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
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film) on June 9, 1941 with Carole Lombard and Bob Hope. "The Screen Guild Theater" next adapted it on February 8, 1942 with Errol Flynn and Lana Turner, again on December 14, 1942 with Joan Bennett, Robert Young, and Ralph Bellamy, and once more on January 1, 1945 with Preston Foster, Louise Albritton, and Stuart Erwin. On January 30, 1949, it was adapted to "Screen Director's Playhouse" with Robert Montgomery, Mary Jane Croft, and Carlton Young. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941 film) Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 1941 American screwball comedy film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Norman Krasna,