Synopsis
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
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Cast
- Fred AstaireSelf - Co-Host / Narrator
- Gene KellySelf - Co-Host / Narrator
- Judy Garland(archive footage)
- Mickey Rooney(archive footage)
- Bing Crosby(archive footage)
- Robert Taylor(archive footage)
- Greer Garson(archive footage)
- Clark Gable(archive footage)
- Kathryn Grayson(archive footage)
- Leslie Caron(archive footage)
Recommendations
- 100
Variety
That's Entertainment, Part II is a knockout. The very handsome and polished sequel to That's Entertainment! transforms excerpts from perhaps $100 million worth of classic Metro library footage into a billion dollars worth of fun, excitement, amusement, escapism, fantasy, nostalgia and happiness. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
The original song-and-dance formula is diluted, however, by a dozen or more comedy scenes (with the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Hepburn and Tracy, Abbott and Costello, and others). But they are so wisely chosen, sharply edited, and outright funny that the overall entertainment level remains high. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Narrator-hosts Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly offer more than routine continuity with their timeless class and superb timing in their first film appearance together since the 1946 Ziegfeld Follies. [26 Jun 1992, p.F22] - 80
The Telegraph
Packed to the rafters with musical numbers, this cheerful documentary features moments from films such as Gone with the Wind, Meet Me in St Louis, and Singin' in the Rain - a fun watch, even though it was not as commercially successful as Part I. [01 Nov 2014, p.32] - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
There's some really fine stuff here, and Part Two isn't afraid to poke fun when it's appropriate. - 70
The New York Times
Part 2 has been compiled with the kind of intelligence and affection that allow us to get some purchase on the Hollywood history made by M-G-M without spending our whole lives at the job. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Basically, the feeling one gets is that there was so much musical material left from THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT! that they just threw the rest into PART II, and then decided to expand on it with comedy and drama in order to be able to show The Marx Brothers, Greta Garbo, and others. - 40
Time Out
The juxtaposition of clips is mindless; and between the indigestible chunks come newly-filmed scenes with Kelly and Astaire, which manage to be even worse than some of the clips. And their asinine commentary damagingly intrudes into the numbers.
