Editing That's Entertainment!

{{Short description|1974 American film by Jack Haley Jr.}}
{{Other uses|That's Entertainment (disambiguation){{!}}That's Entertainment}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = That's Entertainment!
| image = That's Entertainment!.png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Jack Haley Jr.]]
| producer = Jack Haley Jr.
| writer = Jack Haley Jr.
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Frank Sinatra]]|[[Fred Astaire]]|[[Bing Crosby]]|[[Gene Kelly]]|[[Debbie Reynolds]]|[[Elizabeth Taylor]]|
[[James Stewart]]|[[Peter Lawford]]|[[Liza Minnelli]]<ref name=tn/> }}
| music = [[Henry Mancini]]
| cinematography = [[Russell Metty]]
| editing = Bud Friedgen
| studio = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
| distributor = [[United Artists]] (United States/Canada)<br>[[Cinema International Corporation]] (International)
| released = {{Film date|1974|5|17|Los Angeles}}<ref name=AFI>{{AFI film|55290}}</ref>
| runtime = 134 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
| budget = $3.2 million<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072272/business Box Office Information for ''That's Entertainment!''] [[IMDb]]. Retrieved May 17, 2014.</ref>
| gross  = $19.1 million<ref name=tn>[https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Thats-Entertainment#tab=summary Box Office Information for ''That's Entertainment!''] [[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]. Retrieved May 22, 2012.</ref>
}}
'''''That's Entertainment!''''' is a 1974 American [[compilation film]] released by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] to celebrate the studio's  50th anniversary. The success of the retrospective prompted [[That's Entertainment, Part II|a 1976 sequel]], the related 1985 film ''[[That's Dancing!]]'', and a [[That's Entertainment! III|third installment in 1994]].

== Background ==
Compiled by its writer-producer-director, [[Jack Haley Jr.]], under the supervision of executive producer [[Daniel Melnick]], the film turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of [[musical film]]s from the 1920s through the 1950s, culling dozens of performances from the studio's movies, and featuring archive footage of [[Judy Garland]], [[Eleanor Powell]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Esther Williams]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Kathryn Grayson]], [[Howard Keel]], [[Jeanette MacDonald]], [[Cyd Charisse]], [[June Allyson]], [[Clark Gable]], [[Mario Lanza]], [[William Warfield]], and many others.

Various segments were hosted by a succession of the studio's legendary stars: [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Gene Kelly]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Peter Lawford]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Bing Crosby]], [[James Stewart]], [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Donald O'Connor]], and [[Liza Minnelli]],<ref name=tn/> representing her mother [[Judy Garland]].

The host segments for ''That's Entertainment!'' constitute some of the final footage to be captured on the famous MGM [[backlot]], which appears severely dilapidated in 1973, because MGM had sold the property to developers and the sets were about to be demolished. Several of the hosts, including Bing Crosby, remark on the backlot's crumbling conditions during their segments; the most notable deterioration can be seen when Fred Astaire revisits the ruins of the train station set that had been used in several films including the opening of ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' 20 years earlier, and when Peter Lawford revisits exteriors used in his 1947 musical ''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]''.

The title of the film derives from the anthemic song "[[That's Entertainment! (song)|That's Entertainment!]]", by Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz, introduced in the 1953 MGM musical ''[[The Band Wagon]]''. The film title is usually expressed with an [[exclamation mark]], but in some contexts, the punctuation is dropped, as in the movie poster.

== Dedication ==
{{cquote|Over the years, under the leadership of [[Louis B. Mayer]] and others, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has produced a series of musical films whose success and artistic merit remain unsurpassed in motion picture history. There were literally thousands of people .... artists, craftsmen and technicians .... who poured their talents into the creation of the great MGM musicals. This film is dedicated to them.|author=Opening titles of ''That's Entertainment!''}}

== Musical numbers ==
Unless otherwise noted, information is taken from [[IMDb]]'s soundtrack section for this movie.<ref>{{cite web|title=That's Entertainment (1974): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0072272/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref>

