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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Everybody wants Oscar!
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 as Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
- Janet Gaynor as Self (archive footage)
- Emil Jannings as Self (archive footage)
- Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
- Warner Baxter as Self (archive footage)
- Norma Shearer as Self
- George Arliss as Self (archive footage)
- Marie Dressler as Self (archive footage)
- Lionel Barrymore as Self (archive footage)
- Helen Hayes as Self (archive footage)
- Fredric March as Self (archive footage)
- Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- July 31, 1940
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studio
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and Warner Bros. Pictures
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.3 / 10 from 3 votes
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