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Template:Short description {{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Use American English Template:Infobox film 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 a 1976 sequel, the related 1985 film That's Dancing!, and a third installment in 1994.

BackgroundEdit

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 films 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.

The title of the film derives from the anthemic 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.

DedicationEdit

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Musical numbersEdit

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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> from Free and Easy (1930)

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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Ann Miller; from Small Town Girl (1953)

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Donald O'Connor; from Singin' in the Rain (1952)

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> from The Pirate (1948)

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  • "The Worry Song" - dancing by Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse; sung by Gene Kelly & Sara Berner;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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|CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Chorus; from Hit the Deck (1955)

ChartsEdit

The soundtrack was released by MGM (2624012).

Chart (1974) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref> 55

AppearancesEdit

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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.

ReleaseEdit

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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</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 shootout that night.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The film had its New York premiere on May 23<ref name=AFI/> and opened the following day at the Ziegfeld Theatre.<ref name=ny>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The film opened nationwide in June 1974.<ref name=AFI/>

ReceptionEdit

The film grossed $25,600 in its first week in Los Angeles and did even better the following week with $45,000.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</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>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Adjusted for inflation, the film has grossed $19.1 million worldwide.

SequelsEdit

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 mediaEdit

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>Template:Cite tweet</ref> It has since been removed from the service.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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