* "[[Singin' in the Rain (song)|Singin' in the Rain]]" Prologue - 
** sung by [[Cliff Edwards]] with dancing by Chorus Line; from ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]'' (1929)
** sung by<ref>{{cite web|author=Cobblerjon & George|title=That's Entertainment (1974)|website=Bickering Critics|date=18 October 2017|url=https://bickeringcritics.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/thats-entertainment-1974-reviewed-by-george/}}</ref> [[Jimmy Durante]]; from  ''[[Speak Easily]]'' (1932)
** [[Judy Garland]]; from ''[[Little Nellie Kelly]]'' (1940)
** the main title sequence from ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952) sung by [[Gene Kelly]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Donald O'Connor]]
* "The Broadway Melody" - [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]] and Chorus Girls;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Broadway Melody (1929): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0019729/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> from ''[[The Broadway Melody]]'' (1929)
* "Rosalie" - sung by Chorus with dancing by [[Eleanor Powell]]; from ''[[Rosalie (1937 film)|Rosalie]]'' (1937)
* "[[Indian Love Call]]" - sung by [[Nelson Eddy]] and [[Jeanette MacDonald]]; from ''[[Rose Marie (1936 film)|Rose-Marie]]'' (1936)
* "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" - from ''[[The Great Ziegfeld]]'' (1936)
** sung by [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] (lip-synched by [[Dennis Morgan]]) and Ziegfeld Girls 
* "[[Begin the Beguine]]" - dancing by [[Fred Astaire]] and [[Eleanor Powell]]; from ''[[Broadway Melody of 1940]]'' (1940)
* "The Song's Gotta Come from the Heart" - danced and sung by [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Jimmy Durante]]; from ''[[It Happened in Brooklyn]]'' (1947)
* "The Melody of Spring" - sung by [[Elizabeth Taylor]]; from ''[[Cynthia (film)|Cynthia]]'' (1947)
* "[[Honeysuckle Rose (song)|Honeysuckle Rose]]" - [[Lena Horne]]; from ''[[Thousands Cheer]]'' (1943)
* "[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]" - [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Frank Sinatra]]; from ''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]'' (1949)
* "[[Thou Swell]]" - [[June Allyson]] with Pete Roberts and Eugene Cox (Lip-synced by Ramon Blackburn and Royce Blackburn);<ref name="Judy Room">{{cite web|author=Various Artists|title=That's Entertainment...M-G-M Musicals|website=The Judy Room|date=24 October 1995|url=http://www.thejudyroom.com/soundtracks/teset.html}}</ref> from ''[[Words and Music (1948 film)|Words and Music]]'' (1948)
* "The Varsity Drag" - dancing by [[June Allyson]], [[Peter Lawford]], and Chorus Line; from ''[[Good News (1947 film)|Good News]]'' (1947)
* "[[Aba Daba Honeymoon]]" - (sung by) [[Debbie Reynolds]] and [[Carleton Carpenter]]; from ''[[Two Weeks with Love]]'' (1950)
* "It's a Most Unusual Day" - from ''[[A Date with Judy (film)|A Date with Judy]]'' (1948)
** sung by Jean McLaren (Lip-synced by [[Elizabeth Taylor]])
** sung by [[Jane Powell]] with [[Wallace Beery]], [[Scotty Beckett]], [[George Cleveland]], [[Leon Ames]], [[Carmen Miranda]], [[Selena Royle]], [[Robert Stack]], Elizabeth Taylor and Jerry Hunter<ref name="Date Judy">{{cite web|title=A Date with Judy (1948): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0040271/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> featuring the [[Xavier Cugat|Xavier Cugat Orchestra]]<ref name="Full Cast">{{cite web|title=That's Entertainment (1974): Full Cast & Crew - Cast|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=25 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0072272/fullcredits/cast?ref_=m_tt_cl_sc}}</ref>
* "[[On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe]]" - [[Ray Bolger]], [[Judy Garland]], [[Marjorie Main]], [[Ben Carter (actor)|Ben Carter]],<ref name="Harvey Girls">{{cite web|title=The Harvey Girls (1946): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0038589/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> [[Virginia O'Brien]], [[Cyd Charisse]],<ref name="Judy Room"/> and Ensemble; from ''[[The Harvey Girls]]'' (1946)
* "It Must Be You" - dancing by a dance chorus; sung by [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] and [[Lottice Howell]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Free and Easy (1930): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0020902/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> from ''[[Free and Easy (1930 film)|Free and Easy]]'' (1930)
* "Got a Feelin' for You" - dancing by [[Joan Crawford]]; sung by Joan Crawford and Chorus<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hollywood Revue of 1929: Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0019993/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> (introduced by [[Conrad Nagel]]);<ref>{{cite web|last=Crawford|first=Joan|title='Got a Feelin' for You...1929'|publisher=YouTube: Silence-Into-Sound|date=10 October 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fyiSRc5tQE&app=desktop |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/3fyiSRc5tQE| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> from ''[[The Hollywood Revue of 1929]]'' (1929)
