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Directed by 

Bud Friedgen
Michael J. Sheridan

Writing Credits (WGA)  

Bud Friedgen ... (written by) &
Michael J. Sheridan ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete  

June Allyson ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Cyd Charisse ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Lena Horne ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Howard Keel ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Gene Kelly ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Ann Miller ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Debbie Reynolds ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Mickey Rooney ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Esther Williams ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Granville Van Dusen ... Beginning Narrator (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adrian ... Self in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
George K. Arthur ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Astaire ... Performer in Clips from 'Easter Parade' / 'The Band Wagon' and Others (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucille Ball ... Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Benny ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ingrid Bergman ... Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray Bolger ... Chris Maule (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Breen ... Self - Newsreel Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucille Bremer ... Performer in Clip from 'Yolanda and the Thief' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Buchanan ... Clip from 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billie Burke ... Glinda (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leslie Caron ... Lise Bouvier / Gigi (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert ... Betsy Bartlett (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan Crawford ... Hollywood Revue of 1929 / Jenny Stewart (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bing Crosby ... Performer in Clip from 'High Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Xavier Cugat ... Orchestra Leader (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arlene Dahl ... Performer in Clip from 'Three Little Words' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marion Davies ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day ... Ruth Etting (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gloria DeHaven ... Performer in Clip from 'Best Foot Forward' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marlene Dietrich ... Performer in Clip from 'Kismet' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beth Dodge ... Performer in Clip from 'The March of Time' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Dodge ... Performer in Clip from 'The March of Time' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marie Dressler ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosetta Duncan ... Performer in Clip from 'It's a Great Life' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivian Duncan ... Performer in Clip from 'It's a Great Life' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Durante ... Performer in Clip from 'This Time for Keeps' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buddy Ebsen ... Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson Eddy ... Performer in Clip from 'Naughty Marietta' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards ... Performer in Clip from 'The Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nanette Fabray ... Performer in Clip from 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Five Locust Sisters The Five Locust Sisters ... Performers in Clip from 'The Five Locust Sisters' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clark Gable ... Performer in Clip from 'Dancing Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greta Garbo ... Marguerite Gautier / Karin Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ava Gardner ... Performer in Clip from 'Show Boat' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland ... Patsy Barton / Jane Falbury / Annie Oakley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Garrett ... Brunhilde Esterhazy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greer Garson ... Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paulette Goddard ... Performer in Clip from 'The Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dolores Gray ... Performer in Clip from 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kathryn Grayson ... Performer in Clip from 'Anchors Aweigh' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean Harlow ... Performer in Clip from 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katharine Hepburn ... Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope ... Self - Newsreel Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Hutton ... Performer in Clip from 'Annie Get Your Gun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry James ... Performer in Performer in Clip from 'Best Foot Forward' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Jaynes ... Performer in Clip from 'Babes in Arms' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis Jourdan ... Performer in Clips from 'The Swan' / 'Gigi' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly ... Princess Alexandra (archive footage) (uncredited)
The King's Men The King's Men ... Performers in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hedy Lamarr ... Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Girl' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angela Lansbury ... Em (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh ... Myra (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oscar Levant ... Performer in Clip from 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carole Lombard ... Performer in Clip from 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy ... Diana 'Di' Standing (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeanette MacDonald ... Performer in Clips from 'Naughty Marietta' / 'Maytime' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Martin ... Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Girl' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan McCracken ... Performer in Clip from 'Good News' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray McDonald ... Performer in Clips from 'Till the Clouds Roll By' / 'Good News' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Douglas McPhail Douglas McPhail ... Performer in Clip from 'Babes in Arms' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Una Merkel ... Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carmen Miranda ... Performer in Clip from 'Nancy Goes to Rio' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe ... Performer in Clip from 'The Asphalt Jungle' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ricardo Montalban ... Performer in Clip from 'The Kissing Bandit' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Polly Moran ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jules Munshin ... Performer in Clip from 'On the Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Murphy ... Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Carrol Naish ... Chief Sitting Bull (archive footage) (uncredited)
Donald O'Connor ... Performer in Clips from 'Singin' in the Rain' / 'I Love Melvin' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janis Paige ... Performer in Clip from 'Silk Stockings' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Pearl ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eleanor Powell ... Performer in Clips from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' / 'Lady Be Good' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jane Powell ... Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elvis Presley ... Performer in Clip from 'Jailhouse Rock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Luise Rainer ... Anna Held (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ginger Rogers ... Performer in Clip from 'The Barkleys of Broadway' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betsy Ross Betsy Ross ... Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dixie Ross Dixie Ross ... Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vicki Ross Vicki Ross ... Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosalind Russell ... Mrs. Howard Fowler - Sylvia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Norma Shearer ... Marie Antoinette (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra ... Chip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Sothern ... Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg ... Performer in Clip from 'Annie Get Your Gun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Taylor ... Performer in Clip from 'Boom Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor ... Kay Banks (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lana Turner ... Sheila Regan / Lady de Winter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lupe Velez ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vera-Ellen ... Performer in Clip from 'On the Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Walker ... Nancy - Blind Date (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frances Williams ... Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chill Wills ... Performer in Clip from 'The Harvey Girls' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ... Performer in Clip from 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Young ... Robert Young - Radio Announcer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roland Young ... Performer in Clip from 'Two-Faced Woman' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

