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[ For full episode catalogue please subscribe to our Patreon at Patreon.com/BestActress ] The year is 1940 and the nominees are: Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind Bette Davis - Dark Victory Irene Dunne - Love Affair Greta Garbo - Ninotchka Greer Garson - Goodbye, Mr. Chips In 1940 Vivien Leigh won the Oscar for Best Actress and is regarded, by some, as the greatest Best Actress Oscar win of all time. A role which Bette Davis admitted as being furious for not being cast in. If you’ve seen ‘Feud’ they make a few funny jokes about this. Although Davis did not play Scarlett, she still was a nominee that year for Dark Victory, playing a woman with a terminal brain tumour. Irene Dunne and Greta Garbo give really fun rom-com performances in Love Affair and Ninotchka (you can watch these films on YouTube). Greer Garson became a first time nominee in a brief, but memorable, performance in Goodbye, Mr. Chips. It’s hard to imagine anyone but Leigh winning this Oscar but it’s fun watching these performances. Who do you think should have won? Join host Kyle Brownrigg with guest host Joe Arsenal as they discuss.