| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 De Leon Anthony | Crew | Writing | Writer |
 Frank Capra | Crew | Crew | Supervisor of Production Resources |
Gordon Hollingshead | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Ann Rutherford | Cast | Actress | Self |
Bernard B. Brown | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Bette Davis | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Bob Hope | Cast | Actor | Self - Master of Ceremonies |
 Carey Wilson | Cast | Actor | Commentator - as Oscar statuette (voice) |
 Charles Laughton | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Clark Gable | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Claudette Colbert | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Darryl F. Zanuck | Cast | Actor | Self |
 David O. Selznick | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Deanna Durbin | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Douglas Fairbanks | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Cast | Actor | Self |
E.J. Mannix | Cast | Actor | Self |
 E.Y. Harburg | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Edgar Bergen | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Edmund H. Hansen | Cast | Self | |
 Elsa Lanchester | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Elsa Maxwell | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Emil Jannings | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ernest Haller | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Fay Bainter | Cast | Actress | Self |
Frank Capra | Cast | Actor | Self |
Fred Sersen | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Fredric March | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gene Markey | Cast | Actor | Self |
 George Arliss | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Bernard Shaw | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Raft | Cast | Actor | Self |
Gordon Hollingshead | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Hal B. Wallis | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Hal C. Kern | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Hamilton Luske | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Harold Arlen | Cast | Actor | Self |
Harry M. Warner | Cast | Self | |
Harry Martin | Cast | Self (as Dr. Henry Martin) | |
 Hattie McDaniel | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Hedda Hopper | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Hedy Lamarr | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Helen Gahagan | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Helen Hayes | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Herbert Stothart | Cast | Actor | Self |
Herbert T. Kalmus | Cast | Self | |
 Irvin S. Cobb | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Irving Pichel | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Irving Thalberg | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
J. Walter Ruben | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Jack L. Warner | Cast | Actor | Self |
James E. Newcom | Cast | Actor | Self |
 James Stewart | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Janet Gaynor | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Jean Hersholt | Cast | Actor | Self |
 John Carroll | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Judy Garland | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Katharine Hepburn | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Laurence Olivier | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Lewis R. Foster | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Lionel Barrymore | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Louella Parsons | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Luise Rainer | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Lyle R. Wheeler | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Mack Sennett | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Marie Dressler | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Mary Pickford | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 May Robson | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Melvyn Douglas | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Mervyn LeRoy | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Mickey Rooney | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Norma Shearer | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Olivia de Havilland | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Paul Muni | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Ray Rennahan | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Robert Donat | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Shirley Temple | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Sinclair Lewis | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Spencer Tracy | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Thomas Mitchell | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Victor Fleming | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Virginia Bruce | Cast | Actress | Self |
 Vivien Leigh | Cast | Actress | Self |
 W.C. Fields | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Walt Disney | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Walter Wanger | Cast | Actor | Self |
 Warner Baxter | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 William Cameron Menzies | Cast | Actor | Self |
John Hay Whitney | Cast | Self | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
