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

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