Introduction -- The silent era. Jackie Coogan -- Gloria Swanson -- The leading men. Ralph Bellamy -- Rory Calhoun -- Joseph Cotten -- Kirk Douglas -- Melvyn Douglas -- Douglas Fairbanks Jr -- Glenn Ford -- Cary Grant -- Van Johnson -- The leading ladies. Anne Baxter -- Joan Blondell -- Irene Dunne -- Joan Fontaine -- Dorothy Lamour -- Anna Lee -- Dorothy McGuire -- Maureen O'Hara -- Luise Rainer -- Rosalind Russell -- Fay Wray -- Jane Wyman -- Loretta Young -- The queens of the Bs. Jane Greer -- Audrey Totter -- Marie Windsor -- The singing cowboys. Gene Autry -- Roy Rogers -- A giant of comedy. Bob Hope -- Four very special stars. Margaret Hamilton -- Keye Luke -- Harold Russell -- Diane Varsi.