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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940 • 17m

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 p...

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cast

Carey Wilson

Carey WilsonCommentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)

Janet Gaynor

Janet GaynorSelf (archive footage)

Emil Jannings

Emil JanningsSelf (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

Mary PickfordSelf (archive footage)

Warner Baxter

Warner BaxterSelf (archive footage)

Norma Shearer

Norma ShearerSelf

George Arliss

George ArlissSelf (archive footage)

Marie Dressler

Marie DresslerSelf (archive footage)

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel BarrymoreSelf (archive footage)

Helen Hayes

Helen HayesSelf (archive footage)

Fredric March

Fredric MarchSelf (archive footage)

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine HepburnSelf (archive footage)

Charles Laughton

Charles LaughtonSelf

Claudette Colbert

Claudette ColbertSelf (archive footage)

Clark Gable

Clark GableSelf (archive footage)

Crew

Frank Capra

Frank CapraSupervisor of Production Resources

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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) — Backlot Notes