That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Directors:

Bud Friedgen
Michael J. Sheridan

Writers (WGA):

Bud Friedgen (written by) &
Michael J. Sheridan (written by)

Release Date:

July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Family | Musical

Plot:

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) to Brigadoon (1954) ...

Plot Keywords:

Third Part | Musical Filmmaking | Sequel | Roman Numbered Sequel | Singer

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

June Allyson	...	Herself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Cyd Charisse	...	Herself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Lena Horne	...	Herself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Howard Keel	...	Himself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Gene Kelly	...	Himself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Ann Miller	...	Herself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds	...	Herself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Esther Williams	...	Herself - Co-Host / Narrator (also archive footage)
Granville Van Dusen	...	Beginning Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adrian	...	Himself in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
George K. Arthur	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fred Astaire	...	Performer in Clips from 'Easter Parade' / 'The Band Wagon' and Others (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucille Ball	...	Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Benny	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ingrid Bergman	...	Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray Bolger	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Harvey Girls' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Breen	...	Himself - Newsreel Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucille Bremer	...	Performer in Clip from 'Yolanda and the Thief' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Buchanan	...	Clip from 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billie Burke	...	Clip from 'The Wizard of Oz' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leslie Caron	...	Clips from 'An American in Paris' / 'Gigi') (archive footage) (uncredited)
Claudette Colbert	...	Performer in Clip from 'Boom Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan Crawford	...	Performer in Clips from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' / 'Torch Song' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bing Crosby	...	Performer in Clip from 'High Society' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Xavier Cugat	...	Performer in Clip from 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Arlene Dahl	...	Performer in Clip from 'Three Little Words' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marion Davies	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doris Day	...	Performer in Clip from 'Love Me or Leave Me' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gloria DeHaven	...	Performer in Clip from 'Best Foot Forward' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marlene Dietrich	...	Performer in Clip from 'Kismet' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beth Dodge	...	Performer in Clip from 'The March of Time' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Dodge	...	Performer in Clip from 'The March of Time' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marie Dressler	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosetta Duncan	...	Performer in Clip from 'It's a Great Life' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivian Duncan	...	Performer in Clip from 'It's a Great Life' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Durante	...	Performer in Clip from 'This Time for Keeps' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buddy Ebsen	...	Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson Eddy	...	Performer in Clip from 'Naughty Marietta' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cliff Edwards	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nanette Fabray	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Five Locust Sisters	...	Performers in Clip from 'The Five Locust Sisters' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clark Gable	...	Performer in Clip from 'Dancing Lady' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greta Garbo	...	Performer in Clips from 'Camille / 'Two-Faced Woman' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ava Gardner	...	Performer in Clip from 'Show Boat' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland	...	Performer in Clips from 'Babes in Arms' / 'Summer Stock' / 'Annie Get Your Gun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Garrett	...	Performer in Clip from 'On the Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greer Garson	...	Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paulette Goddard	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dolores Gray	...	Performer in Clip from 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kathryn Grayson	...	Performer in Clip from 'Anchors Aweigh' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oliver Hardy	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean Harlow	...	Performer in Clip from 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katharine Hepburn	...	Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bob Hope	...	Himself - Newsreel Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Hutton	...	