Mrs. Parkington (1944)

Academy Awards, USA
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1945	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Greer Garson
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Agnes Moorehead

MGM
Directed by Tay Garnett
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Greer Garson is the matriarch of a wealthy New York City family. In her old age, her children and grandchildren bicker over money and other affairs. Through flashbacks, she tells the story of her marriage to Walter Pidgeon. She meets him in her western home town when he is running a silver mine. He sweeps her off her feet and introduces her to New York society. More flashbacks reveal that they have marital problems, mostly due to Pidgeon being a hot-tempered, womanizing scoundrel. More flashbacks show glimpses of their children and chronicle her relationship with friend Agnes Moorehead. In the end, it's an overlong, episodic soap opera with poorly developed characters, particularly those in the "present time".