Greer Garson and James Cagney winning Oscars
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Van Heflin won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for an MGM production called "Johnny Eager" (the stars of the movie were Robert Taylor and Lana Turner).
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Greer Garson is famous for giving the longest acceptance speech in Oscar history... five and a half minutes for Mrs. Miniver (which prompted the Academy to institute a time limit.) She was a wonderful actress, though... more importantly...
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Too bad Cagney never made a movie with Greer Garson.
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Van Heflin won an Oscar?
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Due to wartime materials restrictions the actors received Oscars made of plaster of Paris. They were replaced with the "real thing" after the war.
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Greer Garson is famous for giving the longest acceptance speech in Oscar history... five and a half minutes for Mrs. Miniver (which prompted the Academy to institute a time limit.) She was a wonderful actress, though... more importantly...
sc0ner 11 months ago
@sc0ner actually you can see the excerpt of her speech in this: oscars.org/countdown/ceremony/15th.html
dobazajr 11 months ago