A "March of Time" presentation of the evolution of movies compiled primarily from film clips of silent movies through the early sound pictures to the present (1939) date. Industry executives such as Jack and Harry Warner, Walt Disney, Cecil B. DeMille, et al are seen taking bows in the live (non-archive) footage.
Renée Adorée
as Self (archive footage)
Gilbert M. Anderson
as Self - from 'The Great Train Robbery' (archive footage)
Theda Bara
as Self - From 'A Fool There Was' (archive footage)
Jackson Beck
as Narrator
Lionel Barrymore
as Self (segment The New York Hat) (archive footage)
Cecil B. DeMille
as Self (archive footage)
George Schaefer
as Self (archive footage)
