Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV)

Director:

Clark Jones

Release Date:

8 March 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Music

Plot:

All-star variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of America. |

Plot Keywords:

Variety | TV Special | Number In Title

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Jane Alexander	...	Herself
Peter Allen	...	Himself
Steve Allen	...	Himself
June Allyson	...	Herself
Don Ameche	...	Himself
Loni Anderson	...	Herself
Susan Anton	...	Herself
Lucie Arnaz	...	Herself
Beatrice Arthur	...	Herself
Edward Asner	...	Himself
Christopher Atkins	...	Himself
Lauren Bacall	...	Herself
Catherine Bach	...	Herself
Pearl Bailey	...	Herself
Kaye Ballard	...	Herself
Martin Balsam	...	Himself
Priscilla Barnes	...	Herself
Warren Beatty	...	Himself
Harry Belafonte	...	Himself
Tony Bennett	...	Himself
Milton Berle	...	Himself
Theodore Bikel	...	Himself
Tom Bosley	...	Himself
Barry Bostwick	...	Himself
Danielle Brisebois	...	Herself
Jack Buetel	...	Himself
George Burns	...	Himself
Ellen Burstyn	...	Herself
James Caan	...	Himself
James Cagney	...	Himself
Diahann Carroll	...	Herself
Lynda Carter	...	Herself
Nell Carter	...	Herself
Patrick Cassidy	...	Himself
Richard Chamberlain	...	Himself
Carol Channing	...	Herself
Cher	...	Herself
Dick Clark	...	Himself
James Coco	...	Himself
Joan Collins	...	Herself
Peter Cook	...	Himself
Bud Cort	...	Himself
Howard Cosell	...	Himself
Cathy Lee Crosby	...	Herself
Christopher Cross	...	Himself
Arlene Dahl	...	Herself
Bette Davis	...	Herself
Sammy Davis Jr.	...	Himself
Pam Dawber	...	Herself
Frances Dee	...	Herself
Robert De Niro	...	Himself
Danny DeVito	...	Himself
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Herself
Joyce DeWitt	...	Herself
Plácido Domingo	...	Himself
Alfred Drake	...	Himself
Sandy Duncan	...	Herself
Nancy Dussault	...	Herself
Linda Evans	...	Herself
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.	...	Himself
Morgan Fairchild	...	Herself
Lola Falana	...	Herself
Peter Falk	...	Himself
Alice Faye	...	Herself
José Ferrer	...	Himself
Peggy Fleming	...	Herself
Jane Fonda	...	Herself
John Forsythe	...	Himself
Phyllis Frelich	...	Herself
Eva Gabor	...	Herself
Anthony Geary	...	Himself
Andy Gibb	...	Himself
Melissa Gilbert	...	Herself
Lillian Gish	...	Herself
Ruth Gordon	...	Herself
Farley Granger	...	Himself
Linda Gray	...	Herself
Rocky Graziano	...	Himself
Joel Grey	...	Himself
Charles Grodin	...	Himself
Harry Guardino	...	Himself
Robert Guillaume	...	Himself
Larry Hagman	...	Himself
Margaret Hamilton	...	Herself
Valerie Harper	...	Herself
Julie Harris	...	Herself
Goldie Hawn	...	Herself
Helen Hayes	...	Herself
Florence Henderson	...	Herself
Doug Henning	...	Himself
Judd Hirsch	...	Himself
Dustin Hoffman	...	Himself
Celeste Holm	...	Herself
Lena Horne	...	Herself
Ken Howard	...	Himself
Barnard Hughes	...	Himself
George S. Irving	...	Himself (as George Irving)
Kate Jackson	...	Herself
Judith Jamison	...	Herself
Anne Jeffreys	...	Herself
Ann Jillian	...	Herself
Van Johnson	...	Himself
James Earl Jones	...	Himself
Diane Keaton	...	Herself
Howard Keel	...	Himself
Gene Kelly	...	Himself
Grace Kelly	...	Herself (as Princess Grace)
Deborah Kerr	...	Herself
Richard Kiley	...	Himself
Robert Klein	...	Himself
Jack Klugman	...	Himself
Ted Knight	...	Himself
Edward I. Koch	...	Himself (as Mayor Edward I. Koch)
Burt Lancaster	...	Himself
Frank Langella	...	Himself
Linda Lavin	...	Herself
Michael Learned	...	Herself
