Oscars: Award as a Critical Yardstick
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In 1960, Oscar winner Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver) mimicked well Eleanor Roosevelt, who she plays in the 1960s biopic, Sunsrise at Campobello.
As a result, H. Alpert, the critic for the “Saturday Review,” noted: “It’s the kind of personal triumph that sometimes leads to Academy Award, when the collective judgment involved in Hollywood honor system operates with reasonableness and good taste.”
Alpert’s prediction proved to be valid, when Garson scored her fifth (and last) nomination for that picture.
The winner, however, in what was a weak year for Best Actresses, was Elizabeth Taylor for BUtterfield 8.
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