Editing That's Dancing!

{{Short description|1985 film directed by Jack Haley Jr.}}
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{{Infobox film
|name        = That's Dancing!
|image       = Thats dancing.jpg
|caption     = Theatrical release poster
|director    = [[Jack Haley Jr.]]
|producer    = Jack Haley Jr.<br />[[David Niven Jr.]]
|writer      = Jack Haley Jr.
|starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]
* [[Ray Bolger]]
* [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
* [[Gene Kelly]]
* [[Liza Minnelli]]
}}
|music       = [[Henry Mancini]]
|cinematography = [[Andrew Laszlo]]
|editing     = [[Michael J. Sheridan]]
|studio      = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
|distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer#MGM/UA Entertainment|MGM/UA Entertainment Company]] (United States)<br />[[United International Pictures]] (International)
|released    = {{Film date|1985|1|18}}
|runtime     = 105 minutes
|country     = United States
|language    = English
|gross       = $4,210,938<ref>{{Mojo title|thatsdancing}}</ref>
}}
'''''That's Dancing!''''' is a 1985 American [[compilation film]] produced by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] that looked back at the history of dancing in film. Unlike the ''[[That's Entertainment!]]'' series, this film not only focuses specifically on MGM films, but also included films from other studios.

A highlight of the film was the first theatrical release of a complete dance routine by [[Ray Bolger]] for his "[[If I Only Had a Brain]]" number that had been shortened in ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.

== Summary ==
The hosts for this film are [[Gene Kelly]] (who also executive produced), [[Ray Bolger]] (his last film appearance before his death in 1987), [[Liza Minnelli]], [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], and [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]. Pop singer [[Kim Carnes]] was commissioned to sing an original song, "[[Invitation to Dance]]", that plays over the closing credits.

This film is sometimes considered part of the ''That's Entertainment!'' series, especially since its starting credits contain a card with the ''That's Entertainment! III'' title (not to be confused with [[That's Entertainment! III|the 1994 film]]), but even though it shared studio and producers, it is considered a separate production. [[Jack Haley Jr.]], who wrote, produced  and directed the first ''That's Entertainment!'' film, also wrote and directed this one, co-producing with longtime friend [[David Niven Jr.]] Haley's father, [[Jack Haley]], had co-starred with Bolger in ''The Wizard of Oz''.

== Dedication ==
This film is dedicated to ''all'' dancers, especially those who devoted their lives to the development of their art long before there was a motion picture camera.

