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
London in film Second World War itself, featured London locations, including "Millions Like Us" (1943) and "Waterloo Road" (1944). The Blitz featured prominently in the Ealing drama "The Bells Go Down" (1943), and in Humphrey Jennings' drama-documentary "Fires Were Started" (1943). The latter featured real firemen recreating scenes from the bombings. At the same time, a number of London-set films were being made in Hollywood, like "Waterloo Bridge" (1940), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) and "Forever and a Day" (1943). The latter followed several generations of owners of a London house until 1943. Later films set in the city during World War II include "The