Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31 | 17 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Carey WilsonCommentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
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Janet GaynorSelf (archive footage)
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Emil JanningsSelf (archive footage)
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Mary PickfordSelf (archive footage)
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Warner BaxterSelf (archive footage)
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Norma ShearerSelf
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George ArlissSelf (archive footage)
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Marie DresslerSelf (archive footage)
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Lionel BarrymoreSelf (archive footage)
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Helen HayesSelf (archive footage)
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Fredric MarchSelf (archive footage)
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Katharine HepburnSelf (archive footage)
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Charles LaughtonSelf
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Claudette ColbertSelf (archive footage)
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Clark GableSelf (archive footage)
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Shirley TempleSelf (archive footage)
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Irvin S. CobbSelf (archive footage)
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Bette DavisSelf
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Irving ThalbergSelf (archive footage)
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Luise RainerSelf (archive footage)
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