That's Entertainment! Movie
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| Rating: |
 
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| Run Time: | 132 min |
| MPAA Rating: | G |
| Released: | 1974 |
| Directors: |
Jack Haley, Jr. |
| Genre/Type: |
Dance Film, TV & Radio Biography Film & Television History |
| Producers: |
Jack Haley, Jr. |
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
It's ironic that MGM, in such dire financial straits in 1974 that it was selling its fabled back lot and auctioning off artifacts from past movie triumphs, enjoyed one of its biggest box-office hits with That's Entertainment, a compilation of musical highlights from the studio's golden days. Onscreen hosts Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor introduce the various film clips while standing on what was left of the MGM lot (Rooney delivers his comments from the Andy Hardy street). The vignettes, in both color and black-and-white, include generous slices of such classic MGM songfests as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi. The film includes the montage of Mickey Rooney's "Let's put on a show!" speeches, Clark Gable hoofing to "Puttin' on the Ritz" in Idiot's Delight, and James Stewart (!) serenading Eleanor Powell from Easy to Love. Assembled by Jack Haley Jr., That's Entertainment proved such a hit that the 1976 sequel, That's Entertainment II, was a foregone conclusion.
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Cast
| Actors | Character | Born |
| Fred Astaire | Narrator | May 10, 1899 in Omaha, NE |
| Bing Crosby | Narrator | May 2, 1903 in Tacoma, WA |
| Gene Kelly | Narrator | Aug 23, 1912 in Pittsburgh, PA |
| Frank Sinatra | Narrator | Dec 12, 1915 in Hoboken, NJ |
| Donald O'Connor | Narrator | Aug 28, 1925 in Chicago, IL |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Narrator | Feb 27, 1932 in London, England, UK |
| Liza Minnelli | Narrator | Mar 12, 1946 in Los Angeles, CA |
| James Stewart | Narrator | May 20, 1908 in Indiana, PA |
| Mickey Rooney | Narrator | Sep 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, NY |
| Debbie Reynolds | Narrator | Apr 1, 1932 in El Paso, TX |
| Peter Lawford | Narrator | Sep 7, 1923 in London, England, UK |
| Cary Grant | Jan 18, 1904 in Bristol, England, UK | |
| Judy Garland | Jun 10, 1922 in Grand Rapids, MN | |
| Esther Williams | Aug 8, 1921 in Los Angeles, CA | |
| Joan Crawford | Mar 23, 1908 in San Antonio, TX |
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