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