Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

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1940-07-31

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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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

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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.

Released

1940-07-31

Runtime

17

Director

Frank Capra

Budget

$0

Revenue

$0

Genres

Documentary

Language

English

Production

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)

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    Carey Wilson

    Carey Wilson
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    Janet Gaynor

    Janet Gaynor
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    Emil Jannings

    Emil Jannings
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    Mary Pickford

    Mary Pickford
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    Warner Baxter

    Warner Baxter
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    Norma Shearer

    Norma Shearer
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    George Arliss

    George Arliss
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    Marie Dressler

    Marie Dressler
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    Lionel Barrymore

    Lionel Barrymore
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    Helen Hayes

    Helen Hayes
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    Fredric March

    Fredric March
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    Katharine Hepburn

    Katharine Hepburn
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    Charles Laughton

    Charles Laughton
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    Claudette Colbert

    Claudette Colbert
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    Clark Gable

    Clark Gable
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    Shirley Temple

    Shirley Temple
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    Irvin S. Cobb

    Irvin S. Cobb
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    Bette Davis

    Bette Davis
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    Irving Thalberg

    Irving Thalberg
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    Luise Rainer

    Luise Rainer
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    Paul Muni

    Paul Muni
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    Spencer Tracy

    Spencer Tracy
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    W.C. Fields

    W.C. Fields
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    Mack Sennett

    Mack Sennett
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    Edgar Bergen

    Edgar Bergen
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    Darryl F. Zanuck

    Darryl F. Zanuck
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    Douglas Fairbanks

    Douglas Fairbanks
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    Deanna Durbin

    Deanna Durbin
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    Mickey Rooney

    Mickey Rooney
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    Walt Disney

    Walt Disney
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    Hal B. Wallis

    Hal B. Wallis
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    George Bernard Shaw

    George Bernard Shaw
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    James Stewart

    James Stewart
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    Elsa Lanchester

    Elsa Lanchester
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    Jean Hersholt

    Jean Hersholt
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    Hedy Lamarr

    Hedy Lamarr
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    Gene Markey

    Gene Markey
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    Melvyn Douglas

    Melvyn Douglas
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    Helen Gahagan

    Helen Gahagan
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    Irving Pichel

    Irving Pichel
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    Vivien Leigh

    Vivien Leigh
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    David O. Selznick

    David O. Selznick
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    May Robson

    May Robson
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    Olivia de Havilland

    Olivia de Havilland
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    John Hay Whitney

    John Hay Whitney
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    Louella Parsons

    Louella Parsons
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    Harry Martin

    Harry Martin
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    Hedda Hopper

    Hedda Hopper
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    John Carroll

    John Carroll
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    Jack L. Warner

    Jack L. Warner
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    Harry M. Warner

    Harry M. Warner
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    Ann Rutherford

    Ann Rutherford
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    Virginia Bruce

    Virginia Bruce
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    J. Walter Ruben

    J. Walter Ruben
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    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

    Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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    Elsa Maxwell

    Elsa Maxwell
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    Laurence Olivier

    Laurence Olivier
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    E.J. Mannix

    E.J. Mannix
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    Judy Garland

    Judy Garland
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    George Raft

    George Raft
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    Walter Wanger

    Walter Wanger
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    Frank Capra

    Frank Capra
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    Robert Donat

    Robert Donat
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    Hattie McDaniel

    Hattie McDaniel
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    Thomas Mitchell

    Thomas Mitchell
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    Fay Bainter

    Fay Bainter
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    Victor Fleming

    Victor Fleming
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    Mervyn LeRoy

    Mervyn LeRoy
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    Sinclair Lewis

    Sinclair Lewis
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    Lewis R. Foster

    Lewis R. Foster
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    Gordon Hollingshead

    Gordon Hollingshead
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    Hamilton Luske

    Hamilton Luske
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    Bob Hope

    Bob Hope
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    E.Y. Harburg

    E.Y. Harburg
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    Harold Arlen

    Harold Arlen
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    William Cameron Menzies

    William Cameron Menzies
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    Herbert T. Kalmus

    Herbert T. Kalmus
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    Hal C. Kern

    Hal C. Kern
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    James E. Newcom

    James E. Newcom
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    Ernest Haller

    Ernest Haller
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    Ray Rennahan

    Ray Rennahan
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    Bernard B. Brown

    Bernard B. Brown
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    Fred Sersen

    Fred Sersen
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    Lyle R. Wheeler

    Lyle R. Wheeler
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    Edmund H. Hansen

    Edmund H. Hansen
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    Herbert Stothart

    Herbert Stothart