The New Pictures, Oct. 23, 1950

The Miniver Story (M-G-M). Eight years ago, against the flaming backdrop of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, Sidney Franklin produced the successful Mrs. Miniver. For this sequel, Producer Franklin has assembled four of the original cast* but, as is often the case with sequels, most of the magic is gone.

From the start it is clear that Greer Garson has been stricken with one of those dread, nameless Hollywood diseases that will kill her off in the last reel. She receives the news with a chin-up, clear-eyed gallantry that has her doctor blubbering....

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