That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) on Netflix
G19762h 13mDocumentaryFamilyMusical
A second retrospective looks back through one Hollywood studio's vaults, covering musicals, comedy and drama from the 1930s to the 1950s. Two hosts introduce the selections.
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Plot summary
A second retrospective returns to one Hollywood studio's vaults, following an earlier compilation of its films. The selection covers the 1930s through the 1950s and leans on less familiar musical numbers. It also gathers tributes to comedy teams such as the Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy, and to romantic teams such as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, plus a montage of iconic stars. Two hosts introduce the material, and new routines have the pair dancing together for the first time since 1945.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
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- Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly danced together for only the second time in their careers, the first since the 1945 film Ziegfeld Follies, and the new routines were the last time the 76-year-old Astaire danced in a film.
- Film historian Robert Osborne said it was Fred Astaire who suggested to Gene Kelly that the two take the potentially last-in-a-lifetime chance to perform together, something Kelly wishes for out loud while narrating the first That's Entertainment! film.
- Gene Kelly directed the film's introductory segments, which included location footage of him returning to Paris, the city featured in An American in Paris and Gigi; it was the last film Kelly directed.
- Elizabeth Taylor said she felt exploited by MGM over the sequel: she appeared in the advertisements for the film but was on screen in it for only a few seconds.
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