It's ironic that MGM, in such dire financial straits in 1974 that it was selling its fabled back lot and auctioning off artifacts from past movie triumphs, enjoyed one of its biggest box-office hits with That's Entertainment, a compilation of musical highlights from the studio's golden days. Onscreen hosts Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, James Stewart, and Elizabeth Taylor introduce the various film clips while standing on what was left of the MGM lot (Rooney delivers his comments from the Andy Hardy street). The vignettes, in both color and black-and-white, include generous slices of such classic MGM songfests as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain, and Gigi. The film includes the montage of Mickey Rooney's "Let's put on a show!" speeches, Clark Gable hoofing to "Puttin' on the Ritz" in Idiot's Delight, and James Stewart (!) serenading Eleanor Powell from Easy to Love. Assembled by Jack Haley Jr., That's Entertainment proved such a hit that the 1976 sequel, That's Entertainment II, was a foregone conclusion.


STARS.........: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bing Crosby
DIRECTOR......: Jack Haley Jr.
WRITERS.......: Jack Haley Jr.
GENRE.........: Musical, Documentary
IMDB RATING...: 7.7/10  4,072 votes
IMDB LINK.....: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072272
RUNTIME.......: 2h 15mn
SIZE..........: 4.26 GB
VIDEO CODEC...: HEVC ([email protected])
RESOLUTION....: 1920x1080
ASPECT RATIO..: 1.85:1
BITRATE.......: 4000 Kbps (2-pass)
FRAMERATE.....: 23.976 fps
AUDIO.........: English E-AC3 5.1 512kbps
SUBTITLES.....: ENG, ENG-SDH, FRE, SPA
CHAPTERS......: Yes
SOURCE........: Blu Ray
ENCODED BY....: Sartre
ENCODE DATE...: 2017-05-15



Extras

• Introduction - TCM host Robert Osborne presents an introduction to the film. (5 min, 480p)

• Just One More Time - A publicity featurette which has the narrators of the film in alternate takes of their hosting comments paired with some very washed out clips from the film. (9 min, 480p)

• That’s Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM - A television special publicizing the movie featuring George Hamilton and his then-wife Alana interviewing Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Donald O’Connor, Johnny Weissmuller, and Liza Minnelli. (66 min, 480p)

• MGM’s 25th Anniversary Luncheon Newsreel - The complete newsreel coverage of the grand silver anniversary luncheon which is only excerpted in the movie. (11 min, 480p)

• Trailer - The original theatrical trailer. (4 min, 480p)