That's Entertainment! (1974)

That's Entertainment! (1974)

 

That's Entertainment!  is a 1974 American compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate the studio's 50th anniversary

   

The success of the retrospective prompted a 1976 sequel, the related 1985 film That's Dancing!, and a third installment in 1994

Compiled by its writer-producer-director, Jack Haley Jr., under the supervision of executive producer Daniel Melnick, the film turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of musical films from the 1920s through the 1950s, culling dozens of performances from the studio's movies, and featuring archive footage of Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne, Esther Williams, Ann Miller, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Jeanette MacDonald, Cyd Charisse, June Allyson, Clark Gable, Mario Lanza, William Warfield, and many others

Various segments were hosted by a succession of the studio's legendary stars: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Debbie Reynolds, Bing Crosby, James Stewart, Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald O'Connor, and Liza Minnelli, representing her mother Judy Garland.

 

 

That's Entertainment! (1974)

That's Entertainment! (1974)