Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)
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.
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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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