Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor. Side A, widescreen format; Side B, standard format. Originally released in 1974. Special features: Introduction by Robert Osborne; Theatrical trailer.
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 -- Singin' in the rain -- 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.
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.
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