Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Genres
Overview
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
17 min
Release Date
1940-07-31
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
6.5
Carey Wilson
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
Janet Gaynor
Self (archive footage)
Emil Jannings
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
Warner Baxter
Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
Self
George Arliss
Self (archive footage)
Marie Dressler
Self (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
Helen Hayes
Self (archive footage)
Fredric March
Self (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton
Self
Claudette Colbert
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)
Irvin S. Cobb
Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Self
Irving Thalberg
Self (archive footage)
Luise Rainer
Self (archive footage)
Paul Muni
Self (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy
Self
W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage)
Mack Sennett
Self (archive footage)
Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Self
Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
Deanna Durbin
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Hal B. Wallis
Self (archive footage)
George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart
Self
Elsa Lanchester
Self
Jean Hersholt
Self
Hedy Lamarr
Self
Gene Markey
Self
Melvyn Douglas
Self
Helen Gahagan
Self
Irving Pichel
Self
Vivien Leigh
Self
David O. Selznick
Self
May Robson
Self
Olivia de Havilland
Self
John Hay Whitney
Self
Louella Parsons
Self
Harry Martin
Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)
Hedda Hopper
Self
John Carroll
Self
Jack L. Warner
Self
Harry M. Warner
Self
Ann Rutherford
Self
Virginia Bruce
Self
J. Walter Ruben
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Elsa Maxwell
Self
Laurence Olivier
Self
E.J. Mannix
Self
Judy Garland
Self
George Raft
Self
Walter Wanger
Self
Frank Capra
Self
Robert Donat
Self (archive footage)
Hattie McDaniel
Self
Thomas Mitchell
Self
Fay Bainter
Self
Victor Fleming
Self
Mervyn LeRoy
Self
Sinclair Lewis
Self
Lewis R. Foster
Self
Gordon Hollingshead
Self
Hamilton Luske
Self
Bob Hope
Self - Master of Ceremonies
E.Y. Harburg
Self
Harold Arlen
Self
William Cameron Menzies
Self
Herbert T. Kalmus
Self
Hal C. Kern
Self
James E. Newcom
Self
Ernest Haller
Self
Ray Rennahan
Self
Bernard B. Brown
Self
Fred Sersen
Self
Lyle R. Wheeler
Self
Edmund H. Hansen
Self
Herbert Stothart
Self
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