Movie

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Released: July 31, 1940 (1940)

Runtime: 17 minutes

Genres: 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.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

George Arliss as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 72
Marie Dressler as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 71
Lionel Barrymore as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 62
Emil Jannings as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 56
Warner Baxter as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 51
Mary Pickford as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 48
Fredric March as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 42
Helen Hayes as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 39
Norma Shearer as Self
Age at release: 37
Janet Gaynor as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 33

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Irvin S. Cobb as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 64
W.C. Fields as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 60
Douglas Fairbanks as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 57
Jean Hersholt as Self
Age at release: 54
Paul Muni as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 44
Charles Laughton as Self
Age at release: 41
Spencer Tracy as Self
Age at release: 40
Clark Gable as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 39
Melvyn Douglas as Self
Age at release: 39
Edgar Bergen as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 37
Elsa Lanchester as Self
Age at release: 37
Claudette Colbert as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 36
Katharine Hepburn as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 33
Bette Davis as Self
Age at release: 32
James Stewart as Self
Age at release: 32
Luise Rainer as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 30
Hedy Lamarr as Self
Age at release: 25
Mickey Rooney as Self
Age at release: 19
Deanna Durbin as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 18
Shirley Temple as Self (archive footage)
Age at release: 12