Poster of Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

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

Genres: Documentary

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Cast Members

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)

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)

Claudette Colbert

Self (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Self (archive footage)

Shirley Temple

Self (archive footage)

Irvin S. Cobb

Self (archive footage)

Irving Thalberg

Self (archive footage)

Luise Rainer

Self (archive footage)

Paul Muni

Self (archive footage)

W.C. Fields

Self (archive footage)

Mack Sennett

Self (archive footage)

Edgar Bergen

Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

Self (archive footage)

Deanna Durbin

Self (archive footage)

Walt Disney

Self (archive footage)

Hal B. Wallis

Self (archive footage)

George Bernard Shaw

Self (archive footage)

Harry Martin

Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)

Robert Donat

Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope

Self - Master of Ceremonies