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Documentary
1940
17 minutes
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.
Release:
July 31, 1940
Original language:
English
Production country:
United States
Producer company:
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Cast
Carey Wilson
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
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Janet Gaynor
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Emil Jannings
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mary Pickford
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Warner Baxter
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Norma Shearer
Self
Self
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George Arliss
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Marie Dressler
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Lionel Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Helen Hayes
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Fredric March
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Katharine Hepburn
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Charles Laughton
Self
Self
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Claudette Colbert
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Clark Gable
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Shirley Temple
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Irvin S. Cobb
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Bette Davis
Self
Self
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Irving Thalberg
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Luise Rainer
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Paul Muni
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Spencer Tracy
Self
Self
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W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mack Sennett
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Edgar Bergen
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Darryl F. Zanuck
Self
Self
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Douglas Fairbanks
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Deanna Durbin
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Mickey Rooney
Self
Self
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Walt Disney
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Hal B. Wallis
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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George Bernard Shaw
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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James Stewart
Self
Self
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Elsa Lanchester
Self
Self
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Jean Hersholt
Self
Self
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Hedy Lamarr
Self
Self
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Gene Markey
Self
Self
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Melvyn Douglas
Self
Self
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Helen Gahagan
Self
Self
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Irving Pichel
Self
Self
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Vivien Leigh
Self
Self
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David O. Selznick
Self
Self
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May Robson
Self
Self
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Olivia de Havilland
Self
Self
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John Hay Whitney
Self
Self
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Louella Parsons
Self
Self
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Harry Martin
Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)
Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)
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Hedda Hopper
Self
Self
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John Carroll
Self
Self
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Jack L. Warner
Self
Self
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Harry M. Warner
Self
Self
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Ann Rutherford
Self
Self
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Virginia Bruce
Self
Self
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J. Walter Ruben
Self
Self
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Self
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Elsa Maxwell
Self
Self
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Laurence Olivier
Self
Self
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E.J. Mannix
Self
Self
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Judy Garland
Self
Self
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George Raft
Self
Self
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Walter Wanger
Self
Self
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Frank Capra
Self
Self
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Robert Donat
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Hattie McDaniel
Self
Self
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Thomas Mitchell
Self
Self
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Fay Bainter
Self
Self
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Victor Fleming
Self
Self
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Mervyn LeRoy
Self
Self
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Sinclair Lewis
Self
Self
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Lewis R. Foster
Self
Self
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Gordon Hollingshead
Self
Self
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Hamilton Luske
Self
Self
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Bob Hope
Self - Master of Ceremonies
Self - Master of Ceremonies
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E.Y. Harburg
Self
Self
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Harold Arlen
Self
Self
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William Cameron Menzies
Self
Self
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Herbert T. Kalmus
Self
Self
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Hal C. Kern
Self
Self
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James E. Newcom
Self
Self
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Ernest Haller
Self
Self
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Ray Rennahan
Self
Self
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Bernard B. Brown
Self
Self
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Fred Sersen
Self
Self
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Lyle R. Wheeler
Self
Self
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Edmund H. Hansen
Self
Self
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Herbert Stothart
Self
Self
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