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From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
Character: Self
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
Character: Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.
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Handlebars (1933)
Character: Singer (singing voice) (uncredited)
A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.
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That's Entertainment! (1974)
Character: (archive footage)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
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Maytime (1937)
Character: Paul Allison
An aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal teacher and a student.
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Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Character: Anatole Garron
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.
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Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
Character: Brom Broeck
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly the fun-loving type, and one of his first official acts is to call for the death of Brom Broeck, a newspaper publisher well-known for his fearless exposes of police and government corruption. However, Broeck hasn't done anything that would justify the death penalty, so Stuyvesant waits (without much patience) for Broeck to step out of line. Broeck is romancing a beautiful woman named Tina Tienhoven, whose sister Ulda happens to be dating his best friend, Ten Pin. After Stuyvesant's men toss Broeck in jail on a trumped-up charge, Stuyvesant sets his sights on winning Tina's affections.
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The Chocolate Soldier (1941)
Character: Karl Lang
Maria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman and attempts to make Maria flirt with him - to test her loyalty to him - as the Russian, Karl makes a vigorous attempt to seduce Maria. For a moment she accepts then rejects. Karl is left in turmoil...
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Bitter Sweet (1940)
Character: Carl Linden
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Naughty Marietta (1935)
Character: Captain Richard Warrington
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
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New Moon (1940)
Character: Charles
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
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Dancing Lady (1933)
Character: Nelson Eddy
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
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Hollywood: Style Center of the World (1940)
Character: Self
This short promotes the premise that movies often create a demand for the fashions seen in them. It starts with a vignette in rural America. A mother and daughter go to town to buy a new dress. In the dress shop window is a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie. We then go to Hollywood and visit Adrian, MGM's chief of costume design, and see how multiple copies of a single clothing pattern are produced. The film ends with short segments of several MGM features.
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Balalaika (1939)
Character: Prince Peter Karagin, aka Peter Teranda
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.
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That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Character: (archive footage)
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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Rose Marie (1936)
Character: Sgt. Bruce
An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive brother.
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That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Character: (archive footage)
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
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I Married an Angel (1942)
Character: Count Palaffi
A count who ignores an infatuated secretary thinks he has met his match when an angel from Heaven shows up.
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Sweethearts (1938)
Character: Ernest Lane
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
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Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
Character: John Sylvester
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
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Northwest Outpost (1947)
Character: Captain Jim Laurence
US cavalry officer James Laurence arrives at one of the Russian colonies to pave the way for the eventual American takeover of the territory. He faces resistance in the form of Prince Nikolai Balinin, who has no intention of weakening his despotic hold over the local peasants. The plot thickens when Laurence falls in love with Natalie Alanova, the wife of disgraced nobleman Count Igor Savin.
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Willie the Operatic Whale (1946)
Character: Narrator
The Metropolitan Opera is looking for the sea monster reported in newspaper headlines, because this monster sings beautifully! The "monster" is actually Willie, a whale who can sing in several voices simultaneously. A friend of his, a gull called Whitey, tells him about the searching ship, and Willie goes to audition, as it's been his ambition to perform on stage. Unfortunately, Professor Tetti Tatti from the Opera believes that one or more singers have been swallowed by the whale, and need to be rescued.
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Rosalie (1937)
Character: Dick Thorpe
West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.
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Make Mine Music (1946)
Character: Narrator / Characters (segment "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met") (voice)
In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the Pooh. In addition you'll enjoy such classic cartoon hits as "Casey at the Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met" and "Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet."
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Let Freedom Ring (1939)
Character: Steve Logan
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
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Student Tour (1934)
Character: Singer
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
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