Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940, English.
Everybody wants Oscar!
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 and more, with host Bob Hope.
- Runtime
- 0h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Carey WilsonCommentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
- Janet GaynorSelf (archive footage)
- Emil JanningsSelf (archive footage)
- Mary PickfordSelf (archive footage)
- Warner BaxterSelf (archive footage)
- Norma ShearerSelf
- George ArlissSelf (archive footage)
- Marie DresslerSelf (archive footage)
- Lionel BarrymoreSelf (archive footage)
- Helen HayesSelf (archive footage)
- Fredric MarchSelf (archive footage)
- Katharine HepburnSelf (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- 31 July 1940
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- De Leon Anthony
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 July 1940. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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