* "Reckless" - dancing by [[Jean Harlow]], [[Rafael Alcayde]], and Chorus; sung by [[Virginia Verrill]] (lip-synced by Jean Harlow) from ''[[Reckless (1935 film)|Reckless]]'' (1935)
* "Did I Remember" - sung by Virginia Verrill (lip-synced by Jean Harlow) and [[Cary Grant]] from ''[[Suzy (film)|Suzy]]'' (1936)
* "[[You'd Be So Easy to Love|Easy to Love]]" - sung by [[Marjorie Lane]] (lip-synced by [[Eleanor Powell]]) and [[James Stewart]]; from ''[[Born to Dance]]'' (1936)
* "[[Puttin' on the Ritz]]" - [[Clark Gable]] and Ensemble; from ''[[Idiot's Delight (film)|Idiot's Delight]]'' (1939)
* "[[You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)|Dear Mr. Gable (You Made Me Love You)]]" - [[Judy Garland]] from ''[[Broadway Melody of 1938]]'' (1937)
* "Babes in Arms" - [[Mickey Rooney]], [[Judy Garland]], Douglas McPhail, Betty Jaynes,<ref name="Judy Room"/> and Chorus; from ''[[Babes in Arms (film)|Babes in Arms]]'' (1939)
* "Hoe Down" - dancing by Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and Ensemble; from ''[[Babes on Broadway]]'' (1941)
* "Do the La Conga" - MGM Studio Orchestra; from ''[[Strike Up the Band (film)|Strike Up the Band]]'' (1940)
* "[[Waiting for the Robert E. Lee|Waitin' for the Robert E. Lee]]" - dancing by Chorus; sung by Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland<ref name="Broadway Babes">{{cite web|title=Babes on Broadway (1941): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0034485/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref>
* "Babes On Broadway" - dancing by Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland; sung by<ref name="Broadway Babes"/> Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, [[Virginia Weidler]], and [[Richard Quine]]; from ''[[Babes on Broadway]]'' (1941)
* "[[Strike Up the Band (song)|Strike Up the Band]]" - sung by<ref name="Band Strike">{{cite web|title=Strike Up The Band (1940): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0033110/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and Chorus; from ''[[Strike Up the Band (film)|Strike Up the Band]]'' (1940)
* "The Babbitt and the Bromide" - dancing by [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Fred Astaire]]; from ''[[Ziegfeld Follies (film)|Ziegfeld Follies]]'' (1946)
* "[[They Can't Take That Away from Me]]" - dancing by Fred Astaire and [[Ginger Rogers]]; sung by Fred Astaire; from ''[[The Barkleys of Broadway]]'' (1949)
* "Heigh Ho the Gang's All Here" and "Let’s Go Bavarian" - danced and sung by Fred Astaire, [[Joan Crawford]], and Chorus; from ''[[Dancing Lady]]'' (1933)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dancing Lady (1933): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0023926/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref>
* "[[I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan]]" - danced and sung by Fred Astaire and [[Jack Buchanan]]; from ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' (1953)
* "Sunday Jumps" - dancing by Fred Astaire; from ''[[Royal Wedding]]'' (1951)
* "Shoes with Wings On" - dancing by Fred Astaire; from ''[[The Barkleys of Broadway]]'' (1949)
* "You're All the World to Me" - danced by Fred Astaire; from ''[[Royal Wedding]]'' (1951)
* "[[Dancing in the Dark (Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz song)|Dancing in the Dark]]" - dancing by Fred Astaire and [[Cyd Charisse]]; from ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' (1953)
* [[Esther Williams]] Montage: 
** "Pagan Love Song" - sung by Chorus; from ''[[Pagan Love Song]]'' (1950)<ref>{{cite web|title=Pagan Love Song (1950): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0042829/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref>
** "[[Du und du|You and You]]" (aka "Du und Du, Op. 367") - from ''[[Bathing Beauty]]'' (1944)
** "[[Wiener Blut (waltz)|Viennese Blood]]" (aka "Wiener Blut, Op. 354")
** also includes water ballets from ''[[Million Dollar Mermaid]]'' (1952)
* "[[I Wanna Be Loved by You]]" - sung by [[Helen Kane]] (lip-synced by [[Debbie Reynolds]]) and [[Carleton Carpenter]]; from ''[[Three Little Words (film)|Three Little Words]]'' (1950)
* "I Gotta Hear That Beat" - danced and sung by<ref>{{cite web|title=Small Town Girl (1953): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0046330/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> [[Ann Miller]]; from ''[[Small Town Girl (1953 film)|Small Town Girl]]'' (1953)
* "Be My Love" - sung by [[Kathryn Grayson]] and [[Mario Lanza]]; from '' [[The Toast of New Orleans]]'' (1950)
* "[[Make 'Em Laugh]]" - sung by<ref>{{cite web|title=Singin' in the Rain (1952): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0045152/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> [[Donald O'Connor]]; from ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952)
