1994

1h 53m

7.0(37 votes)

Documentary

Music

Overview

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

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Cast & Crew

104 members

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June Allyson

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Cyd Charisse

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Lena Horne

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Howard Keel

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Esther Williams

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Gene Kelly

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Ann Miller

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Debbie Reynolds

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Mickey Rooney

Self - Co-Host / Narrator

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Granville Van Dusen

Beginning Narrator (voice)

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Fred Astaire

(archive footage)

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Lucille Ball

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Jack Benny

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Ingrid Bergman

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Ray Bolger

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Leslie Caron

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Joan Crawford

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Claudette Colbert

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Billie Burke

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Lucille Bremer

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Joseph I. Breen

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Jack Buchanan

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George K. Arthur

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Costume & Make-Up

Adrian

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Bing Crosby

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Xavier Cugat

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Doris Day

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Gloria DeHaven

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Marlene Dietrich

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Jimmy Durante

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Buddy Ebsen

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Nelson Eddy

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Marion Davies

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Marie Dressler

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Nanette Fabray

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Cliff Edwards

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Clark Gable

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Ava Gardner

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Judy Garland

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Greer Garson

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Betty Garrett

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Paulette Goddard

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Dolores Gray

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Jean Harlow

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Oliver Hardy

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Kathryn Grayson

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Katharine Hepburn

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Bob Hope

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Betty Hutton

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Harry James

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Stan Laurel

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Angela Lansbury

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Hedy Lamarr

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Grace Kelly

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Buster Keaton

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Louis Jourdan

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Betty Jaynes

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Vivien Leigh

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Oscar Levant

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Myrna Loy

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Carole Lombard

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Una Merkel

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Marilyn Monroe

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Carmen Miranda

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Jeanette MacDonald

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Jules Munshin

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Ricardo Montalban

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Frank Sinatra

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Elvis Presley

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Eleanor Powell

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Ginger Rogers

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Ann Sothern

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Lana Turner

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Rosalind Russell

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Norma Shearer

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Elizabeth Taylor

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Vera-Ellen

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Chill Wills

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Donald O'Connor

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Arlene Dahl

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Rosetta Duncan

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Vivian Duncan

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Tony Martin

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Joan McCracken

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Ray McDonald

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Douglas McPhail

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Polly Moran

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George Murphy

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J. Carrol Naish

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Janis Paige

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Jack Pearl

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Jane Powell

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Luise Rainer

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Aggie Ross

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Elmira Ross

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Maggie Ross

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Clinton Sundberg

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Don Taylor

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Lupe Vélez

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Nancy Walker

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Frances Williams

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Harry Wilson

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Robert Young

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Roland Young

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