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TCM Greatest Classic Films: Classic Moms (4FE)(DVD)

MRS. MINIVER (1942) – One of Hollywood’s most memorable spirit-lifters about an idealized England that tends its prizewinning roses while confronting the terror of World War II. Greer Garson (in a formidable Oscar®-winning Best Actress title role performance) and Walter Pidgeon star. THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942) – This second work from Orson Welles is a marvel of the writer/producer/director at peak form. The story of a bygone era based on Booth Tarkington’s novel, it follows the socially prominent Midwestern Amberson family, whose fortunes are undone by industrialization and pride. MILDRED PIERCE (1945) – What Veda wants, her mother (Joan Crawford) provides. But will she murder for her daughter? When you think you have it figured out, along comes a shocking twist ending! This stylish noir film had five Oscar® nominations, plus a Best Actress win for Crawford. I REMEMBER MAMA (1948) – Director George Stevens transitioned to the masterworks of his later career with this tender charmer from writer Dewitt Bodeen about a Norwegian immigrant family in San Francisco. Irene Dunn, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oscar Homolka and Ellen Corby give Oscar®-nominated performances.