* "Cotton Blossom" - sung by Chorus 
* "[[Make Believe (Jerome Kern song)|Make Believe]]" - sung by [[Kathryn Grayson]] and [[Howard Keel]]
* "[[Ol' Man River]]" - sung by [[William Warfield]] and Chorus; from ''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]'' (1951)
* "By Myself" - [[Fred Astaire]] from ''[[The Band Wagon]]'' (1953)
* "[[Be a Clown]]" - dancing by [[Gene Kelly]] & [[Nicholas Brothers|The Nicholas Brothers]]; sung by Gene Kelly;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pirate (1948): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0040694/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> from ''[[The Pirate (1948 film)|The Pirate]]'' (1948)
* "The Children's Dance" - Gene Kelly; from ''[[Living in a Big Way]]'' (1947)
* "The Pirate Ballet" - dancing by Gene Kelly; from ''[[The Pirate (1948 film)|The Pirate]]'' (1948)
* "La Cumparsita" - Gene Kelly; in ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' (1945)
* "[[New York, New York (On the Town)|New York, New York]]" - danced and sung by<ref>{{cite web|title=On the Town (1949): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0041716/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> Gene Kelly, [[Frank Sinatra]], and [[Jules Munshin]]; from ''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'' (1949)
* "The Worry Song" - dancing by Gene Kelly and [[Jerry Mouse]]; sung by Gene Kelly & [[Sara Berner]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Anchors Aweigh (1945): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0037514/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> from ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' (1945)
* "Broadway Melody Ballet" - Gene Kelly and Ensemble; from ''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952)
* "[[In the Good Old Summer Time|In the Good Old Summertime]]" - sung by Chorus; from ''[[In the Good Old Summertime]]'' (1949)
* "[[La Cucaracha]]" - [[Judy Garland|The Garland Sisters]]; from ''[[La Fiesta de Santa Barbara]]'' (1935)
* "Waltz with a Swing" - [[Judy Garland]]
* "Americana" - Judy Garland and [[Deanna Durbin]]; from ''[[Every Sunday]]'' (1936)
* "Your Broadway and My Broadway" - dancing [[Judy Garland]], [[Buddy Ebsen]], [[Eleanor Powell]], and [[George Murphy]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0028665/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> from ''[[Broadway Melody of 1938]]'' (1937)
* "You're Off to See the Wizard" - [[Munchkin|The Munchkins]]
* "[[If I Only Had a Brain|If I Only Had the Nerve]]" - Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley and Buddy Ebsen<ref name="Wizard"/>
* "[[We're Off to See the Wizard]]" - [[Judy Garland]], [[Bert Lahr]], [[Ray Bolger]] and [[Jack Haley]] and [[Buddy Ebsen]]<ref name="Wizard">{{cite web|title=The Wizard of Oz (1939): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0032138/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref>
* "[[Over the Rainbow]]" - Judy Garland; from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' (1939)
* "[[But Not for Me (song)|But Not for Me]]" - [[Judy Garland]] from ''[[Girl Crazy (1943 film)|Girl Crazy]]'' (1943)
* "[[The Trolley Song]]" - sung by<ref name="St. Louis">{{cite web|title=Meet Me in St. Louis (1944): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0037059/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> [[Judy Garland]] and Chorus 
* "Under the Bamboo Tree" - danced and sung by<ref name="St. Louis"/> Judy Garland and [[Margaret O'Brien]]
* "The Boy Next Door" - sung by<ref name="St. Louis"/> Judy Garland; from ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' (1944)
* "[[Get Happy (song)|Get Happy]]" - [[Judy Garland]] & Chorus; from ''[[Summer Stock]]'' (1950)
* "Going Hollywood" - [[Bing Crosby]] and Ensemble; from ''[[Going Hollywood]]'' (1933)
* "Well, Did You Evah" - [[Bing Crosby]] and [[Frank Sinatra]]
* "True Love" - Bing Crosby and [[Grace Kelly]]; from ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'' (1956)
* "Hallelujah" - sung by [[Kay Armen]], [[Ann Miller]], [[Jane Powell]], [[Debbie Reynolds]], [[Vic Damone]], [[Russ Tamblyn]], [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Hit the Deck (1955): Soundtracks|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=21 October 2019|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0048171/soundtrack?ref_=m_tt_trv_snd}}</ref> and Chorus; from ''[[Hit the Deck (1955 film)|Hit the Deck]]'' (1955)
* "Barnraising Dance (Bless Your Beautiful Hide)" - dancing by various characters; from ''[[Seven Brides for Seven Brothers]]'' (1954)
* "Gigi" - sung by [[Louis Jourdan]]
* "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" - sung by [[Maurice Chevalier]] and Chorus; from ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' (1958)
* "An American in Paris Ballet" - dancing by [[Gene Kelly]], [[Leslie Caron]], and Ensemble; from ''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951)

