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

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