That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!
MGM, 1974, Color and B/W, 134 minutes, ****
Premiere release May, 1974
General release June, 1974


MGM musicals anthology. Very entertaining and lots of fun. Features many, many clips of magic moments from some of the best movie musicals ever made!

Producer: Jack Haley, Jr.
Executive Producer: Daniel Melnick
Director: Jack Haley, Jr.
Music Director: Jesse Kaye and Henry Mancini
Writer: Jack Haley, Jr.
Film Editiong: David E. Blewitt, Bud Friedgen

Program:
[0:00] Overture

[0:03] Frank Sinatra hosts: Introduction; Clip from Hollywood Revue of 1929, Cliff Edwards singing "Singing in the Rain," chorus dancing; Jimmy Durante singing "Singing in the Rain," from Speak Easily, 1932; Judy Garland singing "Singing in the Rain," from Little Nellie Kelly, 1940; Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor with umbrellas, singing "Singing in the Rain," from Singin' in the Rain, 1952.

[0:06] Theme music, titles

[0:08] Frank Sinatra continues: Charles King singing "Broadway Melody" from The Broadway Melody, 1929; [0:10] Chorus singing "Rosalie," Eleanor Powell dancing on big drums, from Rosalie, 1937; [0:11] Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy singing "Indian Love Call" from Rose-Marie, 1936; [0:13] Dennis Morgan and Chorus singing "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" with huge spiral staircase "cluttered with beautiful women," from The Great Ziegfeld, 1936; Eleanor Powell and Fred Astaire dancing to "Begin the Beguine," from Broadway Melody of 1940, 1940; Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Durante performing "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart," from It Happened in Brooklyn, 1947.

[0:20] Liz Taylor hosts: Liz singing "The Music of Spring," from Cynthia (Cuddles Sakall at piano), 1947; [0:22] Lena Horne singing "Honeysuckle Rose" from Thousands Cheer, 1943; [0:23] Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly singing and dancing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" from Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1949; [0:24] June Allyson and the Blackburn Twins singing "Thou Swell" from Words and Music, 1949; June Allyson, Peter Lawford and Chorus singing and dancing "The Varsity Drag" from Good News, 1947

[0:27] Peter Lawford hosts: Big production number with "native" dancers from On an Island with You, 1948; Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter singing "Aba Daba Honeymoon" from Two Weeks with Love, 1950; Elizabeth Taylor singing "It's a Most Unusual Day" from A Date with Judy, 1948; Jane Powell and Company singing "It's a Most Unusual Day" from A Date with Judy, 1948; Judy Garland and Company singing "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" from The Harvey Girls, 1946

[0:33] Jimmy Stewart hosts dramatic actors doing musical numbers: Robert Montgomery singing "It Must Be You" from Free and Easy, 1930; Joan Crawford singing and dancing "Gotta Feelin' for You" from Hollywood Revue of 1929, 1929; Jean Harlow and Chorines singing "Reckless" from Reckless, 1935; Jean Harlow and Cary Grant singing "Did I Remember" from Suzy, 1936; Jimmy Stewart singing "Easy to Love" from Born to Dance, 1936; Clark Gable and Girls singing "Puttin' on the Ritz" from Idiot's Delight, 1939; Judy Garland singing "Dear Mr. Gable" from Broadway Melody of 1938, 1937

[0:45] Mickey Rooney hosts "backyard musicals" segment: [0:47] montage of scenes from Mickey/Judy films; [0:49] Mickey, Judy and Company singing "Babes in Arms" from Babes in Arms, 1939; [0:50] Mickey, Judy and Ensemble singing and dancing "Hoe Down" from Babes on Broadway, 1941; [0:50] Mickey, Judy and Ensemble singing and dancing "Do the La Conga" from Strike Up the Band, 1940; [0:51] Mickey, Judy and Company singing and dancing "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" from the finale of Babes on Broadway, 1941; [0:52] Judy, Mickey, Richard Quine and Virginia Weidler singing "Babes on Broadway" from the finale of Babes on Broadway, 1941; [0:52] Mickey, Judy and Ensemble singing "Strike Up the Band" from the finale of Strike Up the Band, 1940

[0:53] Gene Kelly hosts Fred Astaire segment: [0:54] Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire dancing "The Babbitt and the Bromide" from Ziegfeld Follies, 1946; Fred Astaire singing and Fred and Ginger Rogers dancing "They Can't Take That Away from Me" from The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949; Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford dancing "Let's Go Bavarian" from Dancing Lady, 1933; Fred Astaire and Jack Buchanan singing and dancing "I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan" from The Band Wagon, 1953; Fred Astaire dancing to "Sunday Jumps" with a hat rack from Royal Wedding, 1951; Fred Astaire dancing "Shoes with Wings On" from The Barkleys of Broadway, 1949; Fred Astaire singing and dancing "You're All the World to Me" (on walls and ceiling) from Royal Wedding, 1951; Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse dancing "Dancing in the Dark" from The Band Wagon, 1953

