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That's entertainment! / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; written, produced and directed by Jack Haley, Jr. ; executive producer, Daniel Melnick.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Haley, Jack, Jr., 1933-2001, screenwriter, producer, director.
Melnick, Daniel, 1932-2009, producer.
Astaire, Fred, actor.
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, actor.
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, actor.
Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984, actor.
Minnelli, Liza, actor.
O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, actor.
Reynolds, Debbie, actor.
Rooney, Mickey, actor.
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, actor.
Stewart, James, 1908-1997, actor.
Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011, actor.
Mancini, Henry, composer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producer.
Warner Home Video (Firm), producer.
Harvey Sheldon Jewish American Music Video Research Library (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Musical films--Excerpts.
Musical films.
Musical films--History and criticism.
Film excerpts.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Musicals.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Excerpts.
Penn Provenance:
Sheldon, Harvey (donor)
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 2000 and 2009]
Language Note:
English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD-R.
digital
optical
video file
DVD video
Summary:
The movies, the magic, the memories, the greatest moments, the brightest stars. The incomparable Golden Era of MGM musicals shines in this compilation of music and dance performances.
Contents:
Overture
Singin' in the rain
The broadway melody
Rosalie
Indian love call
A pretty girl is like a melody
Begin the beguine
The song's gotta come from the heart
The melody of spring
Honeysuckle rose
Take me out to the ball game
Thou swell
The varsity drag
Abba dabba honeymoon
It's a most unusual day
On the Atchison
Topeka and the Santa Fe
Transition to sound: It must be you
Got a feelin' for you
Reckless
Did I remember
Easy to love
Puttin' on the ritz
Dear Mr. Gable
Mickey and Judy by any name
Babes in arms
Hoe down
La conga
Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee
Babes on Broadway
Strike up the band
The babbitt and the bromide
They can't take that away from me
Heigh ho, the gang's all here
I guess I'll have to change my plan
Sunday jumps
Shoes with wings on
You're all the world to me
Dancing in the dark
Esther Williams (Aqua-ballet, the smoke number)
I wanna be loved by you, 25th-anniversary luncheon
I gotta hear that beat
Be my love
Make 'em laugh
Cotton blossom
Make believe
Ol' man river
By myself
Be a clown
The children's dance
The pirate ballet
Anchors aweigh fantasy sequence
New York New York
The worry song
The Broadway melody ballet
La cucaracha
Swing/Americana
Your Broadway my Broadway
You're off to see the wizard
If I only had the nerve
Over the rainbow
But not for me
The trolley song
Under the bamboo tree
The boy next door
Get happy
Going Hollywood
Well, did you evah
True love
Hallelujah!
Bless yore beautiful hide/barnraising dance
Gigi
Thank heaven for little girls
An American in Paris ballet
End credits
Exit music.
Participant:
Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor.
Credits:
Additional music adapted by Henry Mancini ; film edited by Bud Friedgen ; co-film editor, David E. Blewitt ; MGM head film librarian, Mort Feinstein ; additional photography by Gene Polito, Ernest Laszlo, Russell Metty, Ennio Guarnieri, Alan Green.
Notes:
Special features: Introduction by Robert Osborne; Theatrical trailer.
Originally released in 1974.
Local Notes:
Presented to the Penn Libraries by Harvey Sheldon.

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