Walter Pidgeon of his better known roles was in "The Dark Command", where he portrayed the villain (loosely based on American Civil War guerrilla William C. Quantrill) opposite John Wayne, Claire Trevor, and a young Roy Rogers. It was not until he starred in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) that his popularity returned. He then starred opposite Greer Garson in "Blossoms in the Dust" (1941), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor) and its sequel, "The Miniver Story" in 1950. He was also nominated in 1944 for "Madame
London in film Second World War itself, featured London locations, including "Millions Like Us" (1943) and "Waterloo Road" (1944). The Blitz featured prominently in the Ealing drama "The Bells Go Down" (1943), and in Humphrey Jennings' drama-documentary "Fires Were Started" (1943). The latter featured real firemen recreating scenes from the bombings. At the same time, a number of London-set films were being made in Hollywood, like "Waterloo Bridge" (1940), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) and "Forever and a Day" (1943). The latter followed several generations of owners of a London house until 1943. Later films set in the city during World War II include "The