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Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Buster Keaton, Groucho Marx, Spencer Tracy, Lucille Ball, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Joan Crawford, W.C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, Carole Lombard, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Robert Taylor, Melvyn Douglas, Jimmy Durante, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Bud Abbott, Robert Benchley, Lou Costello, Marion Davies, Marie Dressler, Curly Howard, Bert Lahr, Stan Laurel, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Gail Patrick, Zasu Pitts, Red Skelton, Lewis Stone, Franchot Tone, Lee Tracy, Lupe Velez, Asta, The Three Stooges, and The Marx Brothers in The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

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Director

  • Robert Youngson
    Robert Youngson

Writer

  • Robert Youngson
    Robert Youngson
    written by

Cast

(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    Self - Eddie in 'Hold Your Man'
    (archive footage)
  • Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932)
    Greta Garbo
    Greta Garbo
    Self - Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka'
    (archive footage)
  • Zeppo Marx and The Marx Brothers
    The Marx Brothers
    The Marx Brothers
    Self - Actors in 'Go West'
    (archive footage)
  • Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    Jean Harlow
    Self - Ruby in 'Hold Your Man'
    (archive footage)
  • Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    Self - Andre Charville
    (archive footage)
  • Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Self - Warren Haggerty
    (archive footage)
  • Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    Self - Tracy Lord
    (archive footage)
  • W.C. Fields in Follow the Boys (1963)
    W.C. Fields
    W.C. Fields
    Self - Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield'
    (archive footage)
  • Stan Laurel in Pardon Us (1931)
    Stan Laurel
    Stan Laurel
    Self - Stan in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage)
  • Oliver Hardy in Early to Bed (1928)
    Oliver Hardy
    Oliver Hardy
    Self - Oliver in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage)
  • William Powell
    William Powell
    William Powell
    Self - Nick Charles
    (archive footage)
  • Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    Myrna Loy
    Self - Nora Charles
    (archive footage)
  • Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy (1951)
    Lucille Ball
    Lucille Ball
    Self - Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People'
    (archive footage)
  • Red Skelton in The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
    Red Skelton
    Red Skelton
    Self - Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee'
    (archive footage)
  • Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    Robert Taylor
    Self - Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property'
    (archive footage)
  • Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    Joan Crawford
    Self - Bobby
    (archive footage)
  • Marie Dressler
    Marie Dressler
    Marie Dressler
    Self - Marie Truffle in 'Reducing'
    (archive footage)
  • Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    Wallace Beery
    Self - Terry
    (archive footage)
  • Bud Abbott
    Bud Abbott
    Bud Abbott
    Self - Doc in 'Rio Rita'
    (archive footage)
  • Lou Costello
    Lou Costello
    Lou Costello
    Self - Wishy in 'Rio Rita'
    (archive footage)
  • Carole Lombard
    Carole Lombard
    Carole Lombard
    Self - Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride'
    (archive footage)
  • Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    Jimmy Durante
    Himself in 'Hollywood Party' Trailer
    (archive footage)
  • Buster Keaton in Our Hospitality (1923)
    Buster Keaton
    Buster Keaton
    Self - Buster in 'The Cameraman'
    (archive footage)
  • Ted Healy
    Ted Healy
    Ted Healy
    Self - Reporter in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage)
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and The Three Stooges
    The Three Stooges
    The Three Stooges
    Self - Actors in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage)
  • Lionel Barrymore in It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    Lionel Barrymore
    Lionel Barrymore
    Self - Oliver Jordan in 'Dinner at Eight'
    (archive footage)
  • Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    Self - Gifford in 'Bombshell'
    (archive footage)
  • Melvyn Douglas in Ninotchka (1939)
    Melvyn Douglas
    Melvyn Douglas
    Self - Leon
    (archive footage)
  • Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley
    Robert Benchley
    Self - Joseph Doakes in 'That Inferior Feeling'
    (archive footage)
  • Marion Davies
    Marion Davies
    Marion Davies
    Self - Tina in 'The Red Mill'
    (archive footage)
  • Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)
    Lee Tracy
    Lee Tracy
    Self - Space in 'Bombshell'
    (archive footage)
  • Polly Moran
    Polly Moran
    Polly Moran
    Self - Sarah in 'China Bound'
    (archive footage)
  • Gail Patrick in My Man Godfrey (1936)
    Gail Patrick
    Gail Patrick
