Mrs. Parkington (1944)
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.
Director:
Tay Garnett
Writers:
Robert Thoeren, Polly James.
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Greer Garson as Susie Parkington |
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Walter Pidgeon as Major Augustus Parkington |
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Edward Arnold as Amory Stilham |
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Agnes Moorehead as Baroness Aspasia Conti |
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Cecil Kellaway as Edward VII, Prince of Wales |
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Gladys Cooper as Alice, Dutchess de Brancourt |
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Frances Rafferty as Jane Stilham |
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Tom Drake as Ned Talbot |
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Peter Lawford as Lord Thornley |
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Dan Duryea as Jack Stilham |
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Hugh Marlowe as John Marbey |
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Selena Royle as Mattie Trounson |
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Fortunio Bonanova as Signor Cellini |
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Lee Patrick as Madeleine Parkington Swann |
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Harry Cording as Humphrey |
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Celia Travers as Belle |
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Mary Servoss as Mrs. Graham |
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Rod Cameron as Al Swann |
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Helen Freeman as Helen Parkington Stilham |
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Tala Birell as Lady Nora Ebbsworth |
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Hans Conried as Mr. Ernst |
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Gerald Oliver Smith as Taylor |
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Gordon Richards as James |
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Harry Adams as Ball Waiter (uncredited) |
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Jessie Arnold as Leaping Rock Pedestrian (uncredited) |
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William Bailey as Ball Musician (uncredited) |
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Wilson Benge as Ball Caterer (uncredited) |
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John Berkes as Beggar (uncredited) |
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Margaret Bert as Nurse (uncredited) |
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Symona Boniface as Clothing Fitter (uncredited) |
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Eugene Borden as Drunk (uncredited) |
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George M. Carleton as Old Man at Ball (uncredited) |
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Maurice Cass as Shopkeeper (uncredited) |
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Naomi Childers as Hannah (uncredited) |
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Wallis Clark as Capt. McTavish (uncredited) |
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Marcelle Corday as Madame de Thebes (uncredited) |
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Rex Evans as Fat Man at Ball (uncredited) |
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Al Ferguson as Miner (uncredited) |
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Edward Fielding as Rev. Pilbridge (uncredited) |
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Lee Tung Foo as Sam (uncredited) |
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Byron Foulger as Norman Vance (uncredited) |
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Robert Greig as Mr. Orlando (uncredited) |
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Hugo Haas as Balkan King (uncredited) |
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Winifred Harris as Woman with Fat Man at Ball (uncredited) |
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Howard Hickman as Dr. Herrick (uncredited) |
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Brandon Hurst as Footman (uncredited) |
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Alma Kruger as Mrs. Jacob Livingstone (uncredited) |
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Kay Medford as Minnie (uncredited) |
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Rhea Mitchell as Mrs. Humphrey (uncredited) |
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Noreen Nash as Bridget (uncredited) |
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Marianne Stewart as French Maid (uncredited) |
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Doodles Weaver as Caterer (uncredited) |
| Production | Leon Gordon | Producer |
| Art | Randall Duell | Art Direction |
| Art | McLean Nisbet | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Charles D. Hall | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Crew | A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jack Dawn | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Valles | Costume Design |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Sound Director |
| Sound | Bronislau Kaper | Music |
| Directing | Tay Garnett | Director |
| Writing | Robert Thoeren | Screenplay |
| Writing | Polly James | Screenplay |
| Writing | Louis Bromfield | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irene | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| Editing | George Boemler | Editor |
