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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
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Title: Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Release Date: 31 Jul 1940

Runtime: 17m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Production Companies: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.5 (3 votes)

Cast

  • Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice): Carey Wilson
  • Self (archive footage): Janet Gaynor
  • Self (archive footage): Emil Jannings
  • Self (archive footage): Mary Pickford
  • Self (archive footage): Warner Baxter
  • Self: Norma Shearer
  • Self (archive footage): George Arliss
  • Self (archive footage): Marie Dressler
  • Self (archive footage): Lionel Barrymore
  • Self (archive footage): Helen Hayes
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