| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gordon Hollingshead | Crew | Production | Producer |
Howard Jackson | Crew | Sound | Music |
James Bloodworth | Crew | Writing | Writer |
 Jean Negulesco | Crew | Directing | Director |
Sidney Hickox | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Thomas Pratt | Crew | Editing | Editor |
Roland E. Hill Sr. | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
 Al Jolson | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) |
 Art Gilmore | Cast | Actor | Narrator (voice) |
 Benito Mussolini | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Bette Davis | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) |
 Cullen Landis | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) |
 David Torrence | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) |
 Ethel Waters | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage) |
 Eugene Pallette | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) |
 Eugenie Besserer | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'The Jazz Singer') (archive footage) |
 Franchot Tone | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Dangerous') (archive footage) |
 Gary Cooper | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) |
 George Arliss | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Disraeli') (archive footage) |
 Giovanni Martinelli | Cast | Actor | Canio in 'Pagliacci' (segment 'Vesti la giubba') (archive footage) |
 Harold Miller | Cast | Actor | Audience Member (uncredited) |
Harry M. Warner | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Jack L. Warner | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 James Cagney | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 Jeanne Cagney | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 Joan Leslie | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
 John Barrymore | Cast | Actor | Self (segments 'Don Juan' & 'Richard III') (archive footage) |
 Josephine Hutchinson | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'The Story of Louis Pasteur') (archive footage) |
 Paul Muni | Cast | Actor | Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage) |
 Robert Elliott | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage) |
 Rosemary DeCamp | Cast | Actress | Self (segment 'Yankee Doodle Dandy') (archive footage) |
Sheldon Jett | Cast | Actor | Audience Member (uncredited) |
 Stanley Ridges | Cast | Actor | Self (segment 'Sergeant York') (archive footage) |
 Walter Huston | Cast | Actor | Jerry Cohan (archive footage) |
Edwin Tuttle | Cast | Actor | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
