15th Academy Awards 15th Academy Awards The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles honoring the films of 1942. Best Picture honors went to the film "Mrs. Miniver". The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film’s Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson. Garson’s acceptance speech as Best Actress ran nearly 6 minutes and is generally considered to be the longest acceptance speech at an Academy Awards ceremony. "Mrs. Miniver" was the second film (after "My Man Godfrey" in 1936) to receive nominations in all four acting categories, as well as the first film
Gile Steele Gile Steele Gile Steele (24 September 1908 in Ohio – 16 January 1952 in Culver City, California), was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film "Marie Antoinette". He also worked on many of the company's prestige pictures including "Pride and Prejudice" and "Boom Town" (both 1940), "Blossoms in the Dust" and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (both 1941), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) and "Madame Curie" (1943). He was one of the first nominees when the category for Best Costume Design was introduced at the Academy Awards