    Self - Isobel Grayson in 'Love Crazy'
    (archive footage)
  • Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    Lewis Stone
    Self - Baron in 'Suzy'
    (archive footage)
  • Bert Lahr in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
    Bert Lahr
    Bert Lahr
    Self - The Commander
    (archive footage)
  • Nat Pendleton
    Nat Pendleton
    Nat Pendleton
    Self - William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride'
    (archive footage)
  • Chester Morris
    Chester Morris
    Chester Morris
    Self - Jimmie Burnham in 'The Gay Bride'
    (archive footage)
  • Lupe Velez
    Lupe Velez
    Lupe Velez
    Herself in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage)
  • Freddie Bartholomew
    Freddie Bartholomew
    Freddie Bartholomew
    Self - David Copperfield in 'David Copperfield'
    (archive footage)
  • Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    Zasu Pitts
    Self - Mirabelle in 'The Gay Bride'
    (archive footage)
  • Karl Dane
    Karl Dane
    Karl Dane
    Self - Sharkey Nye in 'China Bound'
    (archive footage)
  • George K. Arthur
    George K. Arthur
    George K. Arthur
    Self - Bellhop in 'Detectives'
    (archive footage)
  • Leo Carrillo
    Leo Carrillo
    Leo Carrillo
    Self - Joselito Estanza in 'Too Hot to Handle'
    (archive footage)
  • Asta
    Asta
    Asta
    Self - Asta in 'After the Thin Man'
    (archive footage) (as Asta The Dog)
  • Dave O'Brien
    Dave O'Brien
    Dave O'Brien
    Self - Actor in the Pete Smith Shorts
    (archive footage)
  • James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    Self - Sergeant Major Finlayson in 'Bonnie Scotland'
    (archive footage) (as Jimmy Finlayson)
  • Les Tremayne
    Les Tremayne
    Les Tremayne
    Self - Narrator
    (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Elizabeth Allan
    Elizabeth Allan
    Elizabeth Allan
    Self - Mrs. Copperfield in 'David Copperfield'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    Self - Baxter in 'Go West'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack Baxley
    Jack Baxley
    Self - Actor in 'A Night at the Movies'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Monta Bell
    Monta Bell
    Monta Bell
    Self - Director of 'Pretty Ladies'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    Lionel Belmore
    Self - Blacksmith in 'Bonnie Scotland'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, and Conrad Nagel in London After Midnight (1927)
    Tod Browning
    Tod Browning
    Self - Director of 'The Mystic'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Dorothy Burgess in What Price Decency (1933)
    Dorothy Burgess
    Dorothy Burgess
    Self - Gypsy in 'Hold Your Man'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    Richard Carle
    Self - Actor Outside Theater
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Carroll
    John Carroll
    John Carroll
    Self - Terry Turner in 'Go West'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    Nora Cecil
    Self - Actress in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    Self - Actor in Theater Lobby
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • E.E. Clive
    E.E. Clive
    E.E. Clive
    Self - Cosgrove Dabney in 'Personal Property'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Louise Closser Hale
    Louise Closser Hale
    Louise Closser Hale
    Self - Hattie Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Lew Cody
    Lew Cody
    Lew Cody
    Self - Tip Scanlon in 'The Sporting Venus'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Self - Joe in 'Love Crazy'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jeff Corey
    Jeff Corey
    Jeff Corey
    Self - Sergeant in 'A Southern Yankee'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Josephine Crowell
    Josephine Crowell
    Josephine Crowell
    Self - Countess van Alstyne in 'The Sporting Venus'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Frank Dawson in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
    Frank Dawson
    Frank Dawson
    Self - Butler in 'Suzy'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Marceline Day
    Marceline Day
    Marceline Day
    Self - Lois in 'Detectives'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Edgar Dearing in Two Tars (1928)
    Edgar Dearing
    Edgar Dearing
    Self - Bill in 'Go West'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    Self - Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Douglas Fairbanks in The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
    Douglas Fairbanks
    Douglas Fairbanks
    Self - Actor Arriving at MGM
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Larry Fine and The Three Stooges
    Larry Fine
    Larry Fine
    Self - One of The Three Stooges
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Willie Fung
    Willie Fung
    Willie Fung
    Self - Willie in 'Too Hot to Handle'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Gilbert
    John Gilbert
    John Gilbert
    Self - Actor Arriving at MGM
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Ferdinand Gottschalk
    Ferdinand Gottschalk
    Ferdinand Gottschalk
    Self - Actor in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charley Grapewin in Tobacco Road (1941)
