Mrs. Parkington
1944 · Movie · NR · 124 min · ★ 6.0 · 69% critics
During a tense holiday gathering, a wealthy matriarch looks back on her journey from a hard-working young maid in a mining town to life among New York’s elite. Through memories of love, ambition, and social pressure, she traces the family’s rise in fortune and the conflicts that come with power, pride, and inheritance.
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Details
- Years
- 1944
- Release date
- 1944-10-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (20 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an old-school, flashback-driven family melodrama about wealth, marriage, and social climbing, with big emotions and sharp interpersonal tension; Not for you if you dislike slow, sprawling sagas like The Valley of Decision.
Pros: strong lead performance; sweeping family saga; memorable supporting roles | Cons: meandering pace; uneven script; hard-to-like characters
Themes
- wedding anniversary
- fox hunt
- edward vii
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1945 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1945 · nominated
Cast & crew
Greer Garson
as Susie Parkington
Walter Pidgeon
as Major Augustus Parkington
Edward Arnold
as Amory Stilham
Agnes Moorehead
as Baroness Aspasia Conti
Cecil Kellaway
as Edward VII, Prince of Wales
Gladys Cooper
as Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt
Frances Rafferty
as Jane Stilham
Tom Drake
as Ned Talbot
Peter Lawford
as Lord Thornley
Dan Duryea
as Jack Stilham
Directed by Tay Garnett