Synopsis
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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Cast
- Fred AstaireSelf - Host / Narrator
- Bing CrosbySelf - Host / Narrator
- Gene KellySelf - Host / Narrator
- Peter LawfordSelf - Host / Narrator
- Liza MinnelliSelf - Host / Narrator
- Donald O'ConnorSelf - Host / Narrator
- Debbie ReynoldsSelf - Host / Narrator
- Mickey RooneySelf - Host / Narrator
- Frank SinatraSelf - Host / Narrator
- James StewartSelf - Host / Narrator
Recommendations
- 100
Chicago Sun-Times
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. - 100
Variety
An outstanding, stunning, sentimental, exciting, colorful, enjoyable, spirit-lifting, tuneful, youthful, invigorating, zesty, respectful, dazzling, and richly satisfying feature documentary commemorating its filmusicals. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
That's Entertainment! is just that--and let the purists attribute to this amusement the pretentiousness it so charmingly lacks. [27 May 1974, p.90] - 80
The New York Times
The pleasures are abundant: Gene Kelly squelching sublimely through puddles in Singin' in the Rain; Judy Garland singing Get Happy over a series of clips of her faces at all ages—the result is a joyful obituary. - 80
Empire
The prototype for now ubiquitous 50 best blabla clips ever shows is well worth a look. They really are a bunch of the best ever. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
It's impossible not to get a nostalgic buzz as the hosts wander around the old sets and soundstages, while the anthology of clips creates a wonderful sense of popular culture during Hollywood's halcyon days. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Hollywood legends introduce a collection of moments from the finest MGM musicals, ranging from the first all-sound musical -- Broadway Melody of 1930 -- to the climactic ballet from An American in Paris. [02 Dec 2011, p.3] - 50
Time Out
Hollywood begins to package its feasts, and That's Entertainment! has all the flavour of the Vesta dehydrated line.
