TCM is airing Irwin Allen's rarely seen epic
THE STORY OF MANKIND (1957) tomorrow morning (Monday 3/13) at 3:15 AM.
It's supposed to be a real hoot! I've been wanting to see it for years.
The all-star cast includes:
Ronald Colman ... The Spirit of Man
Hedy Lamarr ... Joan of Arc
Groucho Marx ... Peter Minuit
Harpo Marx ... Sir Isaac Newton
Chico Marx ... Monk
Virginia Mayo ... Cleopatra
Agnes Moorehead ... Queen Elizabeth I
Vincent Price ... Mr. Scratch / The Devil
Peter Lorre ... Nero
Charles Coburn ... Hippocrates
Cedric Hardwicke ... High Judge
Cesar Romero ... Spanish Envoy
John Carradine ... Khufu
Dennis Hopper ... Napoleon Bonaparte
Edward Everett Horton ... Sir Walter Raleigh
Franklin Pangborn ... Marquis de Varennes
Henry Daniell ... Pierre Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
Francis X. Bushman ... Moses
Jim Ameche ... Alexander Graham Bell