Directed by
| Philippe Mora | ||
Writing Credits
| Philippe Mora | ... | (written by) |
Cast
| Laverne Andrews | ... | Laverne Andrews (archive footage) | |
| Maxene Andrews | ... | Maxene Andrews (archive footage) | |
| Patty Andrews | ... | Patty (archive footage) | |
| Fred Astaire | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Warner Baxter | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Wallace Beery | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Brooks Benedict | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Constance Bennett | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jack Benny | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Mr. Benny) | |
| Busby Berkeley | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Irving Berlin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Willie Best | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Herman Bing | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Humphrey Bogart | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Fanny Brice | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Joe E. Brown | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| James Burke | ... | (archive footage) | |
| James Cagney | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cab Calloway | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Eddie Cantor | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Hobart Cavanaugh | ... | (archive footage) | |
| George Chandler | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Charles Chaplin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Spencer Charters | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Winston Churchill | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Mae Clarke | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Betty Compson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Gary Cooper | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jackie Cooper | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Joan Crawford | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bing Crosby | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Frankie Darro | ... | (archive footage) | |
| William B. Davidson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Cecil B. DeMille | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | (archive footage) | |
| John Dillinger | ... | Self - Famous Gangster (archive footage) | |
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John Wilson Dillinger | ... | Self - John Dillinger's Father (archive footage) |
| Walt Disney | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Mr. Disney) | |
| Marie Dressler | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tom Dugan | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Margaret Dumont | ... | (archive footage) | |
| James Dunn | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Irene Dunne | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Nelson Eddy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Cliff Edwards | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bill Elliott | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Madge Evans | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Alice Faye | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Stepin Fetchit | ... | (archive footage) | |
| W.C. Fields | ... | (archive footage) (as Bill) | |
| Errol Flynn | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dick Foran | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Gerald Ford | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Preston Foster | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Kay Francis | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Clark Gable | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Greta Garbo | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Judy Garland | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Janet Gaynor | ... | (archive footage) | |
| George Gershwin | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Benny Goodman | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Cary Grant | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Woody Guthrie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jean Harlow | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| George 'Gabby' Hayes | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Billie Holiday | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Herbert Hoover | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| J. Edgar Hoover | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Mr. Hoover) | |
| Bob Hope | ... | (archive footage) | |
| William Hopper | ... | (archive footage) (as DeWolf Hopper Jr.) | |
| Hubert H. Humphrey | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Walter Huston | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) | |
| Al Jolson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ruby Keeler | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Jacqueline Kennedy | ... | (archive footage) | |
| John F. Kennedy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Fiorello LaGuardia | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Hedy Lamarr | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Stan Laurel | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Gypsy Rose Lee | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Vivien Leigh | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Carole Lombard | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Huey Long | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Senator Huey Long) |
| Joe Louis | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Myrna Loy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bela Lugosi | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Douglas MacArthur | ... | Self (archive footage) (as General Douglas MacArthur) | |
| Jeanette MacDonald | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Fredric March | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Chico Marx | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Groucho Marx | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Harpo Marx | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Ethel Merman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Paul Muni | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Fayard Nicholas | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Harold Nicholas | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Pat Nixon | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Richard Nixon | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jesse Owens | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dick Powell | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Eleanor Powell | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| William Powell | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tyrone Power | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| George Raft | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Paul Robeson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Dewey Robinson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Edward G. Robinson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Will Rogers | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt) | |
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Elliott Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) | |
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James Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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John A. Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Cliff Saum | ... | (archive footage) |
| Max Schmeling | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Kate Smith | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| James Stewart | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Shirley Temple | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Spencer Tracy | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Harry S. Truman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Rudy Vallee | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ethel Waters | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| John Wayne | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Johnny Weissmuller | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Orson Welles | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Mae West | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Harlow Wilcox | ... | (archive footage) |
| Wendell Willkie | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tom Wilson | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Walter Winchell | ... | Walter Winchell (archive footage) | |
| Fay Wray | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Loretta Young | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Tammany Young | ... | (archive footage) | |
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Giuseppe Zangara | ... | Self (archive footage) |
Produced by
| Sanford Lieberson | ... | producer |
| David Puttnam | ... | producer |
Editing by
| Jeremy Thomas | ||
Sound Department
| George Akers | ... | dubbing editor |
| Bill Rowe | ... | sound re-recordist |
| Mike Taylor | ... | dubbing assistant (as Michael Taylor) |
Editorial Department
| Xavier Russell | ... | apprentice editor |
| Michael Saxton | ... | assistant editor |
Additional Crew
| Michael Barlow | ... | research |
| Leontine Ruette | ... | assistant to producer |
| Jennifer E. Ryan | ... | research (as Jennifer Ryan) |
| Susan Winslow | ... | research |
Thanks
| Tom Bade | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation (as Douglas Fairbanks Jnr.) |
| Peter Guber | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| Marty Halperin | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation (as Martin Halperin) |
| Jordan Kalfus | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| Alan Ladd Jr. | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation (as Alan Ladd Jnr.) |
| Leonard Maltin | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| David V. Picker | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation (as David Picker) |
| Raymond Rohauer | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| Daniel Selznick | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| David Shepard | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
| Henri Silx | ... | the producers wish to thank: for their help and cooperation |
