| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Frederick Lewis Allen | Crew | Writing | Writer |
Leo Zochling | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Richard De Rochemont | Crew | Production | Producer |
Samuel Wood Bryant | Crew | Writing | Story, Co-Producer |
Whitfield Davis | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Adolph Zukor | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Al Capone | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Al Jolson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Allen Prescott | Cast | Narrator | |
 Babe Ruth | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Billie Burke | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Calvin Coolidge | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Charlie Chaplin | Cast | Actor | (archive footage) |
 Clarence Darrow | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dolores Costello | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Douglas Fairbanks | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Elmer Davis | Cast | Narrator | |
 Enrico Caruso | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Franklin D. Roosevelt | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Frederick Lewis Allen | Cast | Actor | Narrator |
 George Gershwin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gloria Swanson | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Harry Houdini | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Harry Lauder | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Herbert Hoover | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Irene Castle | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Irving Berlin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jack Dempsey | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John Barrymore | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Johnny Weissmüller | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Joseph Conrad | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Lillian Case Russell | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Marion Talley | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul Whiteman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Pola Negri | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Red Barber | Cast | Narrator | |
 Rudolph Valentino | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Rudy Vallee | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Sergei Rachmaninoff | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Texas Guinan | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Thomas A. Edison | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Vilma Banky | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
William Jennings Bryan | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Woodrow Wilson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Warren G. Harding | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Robert Q. Lewis | Cast | Actor | Narrator |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
