GREER GARSON HOLDS HER PLASTER ACADEMY AWARD (1943) Photo

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. No binding. Fine. Los Angeles: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943. Vintage original 8 x 10" (20 x 25 cm) black-and-white glossy silver gelatin photo. Ink stamped on verso 9743, fine. Backstage at the 1943 Academy Awards ceremony (for films made in 1942), Greer Garson holds her gold-painted plaster Oscar for her winning role in Mrs. Miniver. During the World War II years of 1943-1945 (for films released 1942-1944), because of metal shortages the statuettes were made in plaster. Winners were given the option to trade them in once the war ended. This is an MGM studio photo taken by an MGM photographer and used by the studio to promote Garson and her win.