
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.
Top 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)
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