== Charts ==
The soundtrack was released by MGM (2624012).
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1974)
!Position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=281}}</ref>
|align="center"|55
|}

== Appearances ==
Unless otherwise noted, information is based on IMDb's full cast section.<ref name="Full Cast"/>
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* [[June Allyson]]
* [[Leon Ames]]
* [[Kay Armen]]
* [[Edward Arnold (actor)|Edward Arnold]] (uncredited)
* [[Fred Astaire]] 
* [[Ethel Barrymore]] (uncredited)
* [[Lionel Barrymore]] (uncredited)
* [[Scotty Beckett]]<ref name="Date Judy"/>
* [[Wallace Beery]] (uncredited)
* [[Ray Bolger]]
* [[Joe E. Brown]]
* [[Virginia Bruce]]
* [[Jack Buchanan]]
* [[Billie Burke]]<ref name="FilXposed">{{cite web|author=((Giovannii84))|title=That's Entertainment (1974) - Star of the Month: Elizabeth Taylor|website=FilXposed|date=31 October 2012|url=http://flixposed.blogspot.com/2012/10/thats-entertainment-1974-star-of-month.html?m=1 |access-date=October 23, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Leslie Caron]]
* [[Carleton Carpenter]]
* [[Cyd Charisse]]
* [[George Cleveland]]<ref name="Date Judy"/>
* [[Maurice Chevalier]]
* [[Joan Crawford]]
* [[Bing Crosby]] 
* [[Xavier Cugat]]
* [[Jacques d'Amboise (dancer)|Jacques d'Amboise]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Arlene Dahl]] (uncredited)
* [[Virginia Dale]]
* [[Lili Damita]] (uncredited)
* [[Vic Damone]]
* [[Gloria DeHaven]] (uncredited)
* [[Tom Drake]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Jimmy Durante]]
* [[Deanna Durbin]]
* [[Buddy Ebsen]]
* [[Nelson Eddy]]
* [[Cliff Edwards]]
* [[Vera-Ellen]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Errol Flynn]] (uncredited)
* [[Clark Gable]]
* [[Greta Garbo]]<ref name="Movie Buffs">{{cite web|author=Patrick|title=Movie Review: That's Entertainment|website=Three Movie Buffs|date=17 March 2011|url=http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/review/thats-entertainment.html}}</ref>
* [[Ava Gardner]]
* [[Judy Garland]]
* [[Betty Garrett]] (uncredited)
* [[Greer Garson]] (uncredited)
* [[Hermione Gingold]] (uncredited)
* [[Cary Grant]]
* [[Kathryn Grayson]]
* [[Virginia Grey]]
* [[Jack Haley]]
* [[Jean Harlow]]
* [[Bernadene Hayes]]
* [[Van Heflin]] (uncredited)
* [[Katharine Hepburn]] (uncredited)
* [[Lena Horne]]
* [[Lottice Howell]]
* [[Claude Jarman Jr.]] (uncredited)
* [[Betty Jaynes (actress)|Betty Jaynes]]<ref name="Judy Room"/>
* [[Van Johnson]]
* [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]]
* [[Jennifer Jones]] (uncredited)
* [[Louis Jourdan]]
* [[Buster Keaton]] (uncredited)
* [[Howard Keel]]
* [[Gene Kelly]] 
* [[Charles King (musical actor)|Charles King]]
* [[Lorraine Krueger]]
* [[Bert Lahr]]
* [[Fernando Lamas]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Angela Lansbury]] (uncredited)
* [[Mario Lanza]]
* [[Peter Lawford]]
* [[Ruta Lee]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Vivien Leigh]]<ref name="Movie Buffs"/>
* [[Jeanette MacDonald]]
* [[Marjorie Main]]<ref name="Harvey Girls"/>
* [[Joan Marsh]]
* [[Tony Martin (American singer)|Tony Martin]]
* [[Douglas McPhail]]
* [[Ann Miller]]
* [[Sidney Miller (actor)|Sidney Miller]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Liza Minnelli]]
* [[Carmen Miranda]] (uncredited)
* [[Ricardo Montalbán]]<ref name="FilXposed"/><ref name="Movie Buffs"/>
* [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]]
* [[Agnes Moorehead]] (uncredited)
* [[Natalie Moorhead]]
* [[Dennis Morgan]]
* [[Frank Morgan]] (uncredited)
* [[Jules Munshin]]
* [[Conrad Nagel]] (uncredited)
* [[J. Carrol Naish]] (uncredited)
* [[Julie Newmar]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* The [[Nicholas Brothers]]
* [[Margaret O'Brien]]
* [[Virginia O'Brien]]<ref name="Judy Room"/><ref name="Harvey Girls"/>
* [[Donald O'Connor]]
* [[Reginald Owen]] (uncredited)
* [[Walter Pidgeon]] (uncredited)
* [[Marc Platt (dancer)|Marc Platt]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Paul Porcasi]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Eleanor Powell]]
* [[Jane Powell]]
* [[June Preisser]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Richard Quine]]<ref name="Broadway Babes"/>
* [[Tommy Rall]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Debbie Reynolds]]
* [[Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)|Jeff Richards]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Ginger Rogers]]
* [[Mickey Rooney]]
* [[Selena Royle]] (uncredited)
* [[Norma Shearer]] (uncredited)
* [[Frank Sinatra]]
* [[Red Skelton]] (uncredited)
* [[Robert Stack]]<ref name="Date Judy"/>
* [[James Stewart]]
* [[Paula Stone]]
* [[Russ Tamblyn]]
* [[Elizabeth Taylor]]
* [[Sidney Toler]] (uncredited)
* [[Audrey Totter]] (uncredited)
* [[Spencer Tracy]] (uncredited)
* [[Lana Turner]]<ref name="Movie Buffs"/>
* [[William Warfield]]
* [[Virginia Weidler]]<ref name="FilXposed"/>
* [[Esther Williams]]
* [[Robert Young (actor)|Robert Young]] (uncredited)
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; Notes
* Clips of Howard Keel (as Hazard Endicott) are from the 1950 film ''[[Pagan Love Song]]''.
* Clips of Agnes Moorehead (as Parthy Hawks) are from the 1951 film ''[[Show Boat (1951 film)|Show Boat]]''.

