President Franklin D. Roosevelt was so impressed with Mrs. Miniver (1942), which won the Best Picture Oscar, that he requested from MGM a hasty release. He also has the vicar’s inspirational speech at the end of the film printed in leaflet forms and then dropped by Allies airplanes over Nazi-occupied Europe.
Reel/Real Impact: Mrs. Miniver and Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was so impressed with Mrs. Miniver (1942), which won the Best Picture Oscar, that he requested from MGM a hasty release. He also has the vicar’s inspirational speech at the end of the film printed in leaflet forms and then dropped by Allies airplanes over Nazi-occupied Europe.