Documentary Music
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.
Directed by
Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan
Written by
Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan
Marilyn Monroe
(archive footage)
Ricardo Montalban
(archive footage)
Angela Lansbury
(archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen
(archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor
(archive footage)
Mickey Rooney
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Lucille Ball
(archive footage)
Debbie Reynolds
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Ingrid Bergman
(archive footage)
Ava Gardner
(archive footage)
Buster Keaton
(archive footage)
Bing Crosby
(archive footage)
Vivien Leigh
(archive footage)
Bob Hope
(archive footage)
Jane Powell
(archive footage)
Lana Turner
(archive footage)
Leslie Caron
(archive footage)
Cyd Charisse
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Joan Crawford
(archive footage)
Howard Keel
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Doris Day
(archive footage)
June Allyson
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Judy Garland
(archive footage)
Carole Lombard
(archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
(archive footage)
Hedy Lamarr
(archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn
(archive footage)
Grace Kelly
(archive footage)
Gene Kelly
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Donald O'Connor
(archive footage)
Clark Gable
(archive footage)
Paulette Goddard
(archive footage)
Ginger Rogers
(archive footage)
Arlene Dahl
(archive footage)
Elvis Presley
(archive footage)
Myrna Loy
(archive footage)
Stan Laurel
(archive footage)
Jack Benny
(archive footage)
Gloria DeHaven
(archive footage)
Ray Bolger
(archive footage)
Robert Young
(archive footage)
Greer Garson
(archive footage)
Claudette Colbert
(archive footage)
Fred Astaire
(archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
(archive footage)
Chill Wills
(archive footage)
Janis Paige
(archive footage)
Louis Jourdan
(archive footage)
Marlene Dietrich
(archive footage)
Ann Miller
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
J. Carrol Naish
(archive footage)
Nancy Walker
(archive footage)
Jeanette MacDonald
(archive footage)
Rosalind Russell
(archive footage)
Betty Garrett
(archive footage)
Una Merkel
(archive footage)
Lupe Vélez
(archive footage)
Jimmy Durante
(archive footage)
Lena Horne
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Jean Harlow
(archive footage)
Vera-Ellen
(archive footage)
Esther Williams
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Norma Shearer
(archive footage)
Nanette Fabray
(archive footage)
Kathryn Grayson
(archive footage)
Xavier Cugat
(archive footage)
Billie Burke
(archive footage)
Oscar Levant
(archive footage)
Granville Van Dusen
Beginning Narrator (voice)
Ann Sothern
(archive footage)
Marie Dressler
(archive footage)
Cliff Edwards
(archive footage)
George Murphy
(archive footage)
Nelson Eddy
(archive footage)
Luise Rainer
(archive footage)
Eleanor Powell
(archive footage)
Lucille Bremer
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Roland Young
(archive footage)
Betty Hutton
(archive footage)
Carmen Miranda
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Marion Davies
(archive footage)
Clinton Sundberg
(archive footage)
Tony Martin
(archive footage)
Dolores Gray
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Jack Buchanan
(archive footage)
Harry Wilson
(archive footage)
Polly Moran
(archive footage)
Harry James
(archive footage)
Ray McDonald
(archive footage)
George K. Arthur
(archive footage)
Joseph I. Breen
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Jack Pearl
(archive footage)
Rosetta Duncan
(archive footage)
Douglas McPhail
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Joan McCracken
(archive footage)
Betty Jaynes
(archive footage)
Vivian Duncan
(archive footage)
Aggie Ross
(archive footage)
Elmira Ross
(archive footage)
Maggie Ross
(archive footage)
Frances Williams
(archive footage)

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