Rating: G
Genre: Film, TV & Radio
Release Date: 10/12/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1/DDS
Run Time: 135 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

It's ironic that MGM, in such dire financial straits in 1974 that it was selling its fabled back lot and auctioning off artifacts from past movie triumphs, enjoyed one of its biggest box-office hits with That's Entertainment, a compilation of musical highlights from the studio's golden days. Onscreen hosts Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor introduce the various film clips while standing on what was left of the MGM lot (Rooney delivers his comments from the Andy Hardy street). The vignettes, in both color and black-and-white, include generous slices of such classic MGM songfests as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi. The film includes the montage of Mickey Rooney's "Let's put on a show!" speeches, Clark Gable hoofing to "Puttin' on the Ritz" in Idiot's Delight, and James Stewart (!) serenading Eleanor Powell from Easy to Love. Assembled by Jack Haley Jr., That's Entertainment proved such a hit that the 1976 sequel, That's Entertainment II, was a foregone conclusion.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Fred Astaire - Narrator
Bing Crosby - Narrator
Gene Kelly - Narrator
Frank Sinatra - Narrator
Donald O'Connor - Narrator
Elizabeth Taylor - Narrator
Liza Minnelli - Narrator
James Stewart - Narrator
Mickey Rooney - Narrator
Debbie Reynolds - Narrator
Peter Lawford - Narrator

Production:
Jack Haley, Jr. - Director
Jack Haley, Jr. - Producer
Henry Mancini - Composer
David Blewitt Bud Friedgen - Editor
Jack Haley, Jr. - Screen Writer
Allan Green - Cinematographer
Ennio Guarnieri - Cinematographer
Ernest Laszlo - Cinematographer
Gene Polito - Cinematographer
Russell Metty - Cinematographer
Daniel Melnick - Executive Producer
Claude Binyon, Jr. - First Assistant Director
David Silver - First Assistant Director
Jesse Kaye - Musical Direction/Supervision
Aaron Rochin - Sound/Sound Designer
Harry W. Tetrick - Sound/Sound Designer
Lyle J. Burbridge - Sound/Sound Designer
Wiliam L. McCaughey - Sound/Sound Designer
Hal Watkins - Sound/Sound Designer

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