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

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