the studio gave you uppers to give you all that energy!!!!!!! Thank heaven for the magic makers of the MGM musical cog, think I’m going to go cry now. Every film Roger Ebert has given a four-star rating. It’s a tour of all the best musicals numbers and cast from the golden age of MGM musicals. © Letterboxd Limited. Majestic mountains are in the background and a waterfall in the foregr... "Miss World 1970: The launch of a revolution", "If it chooses you, nothing can save you. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. The idea of this first 'That's Entertainment!' Yes.

G 2 hr 15 min Jun 21st, 1974 Documentary, Music, Family Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history. Ava Gardner Judy Garland Cary Grant Kathryn Grayson Virginia Grey Jack Haley Jean Harlow Bernadene Hayes Lena Horne Lottice Howell Van Johnson Allan Jones Louis Jourdan Howard Keel Charles King Lorraine Krueger Bert Lahr Mario Lanza Jeanette MacDonald Joan Marsh Tony Martin Douglas McPhail Ann Miller Robert Montgomery Natalie Moorhead Dennis Morgan Jules Munshin Fayard Nicholas Harold Nicholas Margaret O'Brien Eleanor Powell Jane Powell Ginger Rogers Paula Stone Russ Tamblyn William Warfield Esther Williams Leon Ames Edward Arnold Ethel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore Wallace Beery Joe E. Brown Xavier Cugat Arlene Dahl Lili Damita Gloria DeHaven Errol Flynn Betty Garrett Greer Garson Hermione Gingold Van Heflin Katharine Hepburn Claude Jarman Jr. Jennifer Jones Buster Keaton Angela Lansbury Carmen Miranda Agnes Moorehead Frank Morgan George Murphy Conrad Nagel J. Carrol Naish Reginald Owen Walter Pidgeon Selena Royle Norma Shearer Red Skelton Sidney Toler Audrey Totter Spencer Tracy Robert Young, 135 mins   Director: Gene Kelly. Fred Astaire Bing Crosby Gene Kelly Peter Lawford Liza Minnelli Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds Mickey Rooney Frank Sinatra James Stewart Elizabeth Taylor June Allyson Kay Armen Ray Bolger Virginia Bruce Jack Buchanan Leslie Caron Carleton Carpenter Cyd Charisse Maurice Chevalier Joan Crawford Virginia Dale Vic Damone Jimmy Durante Deanna Durbin Buddy Ebsen Nelson Eddy Cliff Edwards Clark Gable

Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. was to showcase the cream of the musicals, using a number of MGM's former contact stars (Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney et al) to link segments together. Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland. This a quite a good mix and using the star narrators was smart. mgm's stars are old and looking back at the history of the on screen musical and their own greatest numbers.

", "The Helen Reddy story and the song that inspired a revolution". Well, if MGM was your boyfriend and this was his mixtape, I'd bet you'd be willing to go all the way. The result was so breathtaking and brilliant that two further sequels followed; one almost immediately, and the third after a gap of twenty years, in time for MGM's seventieth birthday.…. But I'd never…, Ok, now I know why I love classics, more than any time I ever did.That’s indeed entertainment!Thanks MGM. A really well made and entertaining one?

thanks @chrisquinn for the recommendation  :). Do you remember those mix tapes your boyfriend would make, back when he was trying to woo you? This was a wonderful memory rewatch.This film really highlights the best of the MGM musical. Report this film.

Gene Kelly.

It doesn't include the…. This is considered the first docu-tainment film.

But all that being said, this is delightful. Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history. Jack Haley Jr. making this movie with just classic musical numbers and no plot I have to keep up with???? Seeing stars like Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, and other reminisce about their glory days in the industry was nostalgic, heartfelt, and kind of … Mickey Rooney: Where we got all that energy I’ll never know! Stick the fire on, cosy up and watch this one with your family. ... Self - Co-Host / Narrator / Clip from 'Going Hollywood'. This is the equivalent of tucking me into bed with a cup of hot tea, I love not thinking about anything and getting lost into these songs and dances.

Can a movie be great merely by showcasing great moments from previous movies? It's also fun seeing Jimmy Stewart talk about the stars that embarrassingly were forced to star in these films despite their lack of singing capabilities (Clark Gable was hilariously bad). non-singing stars who were forced into musicals); some seem entirely random. A self-suck? This truly is a celebration both of excellence and of the exuberance of life that movie musicals are all about. You know those Shirley Temple commercials that would play on TV showing some of her best hits, just before telling you to buy the DVD set? To a large extent it plays like a feature-length Oscar-telecast tribute.

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Content-free, graceless and a disservice to its subject. Quarantine viewing continues.

A joyous, star-studded celebration of MGM's golden years by way of glorified clip show.

It's only fitting that a tribute to musicals would reel in the façade without acknowledging the darkness that lingers over the 200-acre backlot. !• “If Lena Horne was in a movie, then it almost had to be from MGM.” Ok are y’all gonna talk about how the studio continually screwed her…, How exactly does one rate a compilation film? Pure, unapologetic propaganda for “the good old days”, but damn them, it's effective. I don't know why I sought this out. Directed by Jack Haley Jr. MGM were bastards . Some pay tribute to specific performers (Astaire to Kelly and vice versa; Minnelli to her mom, even though Garland had already been given a lengthy showcase with Mickey Rooney); some are organized around a theme (e.g.

Perfect Sunday evening viewing. I consider it by far the best of the three, though #2 is not too bad. TMDb

The constant rose-colored look at MGM musicals for over 2 hours is just something you want to watch and drink wine to at 3am, damn it.

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