Documentary
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.
Written by
De Leon Anthony
Bette Davis
Self
James Stewart
Self
Deanna Durbin
Self (archive footage)
Olivia de Havilland
Self
Vivien Leigh
Self
Laurence Olivier
Self
Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Robert Donat
Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self
Bob Hope
Self - Master of Ceremonies
George Raft
Self
Lionel Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
Melvyn Douglas
Self
Spencer Tracy
Self
Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton
Self
Judy Garland
Self
Fredric March
Self (archive footage)
Thomas Mitchell
Self
Elsa Lanchester
Self
Janet Gaynor
Self (archive footage)
Warner Baxter
Self (archive footage)
Claudette Colbert
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
Ann Rutherford
Self
Paul Muni
Self (archive footage)
Fay Bainter
Self
Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Jean Hersholt
Self
Hattie McDaniel
Self
Emil Jannings
Self (archive footage)
W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper
Self
Marie Dressler
Self (archive footage)
Irving Pichel
Self
Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
Self
Virginia Bruce
Self
John Carroll
Self
Helen Hayes
Self (archive footage)
Luise Rainer
Self (archive footage)
George Arliss
Self (archive footage)
May Robson
Self
Irvin S. Cobb
Self (archive footage)
Louella Parsons
Self
Elsa Maxwell
Self
Helen Gahagan
Self
John Hay Whitney
Self
Harry Martin
Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)
Harry M. Warner
Self

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