Container of (work): That's entertainment (Motion picture) Container of (work): That's entertainment, part II (Motion picture) Container of (work): That's entertainment! III (Motion picture)
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Originally released as motion pictures in 1974, 1976, and 1994. Various aspect ratios. Special features (That's entertainment!): Introduction by noted film historian and Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne (Osborne introduces the first of what would become a trilogy of cinematic salutes to the glory days of the MGM musical); Just one more time (promotional featurette created by MGM for the original theatrical release); MGM's 25th anniversary (MGM's amazing roster of stars joins studio executives and chieftain L.B. Mayer at a massive lunch for the studio's 25th anniversary); That's entertainment: 50 years of MGM (The MGM stars gathered once again for the film's gala premiere, hosted by George and Alana Hamilton); theatrical trailer. Special features (That's entertainment, part II): Introduction by noted film historian and Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne (Osborne provides a fact-filled introduction to the second compendium of great moments from MGM's greatest motion picture moments); The lion roars again (Global press visit the MGM lot in 1975, meeting Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, during the making of 'That's entertainment, part 2'); Excerpt from 2/20/1976 broadcast of "The Mike Douglas show" (MGM stars gathered for a special "Mike Douglas show," taped to promote the release of 'That's entertainment, part 2); That's entertainment!: the masters behind the musicals (A revealing portrait of the talents behind the camera who were responsible for the greatness of MGM's musicals) Special features (That's entertainment! III): Introduction by noted film historian and Turner Classic Movies host Robert Osborne (The third and final cinematic chapter exploring the history of the famous MGM dream factory); That's entertainment! III: behind the screen (An in-depth look at the making of 'That's entertainment! III' and the nine legendary stars who hosted the film); The musical outtake jukebox (Top MGM stars are featured in this collection of outtakes, cut from the studio's famed musicals); theatrical trailer. That's entertainment! hosted by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor. That's entertainment, part II hosted by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Featuring appearances by Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Clark Gable, Kathryn Grayson, Leslie Caron, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Doris Day, Ann Miller, Ann Sothern, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell, John Barrymore, Louis Armstrong, Joan Crawford, Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Taylor, William Powell, Jean Harlow, Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo, Esther Williams, Johnny Weissmuller, Ethel Waters, W.C. Fields, Abbott & Costello, Jack Benny, Robert Benchley, Laurel & Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Nanette Fabray, Lena Horne, Debbie Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, Bobby Van, Dinah Shore, Cyd Charisse, Donald O'Connor, Grace Kelly, Marge & Gower Champion, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Lassie, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn That's entertainment! III hosted by June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Ann Miller, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Esther Williams.
Contents:
That's entertainment! / presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; written, produced and directed by Jack Haley, Jr. (1974, 135 min., 1.33:1). That's entertainment, part II / MGM presents ; produced by Saul Chaplin and Daniel Melnick ; narration written by Leonard Gershe ; new sequences directed by Gene Kelly (1976, 129 min., 1.85:1). That's entertainment! III / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; in association with Turner Entertainment Co. ; written, produced and directed by Bud Friedgen & Michael J. Sheridan (1994, 113 min., 2.35:1).
Summary:
A history of Hollywood films and musicals produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, featuring excerpts from many beloved classics.
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