Michele Lee	...	Herself
Janet Leigh	...	Herself
Jack Lemmon	...	Himself
David Letterman	...	Himself
Hal Linden	...	Himself
John V. Lindsay	...	Himself
Gina Lollobrigida	...	Herself
Priscilla Lopez	...	Herself
Dorothy Loudon	...	Herself
Myrna Loy	...	Herself
Gavin MacLeod	...	Himself
Penny Marshall	...	Herself
Mary Martin	...	Herself
James Mason	...	Himself
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Himself
Joel McCrea	...	Himself
Michael McDonald	...	Himself
Maureen McGovern	...	Herself
Ethel Merman	...	Herself
Dina Merrill	...	Herself
Ann Miller	...	Herself
Liza Minnelli	...	Herself
Anna Moffo	...	Herself
Dudley Moore	...	Himself
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Herself
Roger Moore	...	Himself
Paul Newman	...	Himself
Leonard Nimoy	...	Himself
Jerry Orbach	...	Himself
Frank Oz	...	Miss Piggy (voice)
Al Pacino	...	Himself
Hildy Parks	...	Herself
Gregory Peck	...	Himself
Anthony Perkins	...	Himself
Christopher Plummer	...	Himself
Jane Powell	...	Herself
Stefanie Powers	...	Herself
Robert Preston	...	Himself
Victoria Principal	...	Herself
Anthony Quinn	...	Himself
Charlotte Rae	...	Herself
Tony Randall	...	Himself
Robert Reed	...	Himself
Christopher Reeve	...	Himself
Lionel Richie	...	Himself
Jason Robards	...	Himself
Cliff Robertson	...	Himself
Pernell Roberts	...	Himself
Ginger Rogers	...	Herself
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself
John Rubinstein	...	Himself
Jane Russell	...	Herself
Isabel Sanford	...	Herself
John Schneider	...	Himself
Rick Schroder	...	Himself (as Ricky Schroder)
George Segal	...	Himself
William Shatner	...	Himself
Brooke Shields	...	Herself
Sylvia Sidney	...	Herself
Alexis Smith	...	Herself
Allison Smith	...	Herself
Maureen Stapleton	...	Herself
Robert Sterling	...	Himself
James Stewart	...	Himself
Beatrice Straight	...	Herself
Lee Strasberg	...	Himself
Donald Sutherland	...	Himself
Lynn Swann	...	Himself
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Herself
Daniel J. Travanti	...	Himself
Cicely Tyson	...	Herself
Liv Ullmann	...	Herself
Peter Ustinov	...	Himself
Ben Vereen	...	Himself
Jack Warden	...	Himself
Orson Welles	...	Himself
Robin Williams	...	Himself
Treat Williams	...	Himself
Henry Winkler	...	Himself

Runtime:

USA:180 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Radio City Music Hall - 1260 6th Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Soundtrack:

New York, New York

Fun and kitschy programming as only the 80's could produce

This was a fun program from back in the last days of three networks when there wasn't much else to watch. The very idea of getting 100 stars together for one non-awards show seemed audacious at the time.

The different stars represented the facets of actors' work: Stage, movies and television. Television actors who could sing (Nancy Dussault, Pam Dawber, and John Schneider) but no one knew they could were put into a mock take on "What's My Line?" Broadway stars belted out songs from the shows which made them big names. And movie actors...well they mostly gave speeches or did bits.

The show is full of skits and walk ons hurried so as to fit 100 stars into such a short time span. At one point they simply had actors of Christopher Reeve's ilk wearing a top hat and tails stroll across stage to hear their names announced!

There was a sequel to this show but nothing could top the pure kitsch quality of the original. They don't make'm like this anymore...and I will leave it up to you as to whether or not that is a good thing.