Directed by
| Julian Schlossberg | ||
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
| Charles Badaracco | ||
| Elaine May | ... | (uncredited) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Robert Preston | ... | Self - Host | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Gracie Allen | ... | (archive footage) | |
| George Arliss | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jean Arthur | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Fred Astaire | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Mischa Auer | ... | (archive footage) | |
| George Bancroft | ... | (archive footage) | |
| John Barrymore | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Matthew 'Stymie' Beard | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Wallace Beery | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Constance Bennett | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Eric Blore | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Humphrey Bogart | ... | (archive footage) | |
| William Boyd | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Charles Boyer | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Joe E. Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Buckwheat | ... | (archive footage) |
| George Burns | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Spring Byington | ... | (archive footage) | |
| James Cagney | ... | (archive footage) | |
| John Carradine | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jack Carson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Charles Chaplin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Maurice Chevalier | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Berton Churchill | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Joe Cobb | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Gary Cooper | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Joan Crawford | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Bing Crosby | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Crown Prince Hohenzollern | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Prince Friedrich Wilhelm) | |
| Bette Davis | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Cecil B. DeMille | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Andy Devine | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Lee Duncan | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | (archive footage) | |
| W.C. Fields | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Larry Fine | ... | Larry (archive footage) | |
| Pat Flaherty | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Henry Fonda | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Clark Gable | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Charley Grapewin | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jean Harlow | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Ted Healy | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Samuel S. Hinds | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Tim Holt | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Darla Hood | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Herbert Hoover | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Curly Howard | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Leslie Howard | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Moe Howard | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Walter Huston | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Selmer Jackson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Chic Johnson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Al Jolson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Buster Keaton | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Hedy Lamarr | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Harry Langdon | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Stan Laurel | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Carole Lombard | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Walter Long | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Edmund Lowe | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Fredric March | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Groucho Marx | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Harpo Marx | ... | (archive footage) | |
| George 'Spanky' McFarland | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Donald Meek | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Charles Middleton | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Grace Moore | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Ole Olsen | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Lynne Overman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Louise Platt | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Dick Powell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| William Powell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Rin Tin Tin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ginger Rogers | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Will Rogers | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Babe Ruth | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Sylvia Sidney | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Shirley Temple | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Claire Trevor | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Tom Tyler | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Rudy Vallee | ... | (archive footage) | |
| John Wayne | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Johnny Weissmuller | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Mae West | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
Produced by
| Herb Graff | ... | associate producer |
| Beverly Irby | ... | producer (as Beverly Irby Schlossberg) |
| Leonard Maltin | ... | associate producer |
| Julian Schlossberg | ... | producer |
| Gene Stavis | ... | associate producer |
Cinematography by
| Christine Burrill | ... | (as Chris Burrill) (host sequences) |
| Richard Pearce | ... | (host sequences) |
Editing by
| Anthony Potenza | ||
Set Decoration by
| Cheryl Waters | ||
Makeup Department
| Mel Berns Jr. | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Sam Manners | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
| Paul Coombe | ... | sound re-recordist |
| Michael Mekjian | ... | sound mixer |
| Robyn Mekjian | ... | boom operator |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Ron Cooney | ... | key grip |
| Tom Feldman | ... | assistant camera |
| Cathy Hain | ... | assistant camera |
| Michael Katz | ... | gaffer |
| James Kimura | ... | best boy / electrician |
Editorial Department
| Michael Collins | ... | editor: video tape |
| Victoria Peterson | ... | assistant editor |
Additional Crew
| Brian Ackerman | ... | production assistant |
| Jeannie Berlin | ... | creative consultant |
| Ellen Grant | ... | controller |
| Laurie Jones | ... | production assistant |
| Barbara Karmel | ... | production assistant |
| Kathleen Kesler | ... | assistant to producers |
| Milly Sherman | ... | research consultant |
Thanks
| Stanley Caidin | ... | special thanks |
| Peter S. Feibleman | ... | special thanks (as Peter Feibleman) |
| Paul Haggar | ... | special thanks |
| Albert Maysles | ... | special thanks |
| David Maysles | ... | special thanks |
| Marvin Soloway | ... | special thanks |
| John Springer | ... | special thanks |
| Jerry Weifeldt | ... | special thanks |