== Appearances ==
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* [[Tommy Abbott]]
* [[June Allyson]]
* [[Ann-Margret]]
* [[Fred Astaire]]
* [[Lucille Ball]]
* [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]]
* [[Jennifer Beals]]
* David Bean
* [[Busby Berkeley]]
* [[Eric Blore]]
* [[Monte Blue]]
* [[Ray Bolger]]
* [[John Brascia]]
* [[Lucille Bremer]]
* [[James Cagney]]
* [[Irene Cara]]
* [[Leslie Caron]]
* [[Gower Champion]]
* [[Marge Champion]]
* [[Cyd Charisse]]
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* [[Dan Dailey]]
* [[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]]
* [[Sammy Davis Jr.]]
* [[Doris Day]]
* [[Gloria DeHaven]]
* [[Isadora Duncan]]
* [[Buddy Ebsen]]
* [[Taina Elg]]
* [[Eliot Feld]]
* [[Margot Fonteyn]]
* [[Loie Fuller]]
* [[Clark Gable]]
* [[Judy Garland]]
* [[Virginia Gibson]]
* [[Cary Grant]]
* [[Jack Haley]]
* [[Margaret Hamilton (actress)|Margaret Hamilton]]
* [[Carol Haney]]
* [[June Haver]]
* [[Robert Helpmann]]
* [[Judy Holliday]]
* [[José Iturbi]]
* [[Michael Jackson]]
* [[Marine Jahan]]
* [[Van Johnson]]
* [[Ruby Keeler]]
* [[Gene Kelly]]
* [[Paula Kelly (actress/dancer)|Paula Kelly]]
* [[Michael Kidd]]
* [[Charles Laskey]]
* [[Ruta Lee]]
* [[Vivien Leigh]]
* [[Bambi Linn]]
* [[Peter Lorre]]
* [[Susan Luckey]]
* [[Shirley MacLaine]]
* [[Dean Martin]]
* [[Léonide Massine]]
* [[Matt Mattox]]
* [[Joan McCracken]]
* [[Ray McDonald (dancer)|Ray McDonald]]
* [[Ann Miller]]
* [[Liza Minnelli]]
* [[James Mitchell (actor)|James Mitchell]]
* [[Ricardo Montalbán]]
* [[Annabelle Moore]]
* [[Tony Mordente]]
* [[George Murphy]]
* [[Gene Nelson]]
* [[Julie Newmar]]
* The [[Nicholas Brothers]]
* [[Rudolf Nureyev]]
* [[Donald O'Connor]]
* [[Anna Pavlova]]
* [[Marc Platt (dancer)|Marc Platt]]
* [[Dick Powell]]
* [[Eleanor Powell]]
* [[Jane Powell]]
* [[Tommy Rall]]
* [[Debbie Reynolds]]
* [[Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)|Jeff Richards]]
* [[Chita Rivera]]
* [[Bill Robinson|Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]]
* [[Ginger Rogers]]
* [[Mickey Rooney]]
* [[Wini Shaw]]
* [[Moira Shearer]]
* [[Frank Sinatra]]
* [[Red Skelton]]
* [[Tucker Smith]]
* [[James Stewart]]
* [[Lyle Talbot]]
* [[Russ Tamblyn]]
* [[Lilyan Tashman]]
* [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]]
* [[Anthony 'Scooter' Teague]]
* [[Shirley Temple]]
* [[Tamara Toumanova]]
* [[John Travolta]]
* [[Lana Turner]]
* [[Bobby Van (actor)|Bobby Van]]
* [[Vera-Ellen]]
* [[Ethel Waters]]
* [[Bobby Watson (actor)|Bobby Watson]]
* [[Esther Williams]]
* [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]]
* [[Vera Zorina]]
* [[Vincent Price]]
* [[Robert Banas]]
* Francesca Bellini
* Betty Carr
* Carole D'Andrea
* Leroy Daniels
* [[Norma Doggett]]
* Harvey Evans
* Nancy Kilgas
* [[Bert Michaels]]
* Susan Oakes
* Gina Trikonis
* [[Tarita Teriipaia]]
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== Films featured ==
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* ''[[The Dumb Girl of Portici]]'' (1916)
* ''[[So This Is Paris (1926 film)|So This Is Paris]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Flying High (1931 film)|Flying High]]'' (1931)
* ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Rufus Jones for President]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Dames (film)|Dames]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Gay Divorcee]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Gold Diggers of 1935]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Broadway Melody of 1936]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Roberta (1935 film)|Roberta]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Littlest Rebel]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Born to Dance]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Swing Time (film)|Swing Time]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Honolulu (film)|Honolulu]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939)
* ''[[On Your Toes]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Down Argentine Way]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Babes on Broadway]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Yankee Doodle Dandy]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Bathing Beauty]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Kismet (1944 film)|Kismet]]'' (1944)
* ''[[The All-Star Bond Rally]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Harvey Girls]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Till the Clouds Roll By]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Ziegfeld Follies (film)|Ziegfeld Follies]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]'' (1947)
* ''[[The Red Shoes (1948 film)|The Red Shoes]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Neptune's Daughter (1949 film)|Neptune's Daughter]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Three Little Words (film)|Three Little Words]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Royal Wedding]]'' (1951)
* ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Merry Widow (1952 film)|The Merry Widow]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952)
* ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Give a Girl a Break]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Kiss Me Kate (film)|Kiss Me Kate]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Latin Lovers (1953 film)|Latin Lovers]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' (1954)
* ''[[It's Always Fair Weather]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Jupiter's Darling (film)|Jupiter's Darling]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Oklahoma! (film)|Oklahoma!]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Carousel (film)|Carousel]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Invitation to the Dance (film)|Invitation to the Dance]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Les Girls]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Silk Stockings (1957 film)|Silk Stockings]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Indiscreet (1958 film)|Indiscreet]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Tom Thumb (film)|tom thumb]]'' (1958)
* ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Viva Las Vegas]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Sweet Charity (film)|Sweet Charity]]'' (1969)
* ''[[The Boy Friend (1971 film)|The Boy Friend]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' (1977)
* ''[[The Turning Point (1977 film)|The Turning Point]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Fame (1980 film)|Fame]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Flashdance]]'' (1983)
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== Home media ==
''That's Dancing!'' was not included when the three ''That's Entertainment!'' films were released on DVD in 2004; it was instead released on its own in 2007. The DVD includes several behind-the-scenes promotional featurettes from 1985 on the making of the film, as well as its accompanying music video featuring [[Kim Carnes]] singing "Invitation to Dance" although the DVD omits both the video and song itself.

== See also ==
* [[List of American films of 1985]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0090152|That's Dancing!}}
* {{TCMDb title|2069|That's Dancing!}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|thats_dancing}}

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