Himself / Narrator (voice)
James Mason
Himself (archive footage)
Art Acord
(archive footage)
Renée Adorée
(archive footage)
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
(archive footage)
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Herself (archive footage)
Agnes Ayres
Himself (archive footage)
Monty Banks
Herself (archive footage)
Vilma Bánky
(archive footage)
Theda Bara
Himself (archive footage)
John Barrymore
Himself (archive footage)
Lionel Barrymore
Himself (archive footage)
Richard Barthelmess
Himself (archive footage)
Rex Bell
Herself (archive footage)
Eugenie Besserer
Himself (archive footage)
Billy Bevan
Himself (archive footage)
Joe Bonomo
(archive footage)
Clara Bow
(archive footage)
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Himself (archive footage)
Harry Carey
(archive footage)
Lon Chaney
(archive footage)
Charles Chaplin
Himself (archive footage)
Lew Cody
Himself (archive footage)
Chester Conklin
Himself (archive footage)
Calvin Coolidge
Himself (archive footage)
Gary Cooper
(archive footage)
Dorothy Dalton
Herself (archive footage)
Bebe Daniels
Herself (archive footage)
Dorothy Davenport
(archive footage)
Marion Davies
Herself (archive footage)
Marceline Day
Himself (archive footage)
Lee De Forest
Himself (archive footage)
Cecil B. DeMille
Himself (archive footage)
William C. de Mille
(archive footage)
Rose Dionne
Herself (archive footage)
Louise Dresser
Herself (archive footage)
Marie Dressler
Herself (archive footage)
Jeanne Eagels
Himself (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
Himself
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
(archive footage)
Geraldine Farrar
Himself (archive footage)
Victor Fleming
Himself (archive footage)
John Ford
Himself (archive footage)
William Fox
(archive footage)
Greta Garbo
Himself - Interviewee
Lee Garmes
Herself (as Valerie von Stroheim)
Valerie Germonprez
(archive footage)
John Gilbert
Herself (as Leatrice Gilbert Fountain)
Leatrice Joy Gilbert
Himself
A. Arnold Gillespie
Herself (archive footage)
Dorothy Gish
Herself (archive footage)
Lillian Gish
Herself (archive footage)
Elinor Glyn
Himself (archive footage)
Dick Grace
(archive footage)
D.W. Griffith
(archive footage)
William S. Hart
Himself (archive footage)
Sessue Hayakawa
(archive footage)
Will H. Hays
Himself (archive footage)
Jean Hersholt
Himself (as R. Lee 'Lefty' Hough)
R.L. Hough
Himself (archive footage)
Lloyd Hughes
Himself (archive footage)
Thomas H. Ince
(archive footage)
Rex Ingram
Himself (archive footage)
Al J. Jennings
Himself (archive footage)
Al Jolson
Herself (archive footage)
Alice Joyce
Himself (voice from radio interview) (voice) (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
Himself (archive footage)
Donald Keith
Himself (archive footage)
Joseph P. Kennedy
(archive footage)
Barbara La Marr
(archive footage)
Harry Langdon
Himself (archive footage)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Himself (archive footage)
Max Linder
(archive footage)
Harold Lloyd
Himself (archive footage)
Ormer Locklear
Herself (archive footage)
Jacqueline Logan
Himself (archive footage)
Percy Marmont
Himself (archive footage)
Tully Marshall
Herself (archive footage)
Shirley Mason
Herself (archive footage)
June Mathis
Herself (archive footage)
May McAvoy
Himself (archive footage)
Harry McCoy
Himself (as Col. Tim McCoy)
Tim McCoy
Himself (archive footage)
Adolphe Menjou
(archive footage)
Mary Miles Minter
Himself (archive footage)
Tom Mix
Himself (as Lord Mountbatten)
Louis Mountbatten
(archive footage)
Mae Murray
Herself (archive footage)
Nita Naldi
(archive footage)
Ramon Navarro
Herself (archive footage)
Alla Nazimova
Herself (archive footage)
Pola Negri
Himself (archive footage)
Marshall Neilan
(archive footage)
Mabel Normand
Himself (archive footage)
Warner Oland
Herself (archive footage)
Catherine Dale Owen
Herself (archive footage)
Seena Owen
Himself (archive footage)
Jack Pickford
(archive footage)
Mary Pickford
Herself (archive footage)
Zasu Pitts
Himself (archive footage)
'Snub' Pollard
Herself (archive footage)
Virginia Rappe
(archive footage)
Wallace Reid
Himself (as Al Rogell)
Albert S. Rogell
Himself
Charles 'Buddy' Rogers
Himself (archive footage)
Will Rogers
Himself (archive footage)
Gilbert Roland
Herself (archive footage)
Adele Rowland
Herself (archive footage)
Alma Rubens
Himself
Harold D. Schuster
Himself (archive footage)
Mack Sennett
Herself
Adela Rogers St. Johns
Himself (archive footage)
Slim Summerville
Himself (archive footage)
Mack Swain
(archive footage)
Norma Talmadge
Himself (archive footage)
Richard Talmadge
(archive footage)
William Desmond Taylor
Himself (archive footage)
Conway Tearle
(archive footage)
Alice Terry
(archive footage)
Irving Thalberg
Herself (archive footage)
Olive Thomas
Himself (archive footage)
Fred Thomson
Himself (archive footage)
Ernest Torrence
Himself (archive footage)
Ben Turpin
Himself (as Alberto Valentino)
Albert Valentino
Himself (as Jean Valentino)
Jean G. Valentino
(archive footage)
Rudolph Valentino
Herself (archive footage)
Lupe Velez
Himself (archive footage)
Bobby Vernon
Herself (platfom diver, USA) (archive footage)
Florence Vidor
(archive footage)
Erich von Stroheim
Himself (1973 interview) (archive footage)
Raoul Walsh
Herself (archive footage)
Fannie Ward
Himself (archive footage)
Jack L. Warner
Himself (archive footage)
Sam Warner
Herself (archive footage)
Lois Weber
Himself (1973 TV interview)
William A. Wellman
Herself (archive footage)
Alice White
(archive footage)
Fay Wray
