A Rose for Mrs. Miniver: The Life of Greer Garson

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Vreface ix "A radiant rose of a woman ..." Cobey Black, Honolulu Star Bulletin, June 9, 1967. x "You're not who I thought you were .. :' Diane Jennings, Dallas Morning News, Sept. 23, 1984. x "So perhaps it's not surprising .. :' Henry Sheenan, Orange County Register, April 12, 1996. xi "a romantic, tempestuous beauty ..." Beth Emerson, "Secret Romance;' Photoplay-Movie Mirror, Aug. 1942. xi "A rose is a visual paradox .. :' Sally Brompton, Times, March 30, 1990. xii "desperately romantic .. :' Ibid. Vn)lu!ue "You made us feel more brave .. :' Queen Elizabeth letter to G.G., undated, SMU G.G. collection. 2 "It was a very emotional evening ..." Teresa Wright, Turner Classic Movies interview, 1996. 4 "I suppose I always believed in fairy tales .. :' Jennings, Dallas Morning News, Sept. 23, 1984. Chapter 1 5 "Destined, as I was ..." Gladys Hall, Silver Screen, July 20, 1942. 7 "Tea with Greer Garson ..." Porter Anderson, Dallas Magazine, Aug. 1992. 7 "I was born .. :' Hall, Silver Screen. 7 "rather horridly .. :' Ibid. 7 "Mother seems to have outgrown .. :' Ibid. 7 "Legendary film star .. :' Eddie McIlwaine, Belfast Telegraph, April 9, 1996. 10 "From the composite picture " Hall, Silver Screen. 10 "one of those charming men " Ibid. 11 "Aunt Alexina was a very strict Presbyterian .. :' Ibid. 11 "small, dark and narrow .. :' Ibid. Notes 11 "[the phrase genteel poverty] is more attractive .. ." Ibid. 11 "By the time ..." Ruth Waterbury, "Redheaded Rebel;' Photoplay-Movie Mirror, Feb. 1941. 11 "I lived the characters ..." Kitty Callahan, The Family Circle, Jan. 28, 1944. 12 "I think I was pretty until I lost my teeth ..." Hall, Silver Screen. 12 "I was an odd kid ..." Ibid. 12 "I loved my Saturday mornings ..." Ibid. 12 "with my brow .. ." Ibid. Chapte.-2 13 "We had some kind neighbors ..."Waterbury, Photoplay-Movie Mirror, Feb. 1941. 14 "Although Celtic by birth and temperament .. ." Hall, Silver Screen, July 20, 1942. 14 "running about like a happy little ragamuffin." Ibid. 15 "If Grandmother had been of this generation .. ." Ibid. 15 "I remember playing under blue skies .. ." McIlwaine, Belfast Telegraph obituary, April 9, 1996. 15 "a great fur, fish and feather man ..." Mona Gardner, Ladies Home Journal, Sept. 1944. 15 "On two occasions ..." Hall, Silver Screen. 15 "unconsciously great." G.G., "Christmas Story;' Photoplay, Jan. 1947. 15 "She was not a very good sailor ..." Dr. Sophia Sloan to author. 15 "it's rather mortifying ..." Dorothy Drake, Program, June 1935. 15 "a gentle sport .. :' Ibid. 15 "Ahoy ..." G.G. letter, SMU G.G. collection. 16 "It always smelled wonderful ... Consistent with the biographies .. ." G.G., "Christmas Story." 16 "My two brothers and I .. ." Commodore Robin W. Garson to author. 17 "I would throw myself ..." G.G., Photoplay, Jan. 1947. 17 "She was always brilliantly clever ..." Dr. Sloan to author. 17 "I wish you could have seen my Shylock .. ." Waterbury, Photoplay-Movie Mirror. 17 "I must have looked over a cloud .. ." Hall, Silver Screen. Chapte.-J 18 "dark and powerful looking ..." Hall, Silver Screen, July 20, 1942. 18 "It was delicately understood that Alec admired me ..." Ibid. 18 "Only the very young " Lydia Lane, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 22, 1954. 18 "I was an introvert " G.G., Modern Screen, Jan. 1949. 18 "Acting was in the family ..." Commodore Robin W. Garson to author. 19 "Mother had given my childish talk ..." Hall, Silver Screen. 19 "My grandmother Garson ..." G.G.letter to Norma Wilson, Feb. 27,1956, SMU G.G. collection. Notes 19 "Apparently I 'gave satisfaction' ..." Howard Sharpe, Modern Screen, 1947. 19 "to be in the city .. :' Hall, Silver Screen. 20 "that hateful neighborhood." Ibid. 20 "the prettiest in Ilford . . ." Ibid. 20 "So thrilled was I .. :' Ibid. 20 "Marguery sauce ... summons up ..." Gardner, Ladies Home Journal, Sept. 1944. 21 "scholastic and sartorial triumph .. :' Hall, Silver Screen. 21 "There is inspiration ..." G.G., Honorary Doctorate in Music speech, Cleveland Institute of Music, May 31, 1973. 21 "I often visited there .. :' Dr. Sloan to author. 21 "I did not go to Grenoble ..." Hall, Silver Screen. 21 "I like women .. :' G.G. letter, 1927, SMU G.G. collection. 22 "I played the part of the young business executive .. :' Ibid. 22 "I never lacked for excuses ..." Sanders, Memoirs, p.38. 22 "A thousand little candles .. :' Hall, Silver Screen. 22 "With my hair smoothed back " Ibid. 23 "I hear you have an excellent job " Ibid. 23 "Then . . :' Ibid. 23 "Where is the girl . . ." Ibid. Chapter- ,( 24 "a trim little theatre .. :' Hardwicke, Irreverent Memoirs, p. 112. 24 "to enlarge...