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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
- June Allyson
- (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
- TriviaThe film was a revelation at the time of its release. The majority of the pre-1936 MGM film library had rarely been released to television, so clips from films such as Free and Easy (1930) and The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) were shown for the first time since their original theatrical releases. For years, films such as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) and An American in Paris (1951) had only been shown via worn, badly spliced prints late at night on independent TV stations. For this film, the vintage footage was meticulously restored and remastered for 70mm projection, making it look better than they did upon their original releases.
- 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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I saw this movie occasionally on PBS when I was a kid and I bought the collector's edition of the entire series in '98 and each time I watch it I feel more and more nostalgic about the old Hollywood musicals-a genre of which we'll never see an equal. Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron, Eleanor Powell and Ann Miller are the stars who really show off their great talents in this production of selected clips which include highlights of "Broadway Melody of 1938", "The Wizard of Oz", "Meet Me in St. Louis", "An American in Paris", "Singin' in the Rain", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "High Society" among others. There's also a whole roster of legendary guest stars: Frank Sinatra, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Lawford, James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and even Liza Minelli just at the start of her career. They introduce some of the greatest moments in the history of the MGM Musical genre. It's great fun for anyone who loves the musicals of a gone-forever age.
- gerry-russell-139
- Jun 29, 2000
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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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