Elaine Stritch's collaboration with Rick McKay on this film lead to her one-woman show "Elaine Stritch At Liberty" being filmed for television.
Director Rick McKay edited the film on his home computer.
Maureen Stapleton's first on-camera interview in ten years.
Nearly five years in the making, interviewees Fred Ebb, Uta Hagen, Harold Nicholas, Gwen Verdon, Kim Hunter, Ann Miller, Al Hirchfeld, and Hume Croyn all died during production. Julie Harris suffered a debilitating stroke, and Fay Wray died shortly after the film's completion.
Rick McKay approached Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Lena Horne, Sidney Poitier, June Allyson, Olivia de Havilland, Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, Joel Grey, Miyoshi Umeki, Gloria DeHaven, Eartha Kitt, Eddie Bracken, Van Johnson, Patty Duke, Ossie Davis, Mickey Rooney, Cicely Tyson, Billy Dee Williams, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Glynis Johns, Luise Rainer, Marsha Hunt, Marc Platt, Matt Mattox, Paul Newman, and Joanne Woodward for interviews, but all declined. Despite pleading from McKay and longtime friend Maureen Stapleton, Marlon Brando also declined to appear on camera, but offered suggestions and encouragement on how the film should be made.