Film
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · 17m · Documentary
Everybody wants Oscar!
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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 and more, with host Bob Hope.
Cast
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)
Crew
- De Leon AnthonyWriter
- Gordon HollingsheadProducer
Details
- Release date
- July 31, 1940
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
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