Performer in Clip from 'Annie Get Your Gun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry James	...	Performer in Performer in Clip from 'Best Foot Forward' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Betty Jaynes	...	Performer in Clip from 'Babes in Arms' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Louis Jourdan	...	Performer in Clips from 'The Swan' / 'Gigi' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buster Keaton	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grace Kelly	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Swan' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The King's Men	...	Performers in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hedy Lamarr	...	Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Girl' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Angela Lansbury	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Harvey Girls' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stan Laurel	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh	...	Performer in Clip from 'Waterloo Bridge' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Oscar Levant	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Band Wagon' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carole Lombard	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Barbarian' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jeanette MacDonald	...	Performer in Clips from 'Naughty Marietta' / 'Maytime' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tony Martin	...	Performer in Clip from 'Ziegfeld Girl' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joan McCracken	...	Performer in Clip from 'Good News' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ray McDonald	...	Performer in Clips from 'Till the Clouds Roll By' / 'Good News' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Douglas McPhail	...	Performer in Clip from 'Babes in Arms' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Una Merkel	...	Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carmen Miranda	...	Performer in Clip from 'Nancy Goes to Rio' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Asphalt Jungle' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ricardo Montalban	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Kissing Bandit' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Polly Moran	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Revue of 1929' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jules Munshin	...	Performer in Clip from 'On the Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Murphy	...	Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' (archive footage) (uncredited)
J. Carrol Naish	...	Performer in Clip from 'Annie Get Your Gun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Donald O'Connor	...	Performer in Clips from 'Singin' in the Rain' / 'I Love Melvin' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janis Paige	...	Performer in Clip from 'Silk Stockings' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Pearl	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eleanor Powell	...	Performer in Clips from 'Broadway Melody of 1938' / 'Lady Be Good' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jane Powell	...	Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elvis Presley	...	Performer in Clip from 'Jailhouse Rock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Luise Rainer	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Great Ziegfeld' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ginger Rogers	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Barkleys of Broadway' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Aggie Ross	...	Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elmira Ross	...	Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maggie Ross	...	Performer in Clip from 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rosalind Russell	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Women' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Norma Shearer	...	Performer in Clip from 'Marie Antoinette' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frank Sinatra	...	Performer in Clip from 'On the Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ann Sothern	...	Performer in Film Clip (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clinton Sundberg	...	Performer in Clip from 'Annie Get Your Gun' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Don Taylor	...	Performer in Clip from 'Boom Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Performer in Clip from 'Father of the Bride' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lana Turner	...	Performer in Clips from 'Ziegfeld Girl' / 'Three Musketeers' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lupe Velez	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vera-Ellen	...	Performer in Clip from 'On the Town' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Walker	...	Performer in Clip from 'Best Foot Forward' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Frances Williams	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chill Wills	...	Performer in Clip from 'The Harvey Girls' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Performer in Clip from 'It's Always Fair Weather' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Young	...	Performer in Clip from 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roland Young	...	Performer in Clip from 'Two-Faced Woman' (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Bud Friedgen
Michael J. Sheridan

