Mrs. Parkington
by Tay Garnett
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Actor: Agnes Moorehead, Greer Garson, Tay Garnett, Walter PidgeonDirector: Tay Garnett
Brand: Warner
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 123 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-06-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Bros.
Movie Reviews of Mrs. Parkington
Movie Review: Greer's Second Greatest Performance
Summary: 5 Stars
After Kate Hepburn, Greer Garson is my favorite actress. After Mrs. Miniver, this is my favorite GG performance. (An my fourth favorite most watchable film)
Mrs. Parkington is a memory play. Greer is Susie Parkington, the matriarch of the Parkington family. And Pidgeon plays Major Agustus Parkington. He got his rank by shooting a Confederate Major.
It is Christmastime at the Parkington household. Susie's children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren gather for the festivities. Her favorite great granddaughter comes to her to tell that she is eloping. Susie tells her that she must meet this man before they elope. As Jane leaves, Susie remembers how she and the Major met.
Augustus Parkington is visiting his silver mine in Leaping Rock, Colorado. Susie's mother owns the town's only boarding house. Susie has an immediate attraction to the Major.
When Susie's mother is killed in a mine crash, the Major marries her (it is a little more complicated than that.) He takes her back to New York. The Major realizes that he really loves her and does not want to hurt her. So he runs to get advice from the one person that he feels he can trust, Baroness Aspasia Conti (Agnes Moorehead).
Aspaia begins to remold Susie to be the wife of "a force" in the business world.
Three years have passed and the Major has become one of the richest men in NY and Susie has become the perfect wife. For their 3rd anniversary he builds her a mansion, the problem is that the Major has Aspasia decorate the mansion. Susie has her own surprise, she announces that she is having his child.
The Major decides to throw a ball to introduce Susie into society but no one shows up after the Major accidently insults the head of society, the Commodore. As an indirect result of this Susie looses the baby. This sets in motion a revenge plot by the Major to destroy all those who snubbed them.
Time passes and their children grow up but their son Herbert is killed riding a horse. Susie goes into a year long morning and the Major runs off to England. It's upto Aspasia to get Susie back on her feet and to England to get back her man. (Cecil Kellaway makes a cameo as the Prince of Wales and almost steals the show!)
The Major dies in a racing car accident and the Susie is left with the family. Many years pass and it has not been kind to the Parkinton clan. Susie's great grandson-in-law has embezzeled from his company and the family must decide whether to spend their inheritence to bail him out. It's Gus' words that Susie remembers that makes the final decision.
This is a beautifully made made about a real relationship. Like every realationship, this one has its up and downs, its misunderstandings and in the end its a deep seeded love that rules the day.
Garson's performance perfectly matches her performance in Mrs. Miniver. As Mrs. Miniver was pure class and subtlty, Susie Parkington is all spunk. Add to this Agnes Moorehead's performance. Agnes is one of the greatest character actresses in any medium and this was her best (yes better than Endora). Both Garson and Moorehead were nominated for Oscars and Moorehead won the Golden Globe (she should have had an Oscar to match!)
Summary of Mrs. Parkington
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