Academy Awards ceremonies, Garson's acceptance speech upon receiving her award was so lengthy that the Academy henceforth requested that recipients limit their remarks, but the official AMPAS publication on the Oscars notes that the length was considerably exaggerated and Garson was quoted as saying... Actually it clocked at about five-and-a-half minutes, but I... Somewhat fractured a long-standing rule which was that a winner should simply say'thank you' and then dissolve into a flood of tears and sit down. The history continues that the length of Garson's speech did not result in a time limit for acceptance speechs; time restrictions were not imposed until many years later, when the Awards ceremonies were broadcast live on television.

The film received numerous "Best Film of the Year" honors from various publications and societies in the U. And abroad, including STR, MPH, Box, NYT, The National Board of Review and Canadian Film Weekly. Many reviews highly praised the film, with trade and consumer publications almost unanimously commenting on its excellence. The Var reviewed noted, "It's impossible to praise too highly Wyler's direction" and the HR review stated, A masterful film document... His [Wyler's] is a faultless work.

NYT review reads, in part, It is hard to believe that a picture could be made within the heat of present strife which would clearly, but without a cry for vengeance, crystallize the cruel effect of total war upon a civilized people. Yet that is what has been magnificently done in Metro's Mrs. " The review in Look magazine stated, "The most important motion picture to come out of this war hasn't a single battle in it.

British and Canadian reviews were equally positive. Many contemporary and modern sources have commented on the propaganda value of Mrs. Miniver in the British war effort, and the part the film played in swaying American public opinion into stronger support for Britain as the United States entered World War II. HR news items and ads noted that Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the U. Sent a congratulatory telegram to Wyler, stating that the film portrays the life that people live in England today in a way that cannot fail to move all that see it. I hope that this picture will bring home to the American public that the average Englishman is a good partner to have in time of trouble. British newspaper mogul and cabinet member Lord Beaverbrook expressed similar sentiments, as well as praising the film as a morale boost for England. A news item in the Daily Telegraph (London) recorded an often repeated quotation attributed to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that the effect of the film on "public sentiment in the USA was worth a whole regiment" during World War II. A Gallup poll, conducted in Sep 1942, indicated that among those Americans who had seen Mrs.

Miniver, the Twentieth-Century Fox film This Above All and the Universal picture Eagle Squadron (see above and below), which all opened in early summer 1942, 17% more were favorable toward the British than those who had not seen the films. A Mar 1943 HR news item noted that M-G-M head Louis B. Mayer was asked by President Franklin Roosevelt and Churchill to show the film specifically to help the war effort.