For the benefit of those less familiar with films of the forties and fifties, the stars are...
Gregory Peck (1916-2003) was your quintessential all-American, clean-cut actor known for playing righteous characters in such film classics as To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear and The Guns of Navarone.
Lauren Bacall (b. 1924) is one of the finest actresses of her generation, or any generation. In her day, she was also the finest actress around, and had a voice that was pure audio sex. She was known for playing tough-as-nails women that were still kind on the inside, and her most recognizable roles are those in To Have and Have Not and the 1946 version of The Big Sleep.
Fredric March (1897-1975) was an actor of film and stage, and is best know for his role as a returning WWII vet in The Best Year of Our Lives, and as the eponymous character from the 1932 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) was an actor of film as well as on Broadway. He is recognized for his roles alongside Orson Welles in such films as Journey into Fear, Citizen Kane and The Third Man.
James Cagney (1899-1986) was an actor known for his portrayal of tough, sometimes psychotic characters in films such as White Heat, The Roaring Twenties and The Public Enemy. Ever heard someone say "Made it, ma! Top of the world!"? Thank Master Cagney for that.
Claude Raines (1889-1967) was an English film and stage actor, known for his roles in such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Invisible Man, Lawrence of Arabia and Casablanca.
Peter Lorre 1904-1964) was an Austrian actor who's forte was playing awkward, sinister evilly sympathetic characters. He is known for his work in films such as M, Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
Virginia Mayo (1920-2005) was an American film actress known for her pin-up model-like looks, and initially played good girl love interests, but her best known roles are perhaps those of a treacherous gun moll in White Heat opposite James Cagney, and as a shallow war bride in The Best Years of Our Lives.
Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) is one of the greatest American actors and a bonafide film legend. His roles were typically in the noir genre and were those of villains and anti-heroes. One needs look no further than to his turns as a dubious clergyman in Night of the Hunter and a vengeful convict in Cape Fear to understand why he could have been great as The Joker.