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