That's Entertainment, Part 2

That's Entertainment, Part 2
MGM, 1976, Color and B/W, 129 minutes, ***½
Released May, 1976

MGM musicals anthology; sequel to That's Entertainment. Not quite as spectacular as the first, but still a lot of fun.

Producer: Saul Chaplin and Daniel Melnick
Director: Gene Kelly
Writer: Leonard Gershe
Music Directors: Harry V. Lojewski and Nelson Riddle
Production Design: John De Cuir
Film Editing: David Blewitt, David Bretherton, Bud Friedgen, Peter C. Johnson

Program:
[0:00] Overture
[0:03] Introduction: Titles over montage of clips from MGM musicals
[0:06] Jack Buchanan, Fred Astaire, Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray sing "That's Entertainment," from The Band Wagon, 1953; partially over clips from other musicals.

[0:08] Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire host:
[0:10] Judy Garland and Gene Kelly sing and dance "For Me and My Gal" from For Me and My Gal, 1942; [0:11] "Fascinating Rhythm" sung by Chorus and danced by Eleanor Powell from Lady Be Good, 1941; Robert Taylor sings "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'" to June Knight from Broadway Melody of 1936, 1936; [0:13] clip of Greta Garbo dancing in unidentified film; [0:13] "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" sung and danced by Fred Astaire from The Belle of New York, 1952; [0:15] "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" sung by Leslie Caron and Carrot Top from Lili, 1953; [0:16] "Be a Clown" sung and danced by Judy Garland and Gene Kelly from The Pirate, 1948 (partially over montage of clips of comedy scenes)

Fred Astaire hosts: [[0:18] the stateroom scene from A Night at the Opera, 1935; [0:21] "From This Moment On" sung and danced by Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bobby Van and Bob Fosse; danced by Ann Miller and Tommy Rall, Bob Fosse and Carol Haney, Bobby Van and Jeanne Coyne; from Kiss Me Kate, 1953; [0:23] "All of You" sung by Fred Astaire from Silk Stockings, 1957; [0:24] Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse dancing to "All of You" from Silk Stockings, 1957; [0:26] "The Lady Is a Tramp" sung by Lena Horne from Words and Music, 1948; [0:27] "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" sung by Kathryn Grayson from Lovely to Look At, 1952; "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" danced by Marge and Gower Champion from Lovely to Look At, 1952; [0:29] "Easter Parade" sung by Judy Garland, Fred Astaire and Chorus from Easter Parade, 1948

Gene Kelly hosts: Bing Crosby sings "Temptation" to Fifi D'Orsay from Going Hollywood, 1933; Judy Garland sings "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" from Listen, Darling, 1938; Ethel Waters and Rochester sing "Taking a Chance on Love" from Cabin in the Sky, 1943; [0:35] "Swingin' the Jinx Away" sung by Chorus and danced by Eleanor Powell from Born to Dance, 1936; [0:37] "Stout Hearted Men" sung by Nelson Eddy from New Moon, 1940; [0:38] "Lover Come Back to Me" sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy from New Moon, 1940; "Inka Dinka Doo" sung by Jimmy Durante from Two Girls and a Sailor, 1944; [0:41] "I Got Rhythm" finale sung and danced by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney and Chorus with Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, from Girl Crazy, 1943

[0:43] Gene Kelly hosts and sings and bit of "Be a Clown"; [0:43] Laurel and Hardy clip; [0:44] Abbott and Costello clip; [0:45] Jack Benny introduces Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, "Wedding of the Painted Doll" sung by Arthur Freed with Nacio Herb Brown at the piano and dancing Chorus Girls, from The Song Writers' Revue