Writing credits (WGA)
Bud Friedgen		(written by) &
Michael J. Sheridan		(written by)

Produced by
Peter Fitzgerald	....	executive producer
Bud Friedgen	....	producer
Michael J. Sheridan	....	producer
George Feltenstein	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Film Editing by
Bud Friedgen
Michael J. Sheridan

Makeup Department
Julius Benson	....	hair stylist: Ms. Charisse
Harry Blake	....	hair stylist: Mr. Kelly
James Echerd	....	hair stylist: Ms. Horne (as Jim Echard)
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist: Ms. Horne
Scott Harrison	....	hair stylist: Ms. Charisse
Marsha Lewis	....	key hair stylist
Dee Mansano	....	key makeup artist
Kelly Muldoon	....	hair stylist: Ms. Reynolds

Production Management
Ric Rondell	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ric Rondell	....	first assistant director
Daniel Silverberg	....	second assistant director

Sound Department
Billy B. Bell	....	supervising sound effects editor: Echo Film Services, Inc.
Reid W. Caulfield	....	digital audio restoration engineer
James G. Crawford	....	digital audio restoration engineer
Barry Goldberg	....	digital audio restoration engineer
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator (as Randy Johnson)
Richard B. Larimore	....	digital audio restoration engineer
Tom Long	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound mixer: Printmaster, Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios
Dave Nelson	....	production sound recorder
Scott Perry	....	sound archivist: Turner Entertainment Co.
Jeff Porrello	....	boom operator
Robert 'Rocky' Reiger	....	digital audio restoration engineer
Bill Teague	....	production sound recorder
James B. Young	....	digital audio restoration engineer
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
David Kelson	....	sound mixer (uncredited)
T.A. Williams	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gary Crandall	....	optical effects supervisor
Michael L. Griffin	....	optical line-up
Ron Lambert	....	optical color timer
Stanley Miller	....	motion control camera
Bernard Joseph Patrick Reilly	....	optical line-up (as Bernard Joseph Reilly)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Abbott	....	chief lighting technician
Howard A. Anderson III	....	additional photographer
Bob Brown	....	best boy grip
Scott Crabbe	....	video assistant technician
David G. George	....	video assistant technician (as David George)
Andy Martinez	....	camera operator
Vern Nobles	....	first assistant camera
Jack Palinkos	....	key grip
Joseph T. Terranova	....	best boy electric (as Joe Terranova)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pasquale Spezzano	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Sondra Davis	....	assistant film editor
John McCormack	....	archival editorial services: Turner Entertainment Co.
Sam Moore	....	archival editorial services: Turner Entertainment Co.
George Nakama	....	archival editorial services: Turner Entertainment Co.
Mary Nelson-Duerrstein	....	negative cutter (as mary Nelson Duerrstein)
Keith M. Sheridan	....	assistant film editor
Stephen R. Sheridan	....	color timer

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Larry Blank	....	orchestrator
Marilee Bradford	....	music supervisor
Hummie Mann	....	music recordist
Hummie Mann	....	orchestrator
John Mauceri	....	performer: additional music
Joel Moss	....	music mixer: additional music arrangements
Joel Moss	....	music recordist: additional music arrangements
Scott Perry	....	music archivist: Turner Entertainment Co.
Marc Shaiman	....	music arranger
Nick Vidar	....	synthesizer programmer
Ken Watson	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Jack Edgerton	....	driver
Don Tardino	....	transportation

Other crew
Kathy Andreasen	....	tele-prompter technician
Lydia Avalos	....	film restoration coordinator: Turner Entertainment Co.
Bradley Flanagan	....	production coordinator
Jim France	....	tele-prompter technician
Marlene Hubbard	....	assistant: Mr. Friedgen and Mr. Sheridan
Teresa Lewis	....	production accountant
Richard P. May	....	film restoration supervisor: Turner Entertainment Co.
Roger Mayer	....	executive: Turner Entertainment Co.
Charles Mcdonald	....	title designer (as Charles McDonald)
Ted Yonenaka	....	craft service

