On screen
Cast
240 credited performers
George Murphy
Host
Carey Wilson
Character not listed
Judy Garland
Betty Clayton (archive footage)
John Nesbitt
Character not listed
Gene Kelly
Self - Actor
Pete Smith
Character not listed
Robert Taylor
Character not listed
Cyd Charisse
Character not listed
Glenn Ford
Character not listed
Susan Hayward
Self
Lionel Barrymore
Self
Robert Benchley
Self
Jeanette MacDonald
Self
Spencer Tracy
Character not listed
Mickey Rooney
self
Freddie Bartholomew
self
Melvyn Douglas
Self
Dorothy McGuire
Character not listed
Rafael Campos
Character not listed
Dave O'Brien
Character not listed
Wallace Beery
Self
Greta Garbo
Self
Stewart Granger
Self
Janet Lake
self
Luana Lee
self
Walter Slezak
self
Fred Astaire
actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray Bolger
Character not listed
Juano Hernández
Character not listed
Katy Jurado
Character not listed
Arthur Kennedy
Character not listed
Robert Middleton
Character not listed
Frank Sinatra
Character not listed
Debbie Reynolds
Character not listed
Jean Simmons
Character not listed
Marlon Brando
Character not listed
Richard Conte
Self
William Newell
Character not listed
Van Johnson
Character not listed
Dore Schary
Self
Russ Tamblyn
Self / Jimmy in 'The Last Hunt'
Anthony Kemble-Cooper
Self
Lynne Carver
Self
Ann Blyth
Self
Fernand Gravey
Self
Eddie Albert
Self
Howard Keel
Self
Miliza Korjus
Self
Lena Horne
Character not listed
Nelson Eddy
Self
Marisa Pavan
Self
Lana Turner
Self
Allan Jones
Self
Jean Harlow
Self
Dan Dailey
Self
John Carradine
self
John Gilbert
Self
Oscar O'Shea
self
Sam McDaniel
Self
James Cagney
self
Irene Papas
self
Charles Boyer
self
Leslie Caron
self
John Kerr
self
Louis Jourdan
self
Grace Kelly
self
Gladys Cooper
self
Fayard Nicholas
self
Harold Nicholas
self
George Zucco
self
Donna Reed
Self - Guest
Esther Williams
Self - Water Ballerina in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
Jackie Cooper
Dink in 'The Champ' (archive footage)
Jack Haley
Character not listed
Bert Lahr
Character not listed
Paul Guilfoyle
Character not listed
Jonathan Hale
Character not listed
Leslie Howard
Character not listed
Norma Shearer
Character not listed
June Allyson
Character not listed
Peter Lawford
Character not listed
John Hodiak
Character not listed
Richard Gaines
Character not listed
Mary Howard
Character not listed
Michael Mark
Character not listed
George Sorel
Character not listed
Harry Worth
Character not listed
Edward Keane
Character not listed
Tony Martin
Character not listed
Thomas R. Mills
Character not listed
Leonard Penn
Character not listed
Charles Tannen
Character not listed
Leon Ames
Character not listed
Charles Bickford
Character not listed
Helen Sue Goldy
Character not listed
Paul Maxey
Character not listed
Clinton Sundberg
Character not listed
William Bailey
Character not listed
Kay Kendall
Character not listed
Joseph Crehan
Character not listed
William B. Davidson
Character not listed
Harry Hayden
Character not listed
George Hill
Character not listed
Victor Moore
Character not listed
Gary Owen
Character not listed
James Stewart
Character not listed
Edward Arnold
Character not listed
Henry Daniell
Character not listed
Cary Grant
Character not listed
Katharine Hepburn
Character not listed
Ruth Hussey
Character not listed
Mary Nash
Character not listed
Lionel Pape
Character not listed
Virginia Weidler
Character not listed
Richard Ainley
Character not listed
William Roberts
Character not listed
Ann Sothern
Character not listed
Frederick Worlock
Character not listed
Ward Bond
Character not listed
Irene Dunne
Character not listed
Sherry Hall
Character not listed
Barry Nelson
Character not listed
Edward Ashley
Self
Dorothy Morris
Self
Frances Bavier
Self
Tommy Bond
Self
Max O. Cullen
Self
George Guhl
Self
Sally Payne
Self
Hobart Cavanaugh
Self
Herbert Gunn
Self
Lionel Belmore
Self
Marie Blake
Self
John Butler
Self
Charles Coleman
Self
Arthur Freed
Self
Dolores Gray
Self
Clark Gable
Self
Hans Conried
Self
Donald Crisp
Self
Edmund Gwenn
Self
Charles Laughton
Self
Eddie Quillan
Self
Lionel Braham
Self
Vic Damone
Self
Terry Kilburn
Self
Kathleen Lockhart
Self
Margaret O'Brien
Self
Ann Rutherford
Self
Leo G. Carroll
Self
D'Arcy Corrigan
Self
Gene Lockhart
Self
Barry MacKay
Self
Reginald Owen
Self
Margo
Self
Tom Neal
Self
Ann Miller
Self
Monty Woolley
Self
John Hyams
Self
Louis Mason
Self
Ricardo Montalban
Self
Nat Carr
Self
Hugh Marlowe
Self
Louis Natheaux
Self
Sergei Arabeloff
Self
Claude King
Self
Claire McDowell
Self
Johnny Sheffield
Self
Roger Moore
Self
John Barrymore
Self
Cedric Hardwicke
Self
Joe Kirk
Self
Fred Warren
Self
Eric Wilton
Self
Roman Bohnen
Self
Dick Calkins
Self
Ham Fisher
Self
Harold Gray
Self
H.H. Knerr
Self
Leslie Nielsen
Self
Ainslie Pryor
Self
Henry Brandon
Self
Robert Keith
Self
Frank King
Self
Manuel París
Self
Raeburn Van Buren
Self
Moroni Olsen
Self
Roscoe Ates
Self
Vince Barnett
Self
Joe De Santis
Self
Hale Hamilton
Self
William Tannen
Self
Audrey Totter
Self
Marie Windsor
Self
John Baragrey
Self
Barbara Bedford
Self
Grady Sutton
Self
Keenan Wynn
Self
Lucille Ball
Self
Desi Arnaz
Self
Charles 'Chic' Sale
Self
Richard Brooks
Self
Lloyd Nolan
Self
Debra Paget
Self
Scotty Beckett
Self
Sara Berner
Self
John Burton
Self
Doris Lloyd
Self
Leonard Mudie
Self
Zeffie Tilbury
Self
Renée Adorée
Self
Thomas A. Edison
Self
Mitsuko Sawamura
Self
Claude Jarman Jr.
Self
Gregory Peck
Self
Jane Wyman
Self
Art Berry Sr.
Self
Robby the Robot
Self
Gage Clarke
Self
Than Wyenn
Self
Jefferson Dudley Searles
Self
Alfred Linder
Self
Ralph Votrian
Self
Michael Miller
Self
Rayford Barnes
Self
Helen Kleeb
Self
Marvin Miller
Robby the Robot(voice)(uncredited)
Charley Grapewin
self
Murray Kinnell
self
Jack La Rue
self
Christian Rub
self
Lew Ayres
self
Marie Dressler
self
Conrad Nagel
self
Lewis Stone
self
George Cukor
self
Fredric March
self
Jessie Ralph
self
Ben Lessy
self
Alec Guinness
self