George Feltenstein ... executive producer (uncredited)
Peter Fitzgerald ... executive producer
Bud Friedgen ... producer
Michael J. Sheridan ... producer

Editing by 

Bud Friedgen
Michael J. Sheridan

Makeup Department 

Julius Benson ... hair stylist: Ms. Charisse
Harry Blake ... hair stylist: Mr. Kelly
James Echerd ... hair stylist: Ms. Horne (as Jim Echard)
Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist: Ms. Horne
Scott Harrison ... hair stylist: Ms. Charisse
Marsha Lewis ... key hair stylist
Dee Mansano ... key makeup artist
Kelly Muldoon ... hair stylist: Ms. Reynolds

Production Management 

Ric Rondell ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Ric Rondell ... first assistant director
Daniel Silverberg ... second assistant director

Sound Department 

Billy B. Bell ... supervising sound effects editor: Echo Film Services, Inc.
Reid W. Caulfield ... digital audio restoration engineer
James G. Crawford ... digital audio restoration engineer
Barry Goldberg ... digital audio restoration engineer
Randall L. Johnson ... boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Richard B. Larimore ... digital audio restoration engineer
Tom Long ... re-recording mixer
Andy Nelson ... sound mixer: Printmaster, Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios
Dave Nelson ... production sound recorder
Scott Perry ... sound archivist: Turner Entertainment Co.
Jeff Porrello ... boom operator
Robert 'Rocky' Reiger ... digital audio restoration engineer
Bill Teague ... production sound recorder
James B. Young ... digital audio restoration engineer
Bob Costanza ... sound effects editor (uncredited)
David Kelson ... sound mixer (uncredited)
T.A. Williams ... sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

Gary Crandall ... optical effects supervisor
Michael L. Griffin ... optical line-up
Ron Lambert ... optical color timer
Stanley Miller ... motion control camera
Bernard Joseph Patrick Reilly ... optical line-up (as Bernard Joseph Reilly)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Mark Abbott ... chief lighting technician
Howard A. Anderson III ... additional photographer
Bob Brown ... best boy grip
Scott Crabbe ... video assistant technician
David G. George ... video assistant technician (as David George)
Andy Martinez ... camera operator
Vern Nobles Jr. ... first assistant camera (as Vern Nobles)
Jack Palinkos ... key grip
Joseph T. Terranova ... best boy electric (as Joe Terranova)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Pasquale Spezzano ... wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department 

Sondra Davis ... assistant film editor
John McCormack ... archival editorial services: Turner Entertainment Co.
Sam Moore ... archival editorial services: Turner Entertainment Co.
George Nakama ... archival editorial services: Turner Entertainment Co.
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein ... negative cutter (as mary Nelson Duerrstein)
Keith M. Sheridan ... assistant film editor
Stephen R. Sheridan ... color timer