Thanks
Harold Adamson	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Milton Ager	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Fred E. Ahlert	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Fred Ahlert)
Louis Alter	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Harold Arlen	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
George Bassman	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Toni Beaulieu	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Irving Berlin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ralph Blane	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Scott Bradley	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Earl K. Brent	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Earl Brent)
Earl K. Brent	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators (as Earl Brent)
Jack Brooks	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Lew Brown	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Nacio Herb Brown	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jim Burris	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as James Henry Burris)
Saul Chaplin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Saul Chaplin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Betty Comden	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Betty Comden	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Alexander Courage	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Ken Darby	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Gene de Paul	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Gene De Paul)
Buddy G. DeSylva	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as B.G. De Sylva)
Adolph Deutsch	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Howard Dietz	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Walter Donaldson	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Roger Edens	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Roger Edens	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Sammy Fain	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Dorothy Fields	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Fred Fisher	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Arthur Freed	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Arthur Freed	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the producer of the finest musical motion pictures ever created
Ralph Freed	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
George Gershwin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ira Gershwin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ray Gilbert	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Al Goodhart	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Mack Gordon	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Adolph Green	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Adolph Green	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Johnny Green	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators (as John Green)
Oscar Hammerstein II	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Otto A. Harbach	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Otto Harbach)
William Harbach	....	special thanks
E.Y. Harburg	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg)
Lorenz Hart	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Lennie Hayton	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Ray Henderson	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Victor Herbert	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Edward Heyman	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Al Hoffman	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Calvin Jackson	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jararaca	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Jararaca Paiva)
Walter Jurmann	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Gus Kahn	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Bronislau Kaper	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Bronislaw Kaper)
Jerome Kern	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Ted Koehler	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Arthur J. Lamb	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Arthur Lamb)
Burton Lane	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jerry Leiber	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Alan Jay Lerner	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Paul Lincke	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Frederick Loewe	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Hugh Martin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Hugh Martin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Skip Martin	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as G.H. Matos Rodriguez)
Joseph McCarthy	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jimmy McHugh	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as James McHugh)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Felix Mendelssohn)
Johnny Mercer	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Betty Kern Miller	....	special thanks
James V. Monaco	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Esy Morales	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Josef Myrow	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Vicente Paiva	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Vincente Paiva)
Cole Porter	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
André Previn	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
André Previn	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Don Raye	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Don Ray)
Amy Rice	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Richard Rodgers	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Pete Rugolo	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Walter Ruick	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Conrad Salinger	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Arthur Schwartz	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Albert Sendrey	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Albert Sendrey	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Chris Smith	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Robyn Smith	....	acknowledgment: the appearance and performance of Mr. Fred Astaire has been arranged through a special license with (as Mrs. Fred Astaire)
Fred Spielman	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Albert Stillman	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Al Stillman)
George Stoll	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists (as Georgie Stoll)
George Stoll	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators (as Georgie Stoll)
Mike Stoller	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Herbert Stothart	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Robert G. Sugarman	....	special thanks: trustee of the literary estate of Edna Ferber
Kay Thompson	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Robert Tucker	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the music arrangers and orchestrators
Roy Turk	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Robert Van Eps	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Harry Warren	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
P.G. Wodehouse	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Jack Yellen	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Rida Johnson Young	....	grateful acknowledgment: to the extraordinary composers and lyricists
Philip Zimet	....	special thanks: trustee under the will of Oscar Hammerstein II

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents)
• Turner Entertainment (in association with) (as Turner Entertainment Co.)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm print)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• Cine Qua Non Films
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Andora Studios  music mixed at (as Andora Studios, Hollywood)
• Angel  soundtrack available from
• Boosey & Hawkes  special thanks to (as Boosey and Hawkes, Inc.)
• Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)  special thanks to (as Broadway Music)
• Chace Production  sound restorations and re-recording by
• Cinetech  film restoration
• EMI Music Publishing  special thanks to
• Echo Film Services  additional sound editing by (as Echo Film Services, Inc.)
• Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE)  special thanks to (as Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.)
• Estate of Irving Berlin  special thanks
• Four Jays Music Publishing  special thanks to (as Four Jays Music Publishing Co.)
• Hollywood Bowl Orchestra  additional music performed by: courtesy of Phillips Classics Productions (as The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra)
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals by (as Howard A. Anderson Co.)
• Inter Video  24 frame video services (uncredited)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Leiber & Stoller Music Publishing  special thanks to
• MCA/Universal Music Publishing  special thanks to (as MCA Music Publishing)
• MGM/UA Home Video  acknowledgement: MGM musical classics excerpted in this film are available in their entirety on videocasssettes and laser disc from
• Martin & White  caterer
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)  acknowledgement: is the author and creator of this motion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws in all countries throughout the world (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.)
• Michaelson's Catering  caterer
• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization  special thanks to (as The Rodgers and Hammerstrin Organization)
• Solters & Digney  publicity (uncredited)
• Sony Studios  music recorded at (as Sony Studios, Culver City, California)
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  print mastered at
• Turner Entertainment  acknowledgement: is the author and creator of this motion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws in all countries throughout the world (as Turner Entertainment Co.)
• Warner / Chappell Music  special thanks to (as Warner Chappell Music, Inc.)
• Wodehouse English Settlement 3 , The  special thanks to: an English Trust

Also Known As:

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby (as Dolby Stereo)

Certification:

Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | UK:U | USA:G (PCA #32771)

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The idea for a third edition was pitched by MGM/UA Home Video head George Feltenstein to then MGM/UA president Alan Ladd Jr. Feltenstein had typed up a list of musical numbers for a potential third movie back in 1976 after returning home from That's Entertainment, Part II (1976). Ladd approved the pitch, but because Feltenstein was a studio exec, he didn't get a screen credit for his contribution.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Gene Kelly:MGM's dream factory created a rich, romantic, compelling world of illusion. And although we may not see anything like it again, we're blessed with memories and miles and miles of film. In the words of Irving Berlin, "The song has ended, but the melody lingers on."

