Actress Teresa Wright enjoyed a start to her career like no other, earning Academy Award nominations for her first three film roles, winning for her supporting performance in Mrs. Miniver, and starring in another two bona fide classics over the next three years. Her career never reached these heights again, although it continued for another fifty years. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Dryden explores the early apex of this wonderful actress in her five best-known films, all released between 1941 and 1946.
Dates and Titles:
March 7: The Little Foxes (William Wyler, 1941, 116 min., 35mm)
March 21: Mrs. Miniver (William Wyler, 1942, 134 min., 35mm)
March 28: The Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood, 1942, 128 min., 35mm)
March 29 (2 p.m.): The Pride of the Yankees (Sam Wood, 1942, 128 min., 35mm)
April 2: Shadow of a Doubt (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943, 108 min., DCP)
April 4: The Best Years of Our Lives (William Wyler, 1946, 170 min., DCP)
Events in this Series
Matinee: The Pride of the Yankees (35mm)
Teresa Wright | From Rochester, With Love A moving biopic of legendary Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — the left-handed player who rose to the top of the sport, only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable illness.
The Pride of the Yankees (35mm)
Teresa Wright | From Rochester, With Love A moving biopic of legendary Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig — the left-handed player who rose to the top of the sport, only to be cut down at the peak of his career by an incurable illness.
Mrs. Miniver (35mm)
Teresa Wright For her second film, Teresa Wright re-teamed with director William Wyler for this British-based homefront drama starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon.
Member Movie Night: The Little Foxes (35mm)
Teresa Wright Davis plays Regina, the strong-willed sister of two businessmen in turn-of-the-century Alabama on the verge of closing a deal that will make them all rich.