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

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