Ben Mankiewicz Intro - That's Entertainment! (1974)

That's Entertainment! - (Original Trailer)

An all-star cast, including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, introduce clips from MGM's greatest musicals in That's Entertainment! (1974).

That's Entertainment! (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Singin' In The Rain

Frank Sinatra opens the narration with some of the history of the song by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed, especially as it relates to movies and to MGM, in the studio’s hit 50th anniversary documentary feature, That’s Entertainment!, 1974.

That's Entertainment! (1974) -- (Movie Clip) The Greatest Partner

Mickey Rooney’s narration ends with a toss to Gene Kelly on MGM’s New York set, who recklessly names his favorite partner, throwing to their number in Take Me Out To The Ball Game, 1949, in the studio’s 50th anniversary musical compilation, That’s Entertainment!, 1974.

That's Entertainment! (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Never See The Likes

Near the end of Frank Sinatra’s opening narrated segment, something of a climax with Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell’s brilliant single-take tap number to “Begin The Beguine,” from Broadway Melody Of 1940, in MGM’s 50th anniversary clip-fest, That’s Entertainment!, 1974.

That's Entertainment! (1974) -- (Movie Clip) Pretty Hard To Top

Peter Lawford wraps up his bit of hosting with a throw to James Stewart, who resumes with comments about the arrival of talking pictures, throwing to a clip of Robert Montgomery toiling in Free And Easy, 1930, in the MGM 50th anniversary documentary That’s Entertainment!, 1974.