Greer Garson of World War II in "Mrs. Miniver". ("Guinness Book of World Records" credits her with the longest Oscar acceptance speech, at five minutes and 30 seconds, after which the Academy Awards instituted a time limit.) In 1942, Garson also co-starred in the powerful, dramatic film "Random Harvest" with Academy Award winner Ronald Colman. Set at the end of World War I with Ronald Colman as a shell-shocked, amnesiac soldier and Greer Garson as his love interest, "Random Harvest" received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It lost to "Mrs. Miniver", and Garson won the Academy Award for that role.
23rd Academy Awards 23rd Academy Awards The 23rd Academy Awards Ceremony awarded Oscars for the best in films in 1950. "All About Eve" received 14 Oscar nominations, beating the previous record of 13 set by "Gone with the Wind". "Sunset Boulevard" became the second film with nominations in every acting category not to win a single one (after "My Man Godfrey" in 1936). This would not happen again until "American Hustle" was shut out at the 86th Academy Awards. "All About Eve" was the second film, after "Mrs. Miniver" (1942), to receive five acting nominations. It also became the first to receive multiple