"OSCAR" FOR "G.M."?
Sir,-In your film page of February’5, "G.M." stated that an American radio station had announced as the 1942 Academy Award winners, Greer Garson ("Mrs, Miniver’) and Gary Cooper ("Pride of the Yankees"), adding that although he had correctly prophesied Greer Garson’s award, he "could not
see an Academy Award" in Cooper’s performance. A less honest critic, knowing the Academy decision, would have professed to see in Cuoper’s performancé a brilliant piece of acting; but it’s just as well "G.M." decided to rely on his own judgment, for the correct results just cabled out, while confirming Miss Garson’s award, name James Cagney ("Yankee Doodle Dandy") for the male award. Does the Academy provide an award for honest critics? It should.
FILM FAN
(Hataitai). |
(The broadcast from. America on which G.M.’s paragraph was based probably referred to the New York Film Critics’ annual award for the best performances. These awards are frequently confused with those of the Motion Picture Academy.-Ed).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 196, 26 March 1943, Page 3
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161"OSCAR" FOR "G.M."? New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 196, 26 March 1943, Page 3
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