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.
The host segments for That's Entertainment! constitute some of the final footage to be captured on the famous MGM backlot, which appears severely dilapidated in 1973, because MGM had sold the property to developers and the sets were about to be demolished. Several of the hosts, including Bing Crosby, remark on the backlot's crumbling conditions during their segments; the most notable deterioration can be seen when Fred Astaire revisits the ruins of the train station set that had been used in several films including the opening of The Band Wagon 20 years earlier, and when Peter Lawford revisits exteriors used in his 1947 musical Good News.
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The film premiered at the Loew's Beverly Theater in Beverly Hills on the evening of May 17, 1974.[2] MGM billed it as their greatest premiere in a quarter century.[30] There was a red carpet from the Loew's Beverly Theater to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel for the post-screening dinner and dancing. Also promoted were the 100 movie stars in attendance. Anyone paying $100 per seat for the dinner could sit at a table with a movie star. The premiere also featured several live introductions to the various on-screen segments; it was co-hosted by Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli and featured live stage appearances by Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, and others. The premiere, as an event and a party, was a dazzling success. However, as a publicity event for MGM, it was completely overshadowed; the expected press were all across town covering the breaking news of the Symbionese Liberation Army shootout that night.[31] The film had its New York premiere on May 23[2] and opened the following day at the Ziegfeld Theatre.[32] The film opened nationwide in June 1974.[2]
Despite statements made in the original theatrical trailer and promotional materials that such a production would never be repeated, That's Entertainment! is one of the few documentaries to spawn official sequels.
All three That's Entertainment! films were released to DVD in 2004. The box set collection of the films included a bonus DVD that included additional musical numbers that had been cut from MGM films as well as the first release of the complete performance of "Mr. Monotony" by Judy Garland (the version used in That's Entertainment! III is truncated). That's Dancing! received a separate DVD release in 2007. The MGM trilogy also received a Blu-ray release in the late 2000s; the bonus content of the DVD box set was spread among the three films rather than presented as a standalone disc. In January 2023, the film was added to MGM+ to celebrate the network and streaming platform's rebranding from Epix; Judy Garland's recording of the titular song would also serve as the music for the rebrand's promotional trailer released at that time concurrently.[35] It has since been removed from the service.
This isn't just a compilation film, with lots of highlights strung together. Those kinds of movies quickly repeat themselves. That's Entertainment! is more of a documentary and a eulogy. A documentary of a time that began in 1929 and seemed to end only yesterday, and a eulogy for an art form that will never be again.
Hollywood will continue to make musicals, of course (although, curiously enough, the form never has been very popular overseas). But there will never be musicals like this again, because there won't be the budgets, there won't be the sense of joyous abandon, there won't be so many stars in the same place all at once, and_most of all_there won't be the notion that a musical has to be "important."
mickey rooney is like "i don't know where we got all that energy from" during a number where he and judy garland are jumping around like ???? sir they gave you both endless drugs!!! this thing is so sanitized it's almost funny (but not quite, it's mostly just sad). the most hilarious part to me were all the weird scripted bits that are basically, here's bing crosby leaning up against a metal pipe by a river somewhere! and here's donald o'connor walking past an abandoned swimming pool! also they gave more time to SHOW BOAT than to lena horne?? both pointed AND rude.
Original MGM One Sheet Poster (27x41) for the Jack Haley Jr. musical documentary, THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT (1974) starring Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, and Esther Williams. This holy grail of musical documentaries lets the MGM stars present their favorite moments from the studio's then 50 year history, presenting both the still-famous as well as the once-famous. Even though few of the films included had been restored at the time of release, THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT is still a feast of brilliant colors, gorgeous costumes, and spectacular dance numbers. This original one sheet poster is folded and should be regarded to be in very fine condition. MovieArt Original Film Posters in Austin, Texas guarantees this poster to be authentic. MovieArt Austin does not sell reproductions.
