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MPAA Rating - G

Length:
    135 Minutes

Genre:
    Film, TV & Radio

Original Release Date:
    Oct 12, 2004

Director
    Jack Haley Jr.

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

 
Movie Summary
Its 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 Thats Entertainment, a compilation of musical highlights from the studios golden days. Onscreen hosts Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald OConnor, 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. Our favorite bits: the montage of Mickey Rooneys Lets put on a show! speeches, Clark Gable hoofing to Puttin on the Ritz in Idiots Delight, and James Stewart (!) serenading Eleanor Powell from Easy to Love. Assembled by Jack Haley Jr., Thats Entertainment proved such a hit that the 1976 sequel, Thats Entertainment II, was a foregone conclusion. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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