Interviews were filmed with Cary Grant (filmed only a few months before his death), Joel McCrea, James Stewart, Frank Capra, Ann Miller, Joan Leslie, Ida Lupino, Loretta Young, Eve Arden, Victor Mature, Paulette Goddard, Burgess Meredith, Joseph Cotten, Harriet Nelson, Buddy Rogers, Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Simone Simon, Kim Hunter, and Dorothy Lee, but due to time and budget constraints, were not included in the final cut of this miniseries. Laurence Olivier, Jean Arthur, Olivia de Havilland and Claudette Colbert all declined to be interviewed.
A BBC production, hosted by Ed Asner.