Music Department 

Jeff Atmajian ... orchestrator
Larry Blank ... orchestrator
Marilee Bradford ... music supervisor
Hummie Mann ... music recordist / orchestrator
John Mauceri ... performer: additional music
Joel Moss ... music mixer: additional music arrangements / music recordist: additional music arrangements
Scott Perry ... music archivist: Turner Entertainment Co.
Marc Shaiman ... music arranger
Nick Vidar ... synthesizer programmer
Ken Watson ... music contractor
Tom Brown ... music preparation (uncredited)
Wade Culbreath ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Jim Hoffman ... music preparation (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)

Transportation Department 

Jack Edgerton ... driver
Don Tardino ... transportation

Additional Crew 

Kathy Andreasen ... tele-prompter technician
Lydia Avalos ... film restoration coordinator: Turner Entertainment Co.
Bradley Flanagan ... production coordinator
Jim France ... tele-prompter technician
Marlene Hubbard ... assistant: Mr. Friedgen and Mr. Sheridan
Teresa Lewis ... production accountant
Richard P. May ... film restoration supervisor: Turner Entertainment Co.
Roger Mayer ... executive: Turner Entertainment Co.
Charles Mcdonald ... title designer (as Charles McDonald)
Ted Yonenaka ... craft service

Thanks 

Harold Adamson ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Milton Ager ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Fred E. Ahlert ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Fred Ahlert)
Louis Alter ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Harold Arlen ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
George Bassman ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Toni Beaulieu ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Irving Berlin ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ralph Blane ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Scott Bradley ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Earl K. Brent ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Earl Brent) / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators (as Earl Brent)
Jack Brooks ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Lew Brown ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Nacio Herb Brown ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jim Burris ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as James Henry Burris)
Saul Chaplin ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Betty Comden ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Alexander Courage ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Ken Darby ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Gene de Paul ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Gene De Paul)
Buddy G. DeSylva ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as B.G. De Sylva)
Adolph Deutsch ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Howard Dietz ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Walter Donaldson ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Roger Edens ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Sammy Fain ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Dorothy Fields ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Fred Fisher ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Arthur Freed ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the producer of the finest musical motion pictures ever created
Ralph Freed ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
George Gershwin ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ira Gershwin ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ray Gilbert ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Al Goodhart ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Mack Gordon ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Adolph Green ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Johnny Green ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators (as John Green)
Oscar Hammerstein II ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Otto A. Harbach ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Otto Harbach)
William O. Harbach ... special thanks (as William Harbach)
E.Y. Harburg ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg)
Lorenz Hart ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Lennie Hayton ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Ray Henderson ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Victor Herbert ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Edward Heyman ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Al Hoffman ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Calvin Jackson ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jararaca ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Jararaca Paiva)
Walter Jurmann ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Gus Kahn ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Bronislau Kaper ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Bronislaw Kaper)
Jerome Kern ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ted Koehler ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Arthur J. Lamb ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Arthur Lamb)
Burton Lane ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jerry Leiber ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Alan Jay Lerner ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Paul Lincke ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Frederick Loewe ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Hugh Martin ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Skip Martin ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as G.H. Matos Rodriguez)
Joseph McCarthy ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jimmy McHugh ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as James McHugh)
Felix Mendelssohn ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
Johnny Mercer ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Betty Kern Miller ... special thanks
James V. Monaco ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Esy Morales ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Josef Myrow ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Vicente Paiva ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Vincente Paiva)
Cole Porter ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
André Previn ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Don Raye ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Don Ray)
Amy Rice ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Richard Rodgers ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Pete Rugolo ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Walter Ruick ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Conrad Salinger ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Arthur Schwartz ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Albert Sendrey ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Chris Smith ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Robyn Smith ... acknowledgment: the appearance and performance of Mr. Fred Astaire has been arranged through a special license with (as Mrs. Fred Astaire)
Fred Spielman ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Al Stillman ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
George Stoll ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Georgie Stoll) / grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators (as Georgie Stoll)
Mike Stoller ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Herbert Stothart ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Robert G. Sugarman ... special thanks: trustee of the literary estate of Edna Ferber
Kay Thompson ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Robert Tucker ... grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Roy Turk ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Robert Van Eps ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Harry Warren ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
P.G. Wodehouse ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jack Yellen ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Rida Johnson Young ... grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Philip Zimet ... special thanks: trustee under the will of Oscar Hammerstein II
Crew verified as complete

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