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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
Chevy Chase
Narrator (voice)
Kenneth Anger
Self (uncredited)
Richard L. Bare
Self (uncredited)
Nat Benchley
Self (uncredited)
Sid Caesar
Self (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
Self (uncredited)
Tim Conway
Self (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite
Self (uncredited)
Dorothy DeBorba
Self (uncredited)
William Dunster
Self (uncredited)
Dr. Raymond Fielding
Self (uncredited)
Joe Franklin
Self (uncredited)
Sylvia Froos
Self (uncredited)
Richard Goldstone
Self (uncredited)
Lorna Gray
Self (uncredited)
Sanford Green
Self (uncredited)
Bruce Helford
Self (uncredited)
Robert Henabery
Self (uncredited)
Gregory Hines
Self (uncredited)
Ron Hutchinson
Self (uncredited)
Illinois Jacquet
Self (uncredited)
Robert Lees
Self (uncredited)
Frank Lillo
Self (uncredited)
Howie Mandel
Self (uncredited)
Rose Marie
Self (uncredited)
Branford Marsalis
Self (uncredited)
Dorothy Morris
Self (uncredited)
Bob Newhart
Self (uncredited)
Joseph M. Newman
Self (uncredited)
Fayard Nicholas
Self (uncredited)
Hal Roach
Self (uncredited)
George Sidney
Self (uncredited)
Jay R. Smith
Self (uncredited)
Vola Vale
Self (uncredited)
Jackie Lynn Taylor
Self (uncredited)
Sam White
Self (uncredited)
Thelma White
Self (uncredited)
Toby Wing
Self (uncredited)
Joe DeRita
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deanna Durbin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Larry Fine
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Moe Howard
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Lloyd
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Morris
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold Nicholas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mack Sennett
Self (archive audio) (uncredited)
Pete Smith
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Details
Release Date
2002-02-05
Runtime
86 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Peter Jones Productions
Turner Entertainment
Turner Classic Movies
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Documentary
TV Movie