Overview

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.

Top Cast

Chevy Chase

Narrator (voice)

Kenneth Anger

Self (uncredited)

Richard L. Bare

Self (uncredited)

Nat Benchley

Self (uncredited)

Sid Caesar

Self (uncredited)

Phyllis Coates

Self (uncredited)