== Release ==
The film premiered at the Loew's Beverly Theater in Beverly Hills on the evening of May 17, 1974.<ref name=AFI/> MGM billed it as their greatest premiere in a quarter century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stargayzing.com/behind-the-scenes-at-mgms-1974-premiere-of-thats-entertainment/|title=Behind the Scenes at MGM's 1974 Premiere of That's Entertainment – Stargayzing|date=25 September 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> There was a red carpet from the Loew's Beverly Theater to the [[Beverly Wilshire Hotel]] for the post-screening dinner and dancing. Also promoted were the 100 movie stars in attendance. Anyone paying $100 per seat for the dinner could sit at a table with a movie star. The premiere also featured several live introductions to the various on-screen segments; it was co-hosted by Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli and featured live stage appearances by Debbie Reynolds, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor, and others. The premiere, as an event and a party, was a dazzling success. However, as a publicity event for MGM, it was completely overshadowed; the expected press were all across town covering the breaking news of the [[Symbionese Liberation Army#Move to Los Angeles and police shootout|Symbionese Liberation Army shootout]] that night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailynews.com/2014/05/15/photos-and-video-symbionese-liberation-army-shootout-with-the-lapd-40-years-later/|title=Photos and video: Symbionese Liberation Army shootout with the LAPD — 40 years later|date=2014-05-15|website=Daily News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-27}}</ref> The film had its New York premiere on May 23<ref name=AFI/> and opened the following day at the [[Ziegfeld Theatre (1969)|Ziegfeld Theatre]].<ref name=ny>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 29, 1974|page=8|title=Sun Fails, Ups N.Y. Holiday Span; 'Entertainment' $71,164 In Four Days; 'Daisy' OK At $30,000}}</ref> The film opened nationwide in June 1974.<ref name=AFI/>

