Ted Billings Frankenstein", starring Boris Karloff; the 1937 version of "The Prince and the Pauper", Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, and Billy and Bobby Mauch; "Stagecoach" (1939), starring John Wayne and Claire Trevor; "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon; the Bob Hope comedy, "The Princess and the Pirate"; and the 1947 classic comedy, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", starring Danny Kaye and Virginia Mayo. His final screen appearance was in a small, unnamed role in Otto Preminger's "Forever Amber", starring Linda Darnell and Cornel Wilde; the film was released in October 1947, three months after Billings' death on July
SS Empire Miniver first wartime convoy under her new name, Convoy OB-205, on 29 August 1940. The convoy dispersed the next day after coming under attack from at least four German submarines: , , , and . Though three ships from the convoy were sunk, two were damaged, and a sixth was a total loss, "Empire Miniver" arrived at Hampton Roads, on 15 September and at Baltimore two days later. After a nine-day turnaround, "Empire Miniver" sailed independently to Sydney, Nova Scotia, with a cargo of 4,500 tons of pig iron and 6,200 tons of steel, arriving on 2 October. At Sydney, she