02 Jul 2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
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.
Top Billed Cast
Janet Gaynor Self (archive footage)
Emil Jannings Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford Self (archive footage)
Warner Baxter Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer Self
George Arliss Self (archive footage)
Marie Dressler Self (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore Self (archive footage)
Helen Hayes Self (archive footage)
Fredric March Self (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton Self
Claudette Colbert Self (archive footage)
Clark Gable Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple Self (archive footage)
Irvin S. Cobb Self (archive footage)
Bette Davis Self
Luise Rainer Self (archive footage)
Paul Muni Self (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy Self
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