The gripping stories offered in this historical series highlight famed Hollywood greats, as well as prominent household names that attained notoriety in sports and world famous events. The series also offers a slice of life of the time periods in which they lived.

Its half-hour episodes include a focused look into the lives of such stars as Bette Davis, Rudolph Valentino, Gary Cooper, Jack Dempsey, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, William Randolph Hearst, Charles Lindbergh, Carole Lombard, Joe Louis, Will Rodgers, Babe Ruth, Gloria Swanson and Florenz Ziegfeld.