[1:06] Donald O'Connor hosts Esther Williams segment: [1:06] Montage of clips from Esther's films; montage of clips of Esther swimming with Howard Keel in Pagan Love Song; Fernando Lamas in Dangerous When Wet; Van Johnson in Thrill of a Romance; Peter Lawford in On an Island with You; Ricardo Montalban in On an Island with You; Tom and Jerry (cartoon characters) in Dangerous When Wet; Jimmy Durante in This Time for Keeps; Red Skelton in Bathing Beauty; [1:08] Big swimming finale number from Bathing Beauty; [1:09] montage of big swimming production numbers

[1:13] Debbie Reynolds hosts: [1:13] Debbie Reynolds with Fred Astaire and Red Skelton and Debbie Reynolds with Carleton Carpenter singing "I Wanna Be Loved By You" from Three Little Words, 1950; [1:16] Ann Miller dancing and singing "I've Gotta Hear That Beat" from Small Town Girl, 1953; [1:18] Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson singing "Be My Love" from The Toast of New Orleans, 1950; [1:19] Donald O'Connor singing and dancing "Make 'Em Laugh" from Singin' in the Rain, 1952; [1:22] Chorus singing and dancing "Cotton Blossom" from Show Boat, 1951; [1:24] Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson singing "Make Believe" from Show Boat, 1951; [1:25] William Warfield singing "Ol' Man River" from Show Boat, 1951

[1:27] Fred Astaire hosts Gene Kelly segment: [1:28] Gene Kelly and the Nicholas Brothers sing and dance "Be a Clown" from The Pirate, 1948; [1:29] Gene Kelly stunts as a construction worker (unidentified film); [1:30] Gene Kelly dances "The Pirate Ballet" from The Pirate, 1948; [1:30] Gene Kelly dances Ballet scene from Anchors Aweigh, 1945; [1:31] Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin sing "New York, New York" from On the Town, 1949; [1:33] Gene Kelly and Jerry the mouse dance "The Worry Song" from Anchors Aweigh, 1945; [1:34] Gene Kelly sings and dances "Sinin' in the Rain" from Singin' in the Rain, 1952; Gene Kelly and Ensemble Dance "The Broadway Ballet" from Singin' in the Rain, 1952

[1:40] Liza Minnelli hosts Judy Garland segment: [1:40] finale scene with Liza as toddler from In the Good Old Summertime, 1949; [1:41] The Garland Sisters sing "La Cucaracha" from La Fiesta de Santa Barbara, 1935; [1:42] Judy and Edna Mae (Deanna) Durbin sing "Americana" from Every Sunday, 1936; Judy and Buddy Ebsen dance in the finale of Broadway Melody of 1938, 1937; [1:44] Judy and Munchkins sing and dance "You're Off to See the Wizard" from The Wizard of Oz, 1939; Judy, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Bert Lahr sing "If I Only Had the Nerve" from The Wizard of Oz, 1939; [1:45] Judy sings "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz, 1939; [1:46] Judy sings "But Not for Me" from Girl Crazy, 1943; [1:47] Judy and Chorus sing "The Trolley Song" from Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944; [1:48] Judy and Margaret O'Brien sing "Under the Bamboo Tree" from Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944; [1:48] Judy sings "The Boy Next Door" from Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944; [1:49] Judy sings "Get Happy" (partially over montage of clips from Judy's films) from Summer Stock, 1950

[1:51] Bing Crosby hosts: [1:52] Bing sings "Going Hollywood" from Going Hollywood, 1933; [1:53] Bing and Frank Sinatra sing "Well, Did You Evah" from High Society, 1956; Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly sing "True Love" from High Society, 1956; [1:57] Cast and Chorus sing and dance "Hallelujah" from Hit the Deck, 1956; [1:59] Ensemble dances the "Barn Dance" ballet from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954; [2:01] Louis Jourdan sings "Gigi" from Gigi, 1958; [2:03] Maurice Chevalier sings "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" from Gigi, 1958

[2:04] Frank Sinatra concludes: [2:05] Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron and Ensemble dance "An American in Paris Ballet" from An American in Paris, 1951

[2:10] Theme music, end titles
[2:12] Exit music