Cast
Ben Vereen
Narrator
Bud Abbott
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
George Abbott
Self
Larry Adler
Self
Hadji Ali
Self (archive footage)
Gracie Allen
Self (archive footage)
Morey Amsterdam
Self
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Carl Ballantine
Self
Ethel Barrymore
Self (archive footage)
Billy Barty
Self
Jack Benny
Self (archive footage)
Milton Berle
Self
Eubie Blake
Self (archive footage)
Ray Bolger
Self (archive footage)
Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage)
Teddy Brown
Self (archive footage)
Willie Bryant
Self (archive footage)
Joseph Buloff
Self (archive footage)
George Burns
Self (archive footage)
James Cagney
Self (archive footage)
Bob Callahan
Self (archive footage)
Eddie Cantor
Self (archive footage)
Violet Carlson
Self
Yvonne Cartledge
Self (archive footage) (as Napier & Yvonne)
Chaz Chase
Self (archive footage)
Iron Eyes Cody
Self
Bobby Coltman
Self
Lou Costello
Self (archive footage) (as Abbott & Costello)
James Cross
Self (archive footage) (as Stump)
Charles Dale
Self (archive footage) (as Smith & Dale)
Mercedes Delpino
Self (archive footage) (as Mercedes)
Sally Demay
Self (as Sally DeMay)
Joe Dorris
Self (archive footage) (as Joe Doris)
The Duncan Sisters
Themselves (archive footage)
Rosetta Duncan
Self (archive footage)
Vivian Duncan
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Durante
Self (archive footage)
Cliff Edwards
Self (archive footage)
Julian Eltinge
Self (archive footage)
Ruth Etting
Self (archive footage)
Frank Fay
Self (archive footage)
Joey Faye
Self
Benny Fields
Self (archive footage)
Lew Fields
Self (archive footage)
W.C. Fields
Self (archive footage)
The Five Racketeers
Themselves (archive footage)
Henry Ford
Self (archive footage)
Freehand & Love
Themselves (archive footage)
Trixie Friganza
Self (archive footage)
Joe Frisco
Self (archive footage)
Leo Fuchs
Self (archive footage)
Gallagher and Shean
Themselves (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage)
Morton Gould
Self
Mary Jane Gumm
Self (archive footage) (as The Gumm Sisters)
Virginia Gumm
Self (archive footage) (as The Gumm Sisters)
Eddie Hartman
Self (archive footage) (as Stumpy)
June Havoc
Self
Hildegarde
Self
Al Hirschfeld
Self
Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
Bill Irwin
Self
Chic Johnson
Self (archive footage) (as Johnson & Olson)
Al Jolson
Self (archive footage)
Coralie Jr.
Self / Self - Agent (as Coralee Jr.)
Gus Keller
Self (archive footage)
Fuzzy Knight
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Writing
Greg Palmer
Writer