Maureen O'Hara O'Hara beat Lauren Bacall to the role as she was busy with other engagements. Though the film was critically acclaimed, Crowther of "The New York Times" felt that the characters of O'Hara and the daughter could have been made "more humorous and spirited than they are". The following year, O'Hara appeared in the CBS television film, "Mrs. Miniver", but despite some critics approving her performance, most thought that the remake was ill-timed and that she could not top Greer Garson's performance in the 1942 Oscar-winning film. In 1961, O'Hara portrayed Kit Tilden in the western "The Deadly Companions", Sam Peckinpah's
Harold F. Kress also became a film editor. After suffering from cancer for a number of years, Kress died in Palm Desert, California on September 18, 1999 at the age of 86. Kress was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Film Editing for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1941), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), and "The Yearling" (1947). Kress won his first Academy Award for "How the West Was Won" (1962). He was nominated again for "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), and would win again for the 1974 action film "The Towering Inferno" with son Carl Kress. Only a handful of editors have received more