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Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.Various MGM stars from yesteryear present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50-year history.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
June Allyson
- Clip from 'Words and Music'
- (archive footage)
Kay Armen
- Clip from 'Hit the Deck'
- (archive footage)
Ray Bolger
- 'Hunk'
- (archive footage)
- …
Virginia Bruce
- Clip from 'The Great Ziegfeld'
- (archive footage)
Jack Buchanan
- Clip from 'The Band Wagon'
- (archive footage)
Leslie Caron
- Lise Bouvier
- (archive footage)
- …
Carleton Carpenter
- Clip from 'Two Weeks with Love'
- (archive footage)
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Did you know
- TriviaNorma Shearer made an agitated phone call to MGM senior executive Paul Rosenfeld, insisting that her reaction shots to Clark Gable's 'Puttin' on the Ritz' (from Idiot's Delight (1939)) be deleted. Unfortunately, it was too late to make any changes, and the shots remained in the film. Shearer explained to Rosenfeld in a letter, "I am presented as no more than an extra without screen credit while others who are dancers and singers perform triumphantly as stars of this production." When Rosenfeld offered to arrange a screening for Shearer, she declined saying, "I would be devastated to see myself as such an insignificant part of the whole. It is a little too late to do anything now except to express to you my wounded pride."
- GoofsAt the beginning of the film, Frank Sinatra says The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) is the "first all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing movie ever made". In fact, it wasn't; the first was The Broadway Melody (1929), which was released in February, nine months before "The Hollywood Revue" was released. Indeed, by the time of That's Entertainment! III (1994), narrator Gene Kelly was now calling The Hollywood Revue of 1929, "one of the first all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing movies."
- Quotes
Liza Minnelli: Thank God for film. It can capture a performance and hold it right there forever. And if anyone says to you, "Who was he?" or, "Who was she?" or, "What made them so good?" I think a piece of film answers that question better than any words I know of.
- Crazy creditsProducer Jack Haley Jr.'s credit appears over a still image of his father, Jack Haley, as the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz.
- Alternate versionsSome TV prints extend Bing Crosby's segment by adding the musical number "True Love" from "High Society" (1956).
- ConnectionsEdited into American Masters: Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
- SoundtracksThat's Entertainment
(1953) (uncredited)
Music by Arthur Schwartz
Lyrics by Howard Dietz
Performed by the M-G-M Studio Orchestra Conducted by Henry Mancini
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Lots of Fun But with a Sadness Underneath
Extremely entertaining compilation film that looks back at classic MGM musicals. If I had any real complaint it would be the clips are mostly very short and it leaves you wanting to see more. Must have been even more frustrating in 1974 when that wasn't an option. It was nice seeing some of the (literally) old stars introduce the clips. It was especially nice to see the great MGM backlot one last time before it was torn down. But man, the sight of it in such disrepair made me kind of sad. The same sadness could be seen on the faces of some of the old stars as they walk around the lot, talking about how the old place doesn't look quite the same as when they made movies there. There's a wistful feeling throughout the film. Yes, it's a celebration of these great musicals but there's also this feeling of mourning for a bygone era.
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- utgard14
- Jan 1, 2014
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- That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM
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- Budget
- $3,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $26,890,200
- Gross worldwide
- $26,890,200
- Runtime2 hours 15 minutes
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By what name was That's Entertainment! (1974) officially released in Canada in English?
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