Mrs. Miniver (character) President Franklin D. Roosevelt credited it for hastening America's involvement in the war. Winston Churchill is said to have claimed that it had done more for the Allied cause than a flotilla of battleships. Churchill is further quoted by Bernard Wasserstein in his book, "Barbarism and Civilization," as saying that the book (and later the film) was worth "six divisions of war effort." In 1942, when the film came out, Roosevelt ordered it rushed to theaters. The film adaptation of "Mrs. Miniver" was produced by MGM in 1942 with Greer Garson in the leading role and William Wyler directing. Under
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