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  • Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
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    Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
Approved
Short | 30 min | Documentary, Short

This 1940 presentation features highlights of past 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 ...See moreThis 1940 presentation features highlights of past 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. See less
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Writer
Carey Wilson (commentation)
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Updated Apr 30, 1940

Release date
Apr 1940 (United States)

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92 cast members
Name Known for
Carey Wilson
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice) Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)   See fewer
Janet Gaynor
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Emil Jannings
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Mary Pickford
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Warner Baxter
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
George Arliss
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Marie Dressler
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Lionel Barrymore
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Helen Hayes
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Fredric March
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Katharine Hepburn
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Claudette Colbert
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Clark Gable
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Irvin S. Cobb
Self (archive footage) (as Mr. Cobb) Self (archive footage) (as Mr. Cobb)   See fewer
Gertrude Temple
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Victor McLaglen
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
Irving Thalberg
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Luise Rainer
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Muni
Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage)   See fewer
W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Mack Sennett
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Charlie McCarthy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Deanna Durbin
Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage)   See fewer
Walt Disney
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hal B. Wallis
Self (archive footage) (as Hal Wallis) Self (archive footage) (as Hal Wallis)   See fewer
George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
David O. Selznick
Self (as David Selznick) Self (as David Selznick)   See fewer
Harry Martin
Self (as Dr. Henry Martin) Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)   See fewer
Jack L. Warner
Self (as Jack Warner) Self (as Jack Warner)   See fewer
Harry M. Warner
Self (as Harry Warner) Self (as Harry Warner)   See fewer
Walter Wanger
Self - Incoming Academy President Self - Incoming Academy President   See fewer
Frank Capra
Self - Outgoing Academy President Self - Outgoing Academy President   See fewer
William Cameron Menzies
Self - 1939 Special Academy Award Recipient Self - 1939 Special Academy Award Recipient   See fewer
Herbert T. Kalmus
Self - 1939 Special Academy Award Recipient Self - 1939 Special Academy Award Recipient   See fewer
Hal C. Kern
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Film Editing Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Film Editing   See fewer
James E. Newcom
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Film Editing (as James Newcom) Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Film Editing (as James Newcom)   See fewer
Ernest Haller
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Color Cinematography Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Color Cinematography   See fewer
Ray Rennahan
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Color Cinematography Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Color Cinematography   See fewer
Bernard B. Brown
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Sound Recording Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Sound Recording   See fewer
Fred Sersen
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Special Photographic Effects Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Special Photographic Effects   See fewer
Lyle R. Wheeler
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Art Direction (as Lyle Wheeler) Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Art Direction (as Lyle Wheeler)   See fewer
Edmund H. Hansen
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Sound Effects (as E.H. Hansen) Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Sound Effects (as E.H. Hansen)   See fewer
Herbert Stothart
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Score Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Score   See fewer
Harold Arlen
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Song Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Song   See fewer
E.Y. Harburg
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Song Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Song   See fewer
Bob Hope
Self - Master of Ceremonies Self - Master of Ceremonies   See fewer
Hamilton Luske
Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for Cartoon Short Subject (as Ham Luske) Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for Cartoon Short Subject (as Ham Luske)   See fewer
George Bagnall
Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for One-Reel Short Subject Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for One-Reel Short Subject   See fewer
Gordon Hollingshead
Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for Two-Reel Short Subject Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for Two-Reel Short Subject   See fewer
Sinclair Lewis
Self - Writing Awads Presenter Self - Writing Awads Presenter   See fewer
Lewis R. Foster
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Original Story Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Original Story   See fewer
Mervyn LeRoy
Self - 1939 Directing Oscar Presenter Self - 1939 Directing Oscar Presenter   See fewer
Victor Fleming
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Directing Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Directing   See fewer
Ernest Martin Hopkins
Self - President of Dartmouth College Self - President of Dartmouth College   See fewer
Fay Bainter
Self - Presenter of 1939 Oscars for Supporting Roles Self - Presenter of 1939 Oscars for Supporting Roles   See fewer
Thomas Mitchell
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor   See fewer
Hattie McDaniel
Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress   See fewer
Robert Donat
Arthur Chipping (archive footage) Arthur Chipping (archive footage)   See fewer
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