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
My Sister Eileen (1942 film) "Mrs. Miniver". Aherne, Russell, and Blair reprised their parts on the "Lux Radio Theater" adaptation of "My Sister Eileen" on July 5, 1943 and again on "The Screen Guild Theater" adaptation on October 18, 1943. On May 18, 1946, "My Sister Eileen" was again adapted as a radio play on "Academy Award Theater", in recognition of Russell's Academy Award nomination. Russell and Blair reprised their parts. My Sister Eileen (1942 film) My Sister Eileen is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne and Janet Blair. The screenplay by Joseph A. Fields and