That's Entertainment! III

The original That's Entertainment was released in 1974 at a time when MGM were celebrating their 50th anniversary. The film was introduced by many MGM Stars of Yesteryear and it's aim was to highlight the quill of MGM musical magic... Full review

The movies highlighted in all 3 That's Entertainment! films makes you feel a bit sad. Sad that the world has lost so much innocence so quickly. The difference between the great MGM musicals and the effects-filled action films of today... Full review

This last "Entertainment" installment offers a few different aspects that the first two "That's Entertainment!" packages didn't have, such as some song-dance routines that never made it on screen (and should have) or a behind-the-scenes look at cameramen filming a... Full review

Having seen the previous two installments of this series about MGM's great years, we hadn't seen the last one, but thanks to TCM, which showed it recently, we now have completed the cycle. The documentary, directed by Bud Friedgen and... Full review

Opening with a Gene Kelly-introduced segment concerning early efforts to develop musical stars and material, this third installment of the THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT series quickly segues into celebrity-introduced film clips from MGM musicals--clips that range from familiar favorites to out-takes, rarities,... Full review

The final instalment in MGM's nostalgia fest of old musical clips is presented in much the same way as the first one twenty years earlier, as several luminaries from the studio's past are wheeled out in front of the cameras... Full review

The third installment of musical clips from the MGM vaults. I'm a sucker for musicals and "That's Entertainment! III" was a huge surprise. I thoroughly liked the first part ("That's Entertainment!"); the second installment ("That's Entertainment, Part II") was decent... Full review

Every THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT film has a hook to draw new viewers in--the first film had the sheer novelty of these film giants talking to us about the work they did in that glorious, music-filled period of movie-making, although these legends... Full review

It's easy to see why Siskel & Ebert gave this one a big two thumbs up. And even the hard to please Rex Reed said: "Two hours of paradise regained--pure magic!"Easily among the best of the 'That's Entertainment' compilations, it... Full review

Glorious moments from MGM musicals are mixed with rare footage cut from classics, and even a sequence showing how they filmed an Eleanor Powell dance routine.The hosts are great too, including Gene Kelly in his last film appearance.But why cut... Full review

What is most remarkable, watching this time, is to reflect that the studio was so rich in talent and imagination, even its outtakes are worth seeing, half a century later. They are interesting today because, in many cases, they are brilliant; in other cases, because they are awful; in some cases, because they are revealing, and in all cases because if it were not for this film we would never have seen them. ... Full Review

III" demonstrates how MGM's most durable product, the musical, reflected and shaped the national mood. A good number of them, including the nine luminaries who return to the Culver City lot as hosts of "That's Entertainment! ... Full Review

The greatness of this third That's Entertainment! film shows just how inexhaustible MGM's film vaults are. The song and dance numbers featured here are every bit as dazzling as those in That's Entertainment, Part II . ... Full Article