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Laura Lansing Slept Here   1988     2 and a half stars    TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Schaefer  
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Karen Austin, Brenda Forbes, Joel Higgins, Lee Richardson, Nicolas Surovy, Schuyler Grant, Kevin McNulty, Janet Wright, Moira Walley

  Famed novelist Laura Lansing (Katharine Hepburn) accepts a bet to prove that she can move out of her Manhattan apartment and survive for one week–living with and doing the chores required of an average suburban housewife.


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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry   1986     2 and a half stars    TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Schaefer  
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Harold Gould, David Ogden Stiers, Charles(2) Frank, Bibi Besch, Denholm Elliott, Brenda Forbes, Suzanne Lederer, John Pleshette, Kathryn Walker, Babs Chula, Tom Heaton

  Wealthy, WASP, widowed Margaret Delafield (Katharine Hepburn) falls in love with a Jewish doctor, Marvin Elias (Harold Gould)–an event that throws both families into tailspins.


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Mrs. Miniver   1942     3 stars    N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler  
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Reginald Owen, Miles Mander, Henry Wilcoxon, Rhys Williams, Mary Field, Brenda Forbes, Helmut Dantine, Tom Conway

  Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) is the matriarch of a British family who holds things together as World War II closes in around them. While she tends to the children and her garden, her husband Clem (Walter Pigeon) takes part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, German bombs are dropping on their peaceful village, and the eldest son Vin (Richard Ney) falls in love with upper-crust Carol (Teresa Wright). The family seems able to face the tragedies of the war, but will the war take its toll on their young love? This film was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, Director (William Wyler), Actress (Garson), and Supporting Actress (Wright). It also won two more Oscars and was nominated for six others, including Best Actor (Pidgeon), Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), and Supporting Actress (Dame May Whitty).



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Greer Garson Mrs. Kay Miniver
Walter Pidgeon Clem Miniver
Teresa Wright Carol Beldon
Dame May Whitty Lady Beldon
Henry Travers Mr. Ballard
Richard Ney Vin Miniver
Reginald Owen Foley
Miles Mander German Agent's Voice
Henry Wilcoxon Vicar
Rhys Williams Horace Perkins
Mary Field Miss Spriggins
Brenda Forbes Gladys, the Housemaid
Helmut Dantine German Flier
Tom Conway Man

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Movie Quick Pick
1. Laura Lansing Slept Here (1988)
2. Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
3. Mrs. Miniver (1942)


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