Scandal at Scourie

Scandal at Scourie
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Written by	Norman Corwin Leonard Spigelgass Karl Tunberg
Based on	Good Boy 1951 story in Good Housekeeping by Mary McSherry[1]
Produced by	Edwin H. Knopf
Starring	Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Donna Corcoran
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Edited by	Ferris Webster
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	May 17, 1953 (1953-05-17)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,148,000[2]
Box office	$1,625,000[2]

Scandal at Scourie is a 1953 American drama Technicolor film directed by Jean Negulesco, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon "above the title", and co-starring Donna Corcoran. Garson and Pidgeon were together for the 8th and last time in this movie, which was filmed on location in Canada.

Plot

Catholic girl Patsy (Donna Corcoran) lives in an orphanage in Quebec. After Patsy accidentally knocks over a lamp, starting a fire that burns the orphanage down, she finds a new home with the McChesney couple, who live in Protestant Ontario. While Victoria McChesney (Greer Garson) is excited about the new family member, Patrick McChesney (Walter Pidgeon) reacts reluctantly as he was uninformed of the adoption, and is also a candidate for the Parliament in Ottawa. After Victoria overcomes a case of mycetism caused by Patsy collecting poisonous mushrooms, Patsy is suspected of causing a fire at the local school. The examination of the case finds no concrete evidence against Patsy. McChesney declares to give up his candidature in order to accept Patsy as his daughter. Patsy, however, flees. In the meantime, her innocence is proven. Patsy is found again and accepted in the McChesney home as their daughter.

Cast

• Greer Garson as Victoria McChesney
• Walter Pidgeon as Patrick J. McChesney
• Agnes Moorehead as Sister Josephine
• Donna Corcoran as Patsy
• Arthur Shields as Father Reilly
• Philip Ober as B. G. Belney
• Rhys Williams as Bill Swazey
• Margalo Gillmore as Alice Hanover
• John Lupton as Artemus
• Philip Tonge as Fred Gogarty
• Wilton Graff as Leffington
• Ian Wolfe as Councilman Hurdwell
• Michael Pate as Rev. Williams
• Tony Taylor as Edward
• Patricia Tiernan as Second Nun
• Victor Wood as James Motley
• Perdita Chandler as Sister Dominique
• Walter Baldwin as Michael Hayward
• Ida Moore as Mrs. Ames

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $783,000 in the US and Canada and $842,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $333,000.^[2]

Notes

Scandal at Scourie was the last of eight movies that paired Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. The others were:

• Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942)
• Madame Curie (1943)
• Mrs. Parkington (1944)
• Julia Misbehaves (1948)
• That Forsyte Woman (1949)
• The Miniver Story (1950).

References

1. "Norman Rockwell: George Lucas and Steven Spielberg open their vaults". 25 July 2010.
2. The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

• Scandal at Scourie at IMDb
• Scandal at Scourie at the TCM Movie Database
• Scandal at Scourie at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films