Main Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn
Release Year: 1976
Country: US
Run Time: 133 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
This represents MGM's 1976 sequel to its enormously successful compilation film That's Entertainment (1974). In lieu of the multi-narrator device of the first film, director Gene Kelly chooses to limit the hosting chores to two people: himself, and his friendly rival Fred Astaire. Another departure from the first film was the decision to include comedy and dramatic highlights from MGM's past, with such stars as Greta Garbo (seen in a montage of "I want to be alone"s), Greer Garson, Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, Red Skelton, the Marx Brothers, and Laurel and Hardy (though the last-named team's vignettes are culled from Hal Roach productions which were merely released by MGM). Be sure and catch That's Entertainment from the beginning for Saul Bass' opening credits, incorporating a variety of title-sequence styles: waves crashing on the shore, pages turning in a book, and a J. Arthur Rank-style gong. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Jack Haley, Jr. - Director, Gene Kelly - Director, David Blewitt - Editor, David Bretherton - Editor, Peter C. Johnson - Editor, Bud Friedgen - Editor, Saul Chaplin - Composer (Music Score), Howard Deitz - Composer (Music Score), Nelson Riddle - Composer (Music Score), Nelson Riddle - Musical Direction/Supervision, John Inzerella - Makeup, Charles Schram - Makeup, John De Cuir - Production Designer, George Folsey - Cinematographer, Maurice Vaccarino - Production Manager, Saul Chaplin - Producer, Daniel Melnick - Producer, Aaron Rochin - Sound/Sound Designer, Hal Watkins - Sound/Sound Designer, Leonard Gershe - Narration Writer
