 Art GilmoreNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
| SSheldon JettAudience Member (uncredited) | Audience Member (uncredited) |
 Harold MillerAudience Member (uncredited) | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| EEdwin TuttleAudience Member (uncredited) | Audience Member (uncredited) |
 Giovanni MartinelliCanio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage) | Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage) |
 George ArlissSelf (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) |
 John BarrymoreSelf (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) | Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) |
 Eugenie BessererSelf (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) |
 James CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 Jeanne CagneySelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 Gary CooperSelf (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) |
 Bette DavisSelf (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) |
 Rosemary DeCampSelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 Robert ElliottSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) |
 Walter HustonJerry Cohan (archive footage) | Jerry Cohan (archive footage) |
 Josephine HutchinsonSelf (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) |
 Al JolsonSelf (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) |
 Cullen LandisSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) |
 Joan LeslieSelf (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 Paul MuniSelf ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage) | Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage) |
 Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Eugene PalletteSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) |
 Stanley RidgesSelf (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) |
 Franchot ToneSelf (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) |
 David TorrenceSelf (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) |
| HHarry M. WarnerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Jack L. WarnerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Ethel WatersSelf (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) | Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) |
