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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Writing Credits  

Carey Wilson ... (commentation)

Cast (in credits order)  

Carey Wilson ... Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice)
Janet Gaynor ... (archive footage)
Emil Jannings ... (archive footage)
Mary Pickford ... (archive footage)
Warner Baxter ... (archive footage)
Norma Shearer ... Self
George Arliss ... (archive footage)
Marie Dressler ... (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore ... (archive footage)
Helen Hayes ... (archive footage)
Fredric March ... (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn ... (archive footage)
Charles Laughton ... Self
Claudette Colbert ... (archive footage)
Clark Gable ... (archive footage)
Shirley Temple ... Self (archive footage)
Irvin S. Cobb ... Self (archive footage) (as Mr. Cobb)
Gertrude Temple Gertrude Temple ... Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis ... Self
Victor McLaglen ... (archive footage)
Irving Thalberg ... Self (archive footage)
Luise Rainer ... (archive footage)
Paul Muni ... (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy ... Self
W.C. Fields ... Self (archive footage)
Mack Sennett ... Self (archive footage)
Charlie McCarthy ... Self (archive footage)
Edgar Bergen ... Self (archive footage)
Darryl F. Zanuck ... Self
Douglas Fairbanks ... Self (archive footage)
Deanna Durbin ... (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney ... Self
Walt Disney ... Self (archive footage)
Hal B. Wallis ... Self (archive footage) (as Hal Wallis)
George Bernard Shaw ... Self (archive footage)
James Stewart ... Self
Elsa Lanchester ... Self
Jean Hersholt ... Self
Via Hersholt Via Hersholt ... Self
Hedy Lamarr ... Self
Gene Markey ... Self
Melvyn Douglas ... Self
Helen Gahagan ... Self
Irving Pichel ... Self
Vivien Leigh ... Self
David O. Selznick ... Self (as David Selznick)
May Robson ... Self
Olivia de Havilland ... Self
John Hay Whitney John Hay Whitney ... Self
Louella Parsons ... Self
Harry Martin Harry Martin ... Self (as Dr. Henry Martin)
Hedda Hopper ... Self
John Carroll ... Self
Jack L. Warner ... Self (as Jack Warner)
Harry M. Warner ... Self (as Harry Warner)
Ann Rutherford ... Self
Virginia Bruce ... Self
J. Walter Ruben ... Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ... Self
Elsa Maxwell ... Self
Laurence Olivier ... Self
E.J. Mannix ... Self
Judy Garland ... Self
George Raft ... Self
Walter Wanger ... Self - Incoming Academy President
Frank Capra ... Self - Outgoing Academy President
William Cameron Menzies ... Self - 1939 Special Academy Award Recipient
Herbert T. Kalmus ... Self - 1939 Special Academy Award Recipient
Hal C. Kern Hal C. Kern ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Film Editing
James E. Newcom James E. Newcom ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Film Editing (as James Newcom)
Ernest Haller ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Color Cinematography
Ray Rennahan Ray Rennahan ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Color Cinematography
Bernard B. Brown Bernard B. Brown ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Sound Recording
Fred Sersen ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Special Photographic Effects
Lyle R. Wheeler Lyle R. Wheeler ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Art Direction (as Lyle Wheeler)
Edmund H. Hansen Edmund H. Hansen ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Sound Effects (as E.H. Hansen)
Herbert Stothart ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Score
Harold Arlen ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Song
E.Y. Harburg E.Y. Harburg ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Original Song
Bob Hope ... Self - Master of Ceremonies
Hamilton Luske ... Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for Cartoon Short Subject (as Ham Luske)
George Bagnall George Bagnall ... Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for One-Reel Short Subject
Gordon Hollingshead ... Self - Accepter of 1939 Oscar for Two-Reel Short Subject
Sinclair Lewis ... Self - Writing Awads Presenter
Lewis R. Foster Lewis R. Foster ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Original Story
Mervyn LeRoy ... Self - 1939 Directing Oscar Presenter
Victor Fleming ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Directing
Ernest Martin Hopkins Ernest Martin Hopkins ... Self - President of Dartmouth College
Fay Bainter ... Self - Presenter of 1939 Oscars for Supporting Roles
Thomas Mitchell ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actor
Hattie McDaniel ... Self - 1939 Oscar Winner for Best Supporting Actress
Robert Donat ... Arthur Chipping (archive footage)

Additional Crew 

De Leon Anthony ... other contributor (as DeLeon Anthony)
Frank Capra ... supervisor
Jack Chertok ... other contributor
Owen Crump ... other contributor
Ira Genet ... other contributor
Gordon Hollingshead ... other contributor
Charles Rosher ... other contributor

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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