Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Documentary

Storyline: 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.

Release Date: 1940-07-31

Original Language: en

Original Title: Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Status: Released

Runtime: 17 minutes

TagLine:

Rating: (3 votes)

Budget: $0

Revenue: $0

Production Companies: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Spoken Languages: English

View On: TMDb | IMDb

Popularity:

1%

Cast Members

Carey Wilson

Carey Wilson (Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice))

21.74%

Janet Gaynor

Janet Gaynor (Self (archive footage))

17.40%

Emil Jannings

Emil Jannings (Self (archive footage))

16.39%

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford (Self (archive footage))

25.73%

Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter (Self (archive footage))

19.03%

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer (Self)

23.79%

George Arliss

George Arliss (Self (archive footage))

12.91%

Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler (Self (archive footage))

17.50%

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore (Self (archive footage))

34.29%

Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes (Self (archive footage))

24.73%

Fredric March

Fredric March (Self (archive footage))

24.96%

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn (Self (archive footage))

34.96%

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton (Self)

34.28%

Claudette Colbert

Claudette Colbert (Self (archive footage))

28.15%

Clark Gable

Clark Gable (Self (archive footage))

31.02%

Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple (Self (archive footage))

32.04%

Irvin S. Cobb

Irvin S. Cobb (Self (archive footage))

9.76%

Bette Davis

Bette Davis (Self)

56.35%

Irving Thalberg

Irving Thalberg (Self (archive footage))

9.09%

Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer (Self (archive footage))

15.02%

Paul Muni

Paul Muni (Self (archive footage))

19.61%

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy (Self)

27.42%

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields (Self (archive footage))

21.43%

Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett (Self (archive footage))

21.91%

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen (Self (archive footage))

22.23%

Darryl F. Zanuck

Darryl F. Zanuck (Self)

22.07%

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks (Self (archive footage))

19.08%

Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin (Self (archive footage))

17.93%

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney (Self)

42.30%

Walt Disney

Walt Disney (Self (archive footage))

36.99%

Hal B. Wallis

Hal B. Wallis (Self (archive footage))

20.82%

George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw (Self (archive footage))

17.15%

James Stewart

James Stewart (Self)

60.79%

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester (Self)

32.97%

Jean Hersholt

Jean Hersholt (Self)

25.01%

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr (Self)

32.29%

Gene Markey

Gene Markey (Self)

15.02%

Melvyn Douglas

Melvyn Douglas (Self)

23.50%

Helen Gahagan

Helen Gahagan (Self)

6.92%

Irving Pichel

Irving Pichel (Self)

25.88%

Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh (Self)

35.41%

David O. Selznick

David O. Selznick (Self)

18.99%

May Robson

May Robson (Self)

23.95%

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland (Self)

38.83%

John Hay Whitney

John Hay Whitney (Self)

4.01%

Louella Parsons

Louella Parsons (Self)

8.32%

Harry Martin

Harry Martin (Self (as Dr. Henry Martin))

2.31%

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper (Self)

24.75%

John Carroll

John Carroll (Self)

19.03%

Jack L. Warner

Jack L. Warner (Self)

20.60%

Harry M. Warner

Harry M. Warner (Self)

4.23%

Ann Rutherford

Ann Rutherford (Self)

22.97%

Virginia Bruce

Virginia Bruce (Self)

23.75%

J. Walter Ruben

J. Walter Ruben (Self)

13.16%

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (Self)

26.03%

Elsa Maxwell

Elsa Maxwell (Self)

6.97%

Laurence Olivier

Laurence Olivier (Self)

23.86%

E.J. Mannix

E.J. Mannix (Self)

2.21%

Judy Garland

Judy Garland (Self)

34.24%

George Raft

George Raft (Self)

28.15%

Walter Wanger

Walter Wanger (Self)

10.22%

Frank Capra

Frank Capra (Self)

14.48%

Robert Donat

Robert Donat (Self (archive footage))

19.24%

Hattie McDaniel

Hattie McDaniel (Self)

21.47%

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell (Self)

31.98%

Fay Bainter

Fay Bainter (Self)

18.65%

Victor Fleming

Victor Fleming (Self)

22.69%

Mervyn LeRoy

Mervyn LeRoy (Self)

24.82%

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis (Self)

13.39%

Lewis R. Foster

Lewis R. Foster (Self)

27.64%

Gordon Hollingshead

Gordon Hollingshead (Self)

10.94%

Hamilton Luske

Hamilton Luske (Self)

20.39%

Bob Hope

Bob Hope (Self - Master of Ceremonies)

32.44%

E.Y. Harburg

E.Y. Harburg (Self)

10.06%

Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen (Self)

10.21%

William Cameron Menzies

William Cameron Menzies (Self)

21.65%

Herbert T. Kalmus

Herbert T. Kalmus (Self)

2.06%

Hal C. Kern

Hal C. Kern (Self)

8.69%

James E. Newcom

James E. Newcom (Self)

10.68%

Ernest Haller

Ernest Haller (Self)

13.56%

Ray Rennahan

Ray Rennahan (Self)

11.70%

Bernard B. Brown

Bernard B. Brown (Self)

13.37%

Fred Sersen

Fred Sersen (Self)

17.00%

Lyle R. Wheeler

Lyle R. Wheeler (Self)

18.75%

Edmund H. Hansen

Edmund H. Hansen (Self)

1.95%

Herbert Stothart

Herbert Stothart (Self)

12.75%