JACK HALEY - JR. - Director
GENE KELLY - Actor
Fred Astaire - Actor
Bing Crosby - Actor
Peter Lawford - Actor
Liza Minnelli - Actor
Donald O'Connor - Actor
Debbie Reynolds - Actor
MICKEY ROONEY - Actor
FRANK SINATRA - Actor
James Stewart - Actor
Lena Horne - Actor
Fats Waller -
Jackson, Interesting to read with Petticoat Junction because while I realize that shows do become more costly the longer they are on, I had also read that the main reason Petticoat Junction was renewed for 69-70 was financial as well though for the opposite reason. As it was one of the shows that fell into the B &W/color era the last season would give Screengems over 100 color episodes and thus make it easy to syndicate. I would love to see you do an article some day on syndication and some of these Sitcoms where B & W episodes where often left off the syndication package (Bewitched and My Three Sons were two others I can think of). I was well into adulthood before I even realized that Jeannine Reilly and Pat Woodall were the original daughters in the first two seasons
I guess it was Filmways not Screengems and I guess there were already over 100 episodes in color however the Wikipedia entry on the show does mention it was saved at the last minute in part because the network felt one more season of color episodes would make the show more lucrative in syndication implying that CBS may have had some profit in the syndication of the show as well
ALL IN THE FAMILY essentially went from a great neighborhood to a mediocre neighborhood (TWICE!) and I think that can account for the seemingly sharp decline. And, once again, as with THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES over a decade before, the timeslot changed, it faced stronger competition, and the lead-ins were weaker. So, the ratings changed in some kind of relation to differing variables.
That's Entertainment, released in 1974, is a compilation film, released to the celebrate the 50th anniversary of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film features appearances from Debbie Reynolds, Cary Grant, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and many more!
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Movie Still.That's Entertainment! was a 1974 compilation film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The film, compiled by its writer-producer-director, Jack Haley, Jr turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of musical film from the 1920s through the 1950s, featuring performances culled from dozens of the studio's famous films. 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 were featured. The 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).
Unfortunately that is all lost when viewing it on television. There is simply no way to recreate the impact it had in the theater to someone seeing it on tv. At least the clips are all there so one can appreciate the craftsmanship taken to make these movies.
There is nothing in this film--or more accurately, documentary--that doesn't do *exactly* what the title promises. It's hard for it to fail, really, considering the material it's working with. THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! sets out to be a joyous celebration of everything that was fun and sparkly and happy-making in the MGM musical, with the added bonus of having the stars (the BEST, brightest, eternal ones) that were there themselves telling us all about it.
Well, it works. No two words about it. These clips of song-and-dance routines that will stay with us forever were made with one sole purpose--to entertain. And entertain they do. From 'Singin' In The Rain' through to 'Showboat', 'High Society', 'Seven Brides For Seven Brothers'... the film is a catalogue of the best and brightest of MGM musicals, and the stars. Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly deliver tributes to each other, Liza Minelli and Mickey Rooney talk about the magic that was Judy Garland, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds and Peter Lawford--with a lovely stint by Bing Crosby and a hilarious interlude by James Stewart--bring us through the decades singing and dancing. The clips picked were great, of course. How could you go wrong with segments dedicated to Astaire, Kelly and Garland? The clips were all perfect, with some rarer items popping up like Cary Grant singing 'Did I Remember?' and enough of the classic ones to make one feel like pulling out all the tapes and watching them through again.
There are a couple of things that keep me from giving this documentary top marks. Firstly, a general complaint that really isn't quite fair: seeing these clips just don't compare to watching them in their original films and the proper contexts. I hope that people who watch this film as an introduction to movie musicals actually go out and rent them afterwards, because there really isn't anything more brilliant than SINGIN' IN THE RAIN or ON THE TOWN. Secondly: it would have been much more engaging if the actors invited to speak on the programme hadn't so evidently been reading off pre-written scripts. Some fared better than others, with Taylor being the spaced-out worst, and Stewart acquitting himself admirably with his trademark drawl and charm. Astaire and Kelly are both still immeasurably attractive onscreen, but even they can't quite pull off the image of camaraderie the words they speak impart to their previous relationship. (Not to say that they were rivals--the opposite extreme isn't true either. They were simply professionals, and acquaintances.) It'd have been just that much more fun if these legends had been allowed to speak off the cuff.
All said, if you want to introduce someone to the magic that was the movie musical, there's really no need to go further than THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!. It's a catalogue of stars and talent, song and dance, and extensive proof that we won't ever see the likes of all this again. More's the pity for those of us who weren't there when film history happened, all to the songs of Berlin and Gershwin and the toe-tapping of Astaire and Kelly... ff782bc1db
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