Getting To Know Greer Garson
My picks for the most essential movies of Greer Garson's celebrated Hollywood career, for beginners.
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- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonTeresa WrightA British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.Garson's Academy Award-winning role, as the beautiful and inspiring mother of a middle-class English family during WWII. Her chemistry with longtime onscreen husband Walter Pidgeon is cute.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsGreer GarsonLaurence OlivierMary BolandThe arrival of wealthy bachelors in town causes an uproar when families with single daughters aggressively seek engagements, including the Bennet family, with five eligible daughters.Garson sparkles in this light literary adaptation as the most sensible and witty of the Bennet sisters. Good light romance with a solid cast.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsRonald ColmanGreer GarsonPhilip DornAn amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.A tear-jerking romance for the ages, with an intriguing amnesia twist. Garson plays the woman who falls in love with WWI vet Ronald Colman when he doesn't remember who he is, and she stays close to him even when he doesn't remember who *she* is.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyAlbert LewinStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonHenry TraversDespite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.Another in a line of Garson/Pidgeon vehicles, this one about the real-life scientist couple whose research opened the door to new fields in chemistry. Garson and Pidgeon have great onscreen chemistry, as well. Garson's fourth Oscar nomination.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonFelix BressartAfter losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.Greer Garson in glorious color! Finally, a chance to see that famous red hair of hers. She plays a selfless woman who cares for foundlings and orphans and advocates child rights. Paired with Pidgeon for the first time and Oscar-nominated for the second time.
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsGreer GarsonWalter PidgeonEdward ArnoldA widowed matriarch reminisces about her family fortunes, including her romance with a financier/mine owner.Garson puts on a black wig, but is still as beautiful as ever. She plays a woman at various stages of her life, with makeup effects aging her from teenager to octogenarian. Her performance is nuanced and earned her a fifth Oscar nod.
- DirectorSam WoodSidney FranklinStarsRobert DonatGreer GarsonTerry KilburnAn aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.Garson's first major Hollywood role and her first Oscar nomination. She plays the loving support of schoolmaster Robert Donat, who won an Oscar in the title role.