[0:47] Sammy Cahn hosts: [0:48] Ann Sothern and Robert Young composing "Oh Lady Be Good" from Lady Be Good, 1941; [0:48] Lew Ayres, encouraged by Al Shean, composing "Broadway Serenade for Every Lonely Heart" from Broadway Serenade, 1939; [0:50] Mickey Rooney as Lorenz Hart singing his new lyric to "Manhattan" from Words and Music, 1948; [0:41] Fred Astaire and Red Skelton working on the lyric to "Three Little Words" from Three Little Words, 1950; Fernand Gravet, Miliza Korjus and Christian Rub composing "Tales from the Vienna Woods" from The Great Waltz, 1938

Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly host: Fred and Gene dance together; [0:54] Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reyonolds and Gene Kelly singing "Good Morning" from Singin' in the Rain, 1952; [0:56] Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire and Jack Buchanan sing "Triplets" from The Band Wagon, 1953; [0:57] Judy Garland sings "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" from Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944; [0:59] Fred Astaire sings and dances to "Steppin' Out with My Baby" from Easter Parade, 1948; [1:01] Doris Day sings "Ten Cents a Dance" from Love Me or Leave Me, 1955; [1:03] Gene Kelly and Children sing "I Got Rhythm" from An American in Paris, 1951

Frank Sinatra sequence: [1:04] Frank sings "The Tender Trap" from The Tender Trap, 1955; [1:05] clip of Frank singing "I'll Walk Alone" in concert; [1:06] Frank singing "Ol' Man River" from Till the Clouds Roll By, 1946; [1:07] Frank sings "I Fall in Love Too Easily" from Anchors Aweigh, 1945; [1:08] Frank, Billy Roy and Jimmy Durante sing "I Believe" from It Happened in Brooklyn, 1947; [1:09] Frank sings "You're Sensational" from High Society, 1956; [1:10] Frank and Gene Kelly sing and dance "I Begged Her" from Anchors Aweigh, 1945; [1:11] Frank singing "Ol' Man River" from Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) over a montage of clips from various Frank Sinatra movies

[1:12] Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly host: [1:12] Fred and Gene dance; [1:12] clips from various MGM movies, including David Copperfield, Grand Hotel, Dinner at Eight, "Traveltalks," Tarzan, Jumbo, Ziegfeld Girl, The Thin Man, A Night at the Opera, A Tale of Two Cities, Lassie Come Home, Gone with the Wind and others

[1:18] Gene Kelly hosts: [1:18] Maurice Chevalier sings "Maxim's" from The Merry Widow, 1934; [1:19] Maurice Chevalier sings "Girls, Girls, Girls" from The Merry Widow, 1934; [1:20] Dinah Shore sings "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (outtake version) from Till the Clouds Roll By, 1946; [1:21] Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron dance to "Love Is Here to Stay" from An American in Paris, 1951; Georges Guetary sings "(I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise" from An American in Paris, 1951; [1:25] Gwen Verdon and Ensemble dance a Can Can from Can-Can, 1960; [1:26] "The Merry Widow Waltz" danced by Chorus from The Merry Widow, 1934

Gene Kelly hosts: [1:28] Gene Kelly dancing with animated genies from Invitation to the Dance, 1956; [1:31] Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong sing "Now You Has Jazz" from High Society, 1956; [1:33] Judy Garland and Fred Astaire sing and dance "A Couple of Swells" from Easter Parade, 1948; [1:35] Bobby Van performs his Pogo Dance from Small Town Girl, 1953; Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse and Chorus in a segment of the "Broadway Ballet" from Singin' in the Rain, 1952; [1:41] Louis Calhern, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel and Keenan Wynn sing "There's No Business Like Show Business" from Annie Get Your Gun, 1950

Gene Kelly hosts Tracy / Hepburn segment: Clips from Boys Town, Boom Town, The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib ... and many others

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire host: [1:51] Gene Kelly sings and dances on roller skates to "I Like Myself" from It's Always Fair Weather, 1955; [1:53] Hermione Gingold and Maurice Chevalier perform "I Remember It Well" from Gigi, 1958; [1:55] Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance "Bouncin' the Blues" from The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949; [1:57] Big Esther Williams water skiing production number

[2:02] Finale sung and danced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly