The Big Parade of Comedy

Katharine Hepburn

Tracy Lord (archive footage)

W.C. Fields

Wilkins Micawber in 'David Copperfield' (archive footage)

Stan Laurel

Stan in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

Oliver Hardy

Oliver in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

William Powell

Nick Charles (archive footage)

Myrna Loy

Nora Charles (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Julie Hampton in 'Meet the People' (archive footage)

Red Skelton

Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)

Robert Taylor

Raymond Dabney in 'Personal Property' (archive footage)

Greta Garbo

Ninotchka in 'Ninotchka' (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Bobby (archive footage)

Marie Dressler

Marie Truffle in 'Reducing' (archive footage)

Wallace Beery

Terry (archive footage)

Bud Abbott

Doc in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

Lou Costello

Wishy in 'Rio Rita' (archive footage)

Carole Lombard

Mary Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)

Buster Keaton

Buster in 'The Cameraman' (archive footage)

Ted Healy

Reporter in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage)

Franchot Tone

Gifford in 'Bombshell' (archive footage)

Melvyn Douglas

Leon (archive footage)