On 4 March 1943, Greer Garson stepped behind a lectern at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub inside the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Garson, 38, was accepting the Academy Award for Best Actress for her ...
Ah, the Oscars. Movie magic, Hollywood royalty dressed to the nines and speeches that go on way too long. When Greer Garson won Best Actress for the title role of Mrs. Miniver in 1943, the Academy ...
Mrs. Miniver (Greer Garson, Teresa Wright, Walter Pidgeon, Richard Ney; TIME, June 29). Yankee Doodle Dandy (James Cagney, Walter Huston, Irene Manning, Joan Leslie; TIME, June 22). Food—Weapon of ...