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: When a Man Loves a Woman/PCU/With Honors/No Escape/The Favor" (1994)

Soundtrack:

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A fine evening of entertainment!

Every THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT film has a hook to draw new viewers in--the first film had the sheer novelty of these film giants talking to us about the work they did in that glorious, music-filled period of movie-making, although these legends were reduced to reading off pre-written scripts. The second movie had a more intriguing main attraction: only two narrators, but when those two narrators were Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly actually dancing and singing their way through the gorgeous clips stacked up? Fantastic.

Well, THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT III sure tries its best to live up to its predecessors. Retaining the narration technique used in the same film, albeit with the second generation of MGM musical stars (and only Gene Kelly, sporting enormous glasses!, retained from the first two films), the film's hook is the rare special footage it boasts--from a background tracking shot showing the vast amount of money and manpower invested in just one Eleanor Powell number, through to valuable outtakes such as Debbie Reynolds' 'You Are My Lucky Star' number (cut from SINGIN' IN THE RAIN but available on DVD now) and the Indians number in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN as originally performed by Judy Garland. There are other little treasure nuggets as well, all deleted scenes, such as Judy Garland's song 'Mr Monotony', meant for Easter Parade; and Lena Horne's risky bubble bath chanson filmed for CABIN IN THE SKY. And I do wonder what was so bad about Ava Gardner's lost vocals for SHOWBOAT--I thought she sounded pretty darn good myself!

I personally thought the best thing about this film was the way some of this rare footage was displayed--the split-screen technique was quite the stroke of genius. It was used to simply brilliant effect, for example, in showcasing two versions of a number filmed to the same dubbed vocals, the first starring Joan Crawford (for TWO-FACED WOMAN, in rather astonishingly Technicolour and camp blackface) and the second Cyd Charisse (for THE BANDWAGON). No guessing which number SHOULD have been retained (hint: Charisse is one of the best dancers of any time; Crawford is... not), but it was hilarious watching the very VERY different ways in which the same song was approached in the two different films.

My favourite part of the whole film was a number similarly presented, except this time it pitted Fred Astaire against himself. The sand-enhanced song-and-dance, to the tune 'I'm Just A Dancing Man', was filmed once, but deemed not classy enough. So there are two versions--one of Fred in top hat and tails, the other in overalls. Guess what? Astaire keeps to his own internal rhythm perfectly, and proves in this juxtaposition of the two scenes that he is his own best partner. It's pretty damn amazing, and probably the best and most jaw-dropping part of the film.

The rest of THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT III is pretty run-of-the-mill in comparison. It's not stuff we haven't seen before (we've seen better clips in the previous two films), and there are still the prerequisite sections dedicated to Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and Gene Kelly (oh yes, and Esther Williams, of course). It's a shame that there wasn't a Cyd Charisse segment, or one dedicated to Ann Miller. Considering that both these dancing ladies were presenters during the film, it'd have been nice to recognise the great contribution their long legs made to film musical history. I did enjoy the clip from THE KISSING BANDIT that had Charisse and Miller pitted against each other in a catfight slash dance-off, which was very cool, very intense and great fun to watch. But otherwise, it's all stuff that would work better in the original films.

So while THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT III again succeeds in doing what it sets out to do (leave the audience in a happy glow), it's less accomplished than its predecessors. It's not as engaging to new viewers as either of the first two (showcasing lesser-known numbers and films), and is of only average interest to the hardcore classic film buff. It's a hard line to straddle, and the film manages to do it, don't get me wrong. But well. You can't go wrong with this film, but it's all been done before, and dare I say it...? Done better. 7.5/10