This documentary, shown on the American Movie Classics (AMC) cable channel, is a survey of Hollywood's leading men from silent film star Rudolph Valentino to today's young stars, such as Kerr Smith. It shows how the various types of leading men have changed through the years, including the ladies' man, man's man, action hero, and antihero.
John Twist was originally assigned to write the screenplay, but his credit was later downgraded to "contrbutor to screenplay construction". Additonal scenes were added to update the story when the United States entered World War II during the production.