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WINNER OF SIX OSCARS NEXT IN ACADEMY'S "STANDARD SCREENINGS" SERIES
"Mrs. Miniver" Plus Short Films "Kokoda Front Line" and Animated "The Blitz Wolf" to Play July 13
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, July 1, 1992 -- "Mrs. Miniver," the 1942 classic which won
six of the 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for, will top the bill of films to be featured July 13 in the Standard Screenings series of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences in Beverly Hills.
Two short films, also from 1942, will be shown along with the feature. "Kokoda
Front Line" is an Australian documentary and "The Blitz Wolf' is an MGM-produced
cartoon. The monthly series is designed to provide today's filmgoers with the opportunity to
see the highest quality prints of vintage films which earned Academy Award nominations
and Oscars. "Mrs. Miniver," starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright and
Dame May Whitty, received Academy Awards for Best Picture (Sidney Franklin), Best Actress (Garson), Best Supporting Actress (Wright), Best Director (William Wyler), Best Screenplay (George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West and Arthur Wimperis) and
Best Cinematography (Joseph Ruttenberg). It was also nominated for Best Actor
(Pidgeon), Best Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), Sound Recording (Douglas Shearer),
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