The Story of Mankind (1957)
The Story of Mankind is a 1957 American fantasy film, based on the nonfiction book The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon. The film is notable mostly for its campness, and for featuring an ensemble of notable Hollywood performers in the last years of their careers. The film was former publicist Irwin Allen's first attempt at directing live actors after his documentaries The Sea Around Us and The Animal World.
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Cast:
- Jim Ameche
- David Bond
- Francis X. Bushman
- John Carradine
- Charles Coburn
- Ronald Colman
- Melville Cooper
- Nick Cravat
- Dani Crayne
- Richard H. Cutting
- Henry Daniell
- Helmut Dantine
- Anthony Dexter
- Reginald Gardiner
- Toni Gerry
- Austin Green
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke
- Sam Harris
- Eden Hartford
- Dennis Hopper
- Edward Everett Horton
- Hedy Lamarr
- Alexander Lockwood
- Peter Lorre
- Chico Marx
- Groucho Marx
- Harpo Marx
- Melinda Marx
- Bart Mattson
- Virginia Mayo
- Don Megowan
- Marvin Miller
- Nancy Miller
- Agnes Moorehead
- Leonard Mudie
- Burt Nelson
- Cathy O'Donnell
- Tudor Owen
- Franklin Pangborn
- Vincent Price
- Ziva Rodann
- Cesar Romero
- Angelo Rossitto
- Harry Ruby
- William Schallert
- Reginald Sheffield
- Abraham Sofaer
- George E. Stone
- Bobby Watson
- Marie Wilson
- Marie Windsor
- Paul Zastupnevich