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The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
Chevy Chase
as Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Anger
as Self (uncredited)
Richard L. Bare
as Self (uncredited)
Nat Benchley
as Self (uncredited)
Sid Caesar
as Self (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
as Self (uncredited)
Tim Conway
as Self (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
as Self (uncredited)
Dorothy DeBorba
as Self (uncredited)
Joe Franklin
as Self (uncredited)
Sylvia Froos
as Self (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
as Self (uncredited)
Bruce Helford
as Self (uncredited)
Gregory Hines
as Self (uncredited)
Illinois Jacquet
as Self (uncredited)
Howie Mandel
as Self (uncredited)
Rose Marie
as Self (uncredited)
Branford Marsalis
as Self (uncredited)
Dorothy Morris
as Self (uncredited)
Bob Newhart
as Self (uncredited)
Joseph M. Newman
as Self (uncredited)
Fayard Nicholas
as Self (uncredited)
Hal Roach
as Self (uncredited)
George Sidney
as Self (uncredited)
Vola Vale
as Self (uncredited)
Thelma White
as Self (uncredited)
Toby Wing
as Self (uncredited)
Joe DeRita
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deanna Durbin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Fine
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moe Howard
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Morris
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Nicholas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mack Sennett
as Self (archive audio) (uncredited)
Pete Smith
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chevy Chase
as Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Anger
as Self (uncredited)
Richard L. Bare
as Self (uncredited)
Nat Benchley
as Self (uncredited)
Sid Caesar
as Self (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
as Self (uncredited)
Tim Conway
as Self (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
as Self (uncredited)
Dorothy DeBorba
as Self (uncredited)
Joe Franklin
as Self (uncredited)
Sylvia Froos
as Self (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
as Self (uncredited)
Bruce Helford
as Self (uncredited)
Gregory Hines
as Self (uncredited)
Illinois Jacquet
as Self (uncredited)
Howie Mandel
as Self (uncredited)
Rose Marie
as Self (uncredited)
Branford Marsalis
as Self (uncredited)
Dorothy Morris
as Self (uncredited)
Bob Newhart
as Self (uncredited)
Joseph M. Newman
as Self (uncredited)
Fayard Nicholas
as Self (uncredited)
Hal Roach
as Self (uncredited)
George Sidney
as Self (uncredited)
Vola Vale
as Self (uncredited)
Thelma White
as Self (uncredited)
Toby Wing
as Self (uncredited)
Joe DeRita
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deanna Durbin
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Fine
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moe Howard
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Morris
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Nicholas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mack Sennett
as Self (archive audio) (uncredited)
Pete Smith
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
