Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

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.

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Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Narrator (voice)

Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

Self (uncredited)

Richard L. Bare

Richard L. Bare

Self (uncredited)

Nat Benchley

Self (uncredited)

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Self (uncredited)

Phyllis Coates

Phyllis Coates

Self (uncredited)

Tim Conway

Tim Conway

Self (uncredited)

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self (uncredited)

Dorothy DeBorba

Dorothy DeBorba

Self (uncredited)

William Dunster

Self (uncredited)

Dr. Raymond Fielding

Self (uncredited)

Joe Franklin

Joe Franklin

Self (uncredited)

Sylvia Froos

Sylvia Froos

Self (uncredited)

Richard Goldstone

Richard Goldstone

Self (uncredited)

Lorna Gray

Lorna Gray

Self (uncredited)

Sanford Green

Self (uncredited)

Bruce Helford

Bruce Helford

Self (uncredited)

Robert Henabery

Self (uncredited)

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Self (uncredited)

Ron Hutchinson

Self (uncredited)

Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet

Self (uncredited)

Robert Lees

Self (uncredited)

Frank Lillo

Self (uncredited)

Howie Mandel

Howie Mandel

Self (uncredited)

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

Self (uncredited)

Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

Self (uncredited)

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris

Self (uncredited)

Bob Newhart

Bob Newhart

Self (uncredited)

Joseph M. Newman

Joseph M. Newman

Self (uncredited)

Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas

Self (uncredited)

Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Self (uncredited)

George Sidney

George Sidney

Self (uncredited)

Jay R. Smith

Self (uncredited)

Vola Vale

Vola Vale

Self (uncredited)

Jackie Lynn Taylor

Self (uncredited)

Sam White

Self (uncredited)

Thelma White

Thelma White

Self (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Toby Wing

Self (uncredited)

Joe DeRita

Joe DeRita

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Deanna Durbin

Deanna Durbin

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Larry Fine

Larry Fine

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Oliver Hardy

Oliver Hardy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Moe Howard

Moe Howard

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harold Lloyd

Harold Lloyd

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Howard Morris

Howard Morris

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harold Nicholas

Harold Nicholas

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett

Self (archive audio) (uncredited)

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)