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Directed by 

Jack Haley Jr.

Writing Credits  

Draper Lewis ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order)  

Joseph Cotten ... Self - Host / Narrator
Busby Berkeley ... Self (archive footage)
Dick Powell ... Self (archive footage)
Ruby Keeler ... Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire ... Self (archive footage)
Ginger Rogers ... Self (archive footage)
Nelson Eddy ... Self (archive footage)
Jeanette MacDonald ... Self (archive footage)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Barrymore ... Self (archive footage)
Warner Baxter ... Self (archive footage)
Sally Blane ... Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby ... Self (archive footage)
Bebe Daniels ... Self (archive footage)
Deanna Durbin ... Self (archive footage)
Thomas A. Edison ... Self (archive footage)
Ruth Etting ... Self (archive footage)
Alice Faye ... Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland ... Self (archive footage)
Betty Grable ... Self (archive footage)
Sonja Henie ... Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope ... Buzz Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)) (archive footage)
Al Jolson ... Self (archive footage)
Michael Lentz Michael Lentz ... Self - German Narrator
Myrna Loy ... Self (archive footage)
Nick Lucas ... Self (archive footage)
Tony Martin ... Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Miller ... Self (archive footage)
Grace Moore ... Mary (archive footage)
Louella Parsons ... Self (archive footage)
Eleanor Powell ... Self (archive footage)
Tyrone Power ... Self (archive footage)
Bill Robinson ... Bill Green (clip from King for a Day (1934)) (archive footage)
Mickey Rooney ... Self (archive footage)
Shirley Temple ... Self (archive footage)
Ethel Waters ... Self (archive footage)
Alice White ... Self (archive footage)
Loretta Young ... Self (archive footage)
Lawrence Gray ... Tom Warren (clip from Sunny (1930)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shirley Ross ... Cleo Fielding (clip from The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Randolph Scott ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George E. Stone ... Andy Lee (clip from 42nd Street (1933)) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Stan Atkinson ... producer
Jack Haley Jr. ... series producer
Draper Lewis ... producer
Julian Ludwig ... associate producer
Al Ramrus ... executive producer
David L. Wolper ... executive producer

Music by 

Ruby Raksin

Editing by 

Melvin Shapiro

Production Management 

Jack Mulcahy ... production manager

Sound Department 

Morton Tubor ... sound effects editor
Jerry Ow Young ... sound engineer

Editorial Department 

Joseph C. Thornton ... assistant editor

Music Department 

Elmer Bernstein ... composer: title music
Jack K. Tillar ... music supervisor (as Jack TIllar)

Additional Crew 

Harvey Bernhard ... business administrator
William Edgar ... director of research
Bert Gold ... film supervisor
Bobbe Kurtz ... film research: U.S.A. (as Bobbe P. Kurtz)
William Lovelock ... film research: Europe (as Bill Lovelock)
Madge Reynolds ... research director
Don Roth ... film librarian
James Schmerer ... production coordinator (as Jim Schmerer)

See also

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

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