    Charley Grapewin
    Charley Grapewin
    Self - Mr. Bane in 'Libeled Lady'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Harry Gribbon
    Harry Gribbon
    Harry Gribbon
    Self - Cop in 'The Cameraman'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • William Haines
    William Haines
    William Haines
    Self - Actor in Theater Lobby
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Winifred Harris
    Winifred Harris
    Winifred Harris
    Self - Actress in 'Ninotchka'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Phillips Holmes in The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
    Phillips Holmes
    Phillips Holmes
    Self - Ernest DeGraff in 'Dinner at Eight'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Curly Howard and The Three Stooges
    Curly Howard
    Curly Howard
    Self - One of The Three Stooges
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Moe Howard and The Three Stooges
    Moe Howard
    Moe Howard
    Self - One of The Three Stooges
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • John Ireland in Gunslinger (1956)
    John Ireland
    John Ireland
    Self - Captain Calbern in 'A Southern Yankee'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Leatrice Joy
    Leatrice Joy
    Leatrice Joy
    Self - Actress in Theater Lobby
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Walter Woolf King
    Walter Woolf King
    Walter Woolf King
    Self - Beecher in 'Go West'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Diana Lewis in Whistling in Dixie (1942)
    Diana Lewis
    Diana Lewis
    Self - Eve Wilson in 'Go West'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Edmund Lowe
    Edmund Lowe
    Edmund Lowe
    Self - Doctor Wayne Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Chico Marx in A Night in Casablanca (1946)
    Chico Marx
    Chico Marx
    Self - One of The Marx Brothers
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Groucho Marx
    Groucho Marx
    Groucho Marx
    Self - One of The Marx Brothers
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Harpo Marx
    Harpo Marx
    Harpo Marx
    Self - One of The Marx Brothers
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Grant Mitchell
    Grant Mitchell
    Grant Mitchell
    Self - Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Owen Moore
    Owen Moore
    Owen Moore
    Self - Dennis in 'The Red Mill'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Karen Morley
    Karen Morley
    Karen Morley
    Self - Mrs. Lucy Talbot in 'Dinner at Eight'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jack Norton in Blue Skies (1946)
    Jack Norton
    Jack Norton
    Self - Actor in 'The Girl from Missouri'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Anita Page
    Anita Page
    Anita Page
    Self - Vivian Truffle in 'Reducing'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Barnett Parker
    Barnett Parker
    Barnett Parker
    Self - Arthur Trevelyan in 'Personal Property'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Herbert Prior
    Herbert Prior
    Herbert Prior
    Self - Actor on Train in 'Reducing'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    Jed Prouty
    Self - Actor Outside Theater
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Tom Ricketts
    Tom Ricketts
    Tom Ricketts
    Self - Butler in 'After the Thin Man'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Bert Roach
    Bert Roach
    Bert Roach
    Self - Foster in 'The Thin Man'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • George Tobias
    George Tobias
    George Tobias
    Self - Actor in 'Ninotchka'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Billy Wayne in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
    Billy Wayne
    Billy Wayne
    Self - Fireman in 'Go West'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Huey White
    Huey White
    Self - Actor in 'The Thin Man'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Peter Whitney
    Peter Whitney
    Peter Whitney
    Self - Jake in 'Rio Rita'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Charles Williams
    Charles Williams
    Charles Williams
    Self - Actor in 'The Thin Man'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Clarence Wilson in The Tin Man (1935)
    Clarence Wilson
    Clarence Wilson
    Self - Actor in 'Hollywood Party'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Tammany Young
    Tammany Young
    Tammany Young
    Self - Shif'less in 'Tugboat Annie'
    (archive footage) (uncredited)

Producers

  • Robert Youngson
    Robert Youngson
    producer
  • Alfred Dahlem
    Alfred Dahlem
    associate producer
  • Robert O'Brien
    Robert O'Brien
    producer (uncredited)

Composer

  • Bernard Green
    Bernard Green

Production Management

  • I. Hill Youngson
    I. Hill Youngson
    production manager

Art Department

  • Tom Jung
    Tom Jung
    poster designer (uncredited)

Visual Effects

  • Robert Youngson
    Robert Youngson
    titles and effects designer

Music Department

  • Jack Shaindlin
    Jack Shaindlin
    conductor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

  • Jeanne Youngson
    Jeanne Youngson
    research supervisor (as Jeanne Keyes)
Crew verified as complete

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