== Reception ==
The film grossed $25,600 in its first week in Los Angeles and did even better the following week with $45,000.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 29, 1974|page=8|title=L.A. Average; 'Lightfoot' Socko $45,000, 'Windmill' Rousing 42G, 'Devil II' Neat 229½G, 32 Sites}}</ref> Over the 4-day [[Memorial Day]] weekend at the Ziegfeld it grossed $71,164.<ref name=ny/> The film was United Artists' highest-grossing film of the year.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Daily Variety]]|date=March 20, 1975|page=1|title=Foreign B.O. Tops $4.4 Mil For 'Entertainment!'}}</ref> Adjusted for inflation, the film has grossed $19.1 million worldwide.

== Sequels ==
Despite statements made in the original theatrical trailer and promotional materials that such a production would never be repeated, ''That's Entertainment!'' is one of the few documentaries to spawn official sequels.

''[[That's Entertainment, Part II]]'' was released in 1976. The use of multiple hosts was dropped for this production, instead Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly returned to co-host the retrospective, which expanded beyond musicals to pay tribute to MGM's dramatic and comedy stars as well. The sequel would turn out to be the last time Astaire and Kelly danced together on film.

''[[That's Dancing!]]'' was released in 1985. Unlike the two prior ''That's Entertainment!'' films, this documentary was not limited exclusively to MGM productions. The film is closely related to the ''That's Entertainment!'' series, with shared studio and producers credits, but also since its opening credits contain a card with the title ''That's Entertainment! III'' (not to be confused with the subsequent 1994 film).

''[[That's Entertainment! III]]'' was released in 1994.  The film featured more archival footage, with a distinct focus on previously unreleased (or rarely seen) material cut from the MGM films.

Gene Kelly is the only individual to host in all four films.

== Home media ==
All three ''That's Entertainment!'' films were released to [[DVD]] in 2004. The box set collection of the films included a bonus DVD that included additional musical numbers that had been cut from MGM films as well as the first release of the complete performance of "Mr. Monotony" by Judy Garland (the version used in ''That's Entertainment! III'' is truncated). ''That's Dancing!'' received a separate DVD release in 2007. The MGM trilogy also received a Blu-ray release in the late 2000s; the bonus content of the DVD box set was spread among the three films rather than presented as a standalone disc. In January 2023, the film was added to [[MGM+]] to celebrate the network and streaming platform's rebranding from [[Epix]]; Judy Garland's recording of the titular song would also serve as the music for the rebrand's promotional trailer released at that time concurrently.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=mgmplus|number=1614638645591285765|title=It's a new year and #MGMplus is here! 🎉 Explore and enjoy the classic film, #ThatsEntertainment streaming now}}</ref> It has since been removed from the service.

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1974]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{AFI film|55290}}
* {{IMDb title|0072272}}
* {{TCMDb title|2176}}

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