"MRS. MINIVER"
| Sir-May I add one defiant last cheer for Mrs. Miniver before the subject is closed. In particular, I would like to challenge a statement in the letter from Sgmn. Bruce Mason, who says that Mrs. ‘Miniver is "a routine film," and that "all the old stagers ate thers. " Anyone who has not been brought up in an English village probably does find it hard to believe that characters such as Lady Beldon, her butler, the stationmaster, and others really do exist, But they do. For generations class distinction has been instilled into the British people, and the result is the development of the types from which Mrs. Miniver undoubtedly received its inspiration. Another point which seems to have been overlooked is the fact that ‘Mrs. Miniver is a film about Britain, but principally for America. In my opinion, M-G-M. deliberately set about presenting the picture in the form best calculated to please American palates,
In this M-G-M may be considered worthy promoters of propaganda for Britain. I doubt whether a film on similar lines produced in Britain would have had the same success. And again, had the producer: taken as his inspiration the bombing of London’s East End, -he would in all likelihood have been accused of presenting a "horror"
picture.
JOAN
DRURY
(Hataitai).
(We have no more space for lettérs on this subject.-Ed. )
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 194, 12 March 1943, Page 3
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