That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
Documentary, Music • 2h 13m
Overview
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.
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Bing Crosby, Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Clark Gable, Kathryn Grayson, Leslie Caron, Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Doris Day, Ann Miller, Ann Sothern, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, Eleanor Powell, John Barrymore, Louis Armstrong, Joan Crawford, Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Taylor, William Powell, Jean Harlow, Melvyn Douglas, Greta Garbo, Esther Williams, Johnny Weissmüller, Ethel Waters, W.C. Fields, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Jack Benny, Robert Benchley, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Nanette Fabray, Lena Horne, Debbie Reynolds, Ginger Rogers, Bobby Van, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Grace Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Dinah Shore, Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Constance Bennett, Jack Buchanan, Sammy Cahn, Louis Calhern, Maurice Chevalier, Dan Dailey, Tom Drake, Marie Dressler, Margaret Dumont, Bob Fosse, Hermione Gingold, Cary Grant, Fernand Gravey, Georges Guétary, Judy Holliday, June Knight, Miliza Korjus, Vivien Leigh, Oscar Levant, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Robert Montgomery, Maureen O'Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Tommy Rall, Al Shean, Red Skelton, James Stewart, Lewis Stone, Franchot Tone, Lana Turner, Gwen Verdon, David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, Robert Young, Mary Astor, Freddie Bartholomew, Nacio Herb Brown, James Cagney, Gino Corrado, Fifi D'Orsay, Robert Donat, Tommy Dorsey, James A. FitzPatrick, Arthur Freed, Charley Grapewin, Carol Haney, Sterling Holloway, Harry James, Allan Jones, Buster Keaton, Hedy Lamarr, Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Esther Muir, Dave O'Brien, Christian Rub, Marshall Thompson, Ed Wynn
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS: Detailed and natural.
2008 R1 Warner Bros DVD - Frank Sinatra Collection: More muffled due to noise reduction.
2015 Warner Bros Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with a treble boost. Also a lossy transcode.
Full review from blah-ray
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
1988 MGM/Turner Hi-Fi VHS: Detailed and natural.
2008 R1 Warner Bros DVD - Frank Sinatra Collection: More muffled due to noise reduction.
2015 Warner Bros Blu-ray: Like the DVD but with a treble boost. Also a lossy transcode.
Full review from blah-ray
Directors: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Directors: Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
Directors: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen
Director: John Ford
1988/1990 WB Hi-Fi VHS, crystal clear, albeit with some distortion in louder areas
The 4K Blu-ray reuses the same poor mastering used on the 2006 WB Blu-ray, only with a completely unnecessary bass cut and extra noise reduction.
Even putting resolution aside, the Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray has the best video. The old Blu-ray master and earlier DVD both had massive issues with colour.
That said, picture on the 4K Blu-ray isn't perfect, with strange posterized magenta glints and some instances of DNR: https://bsky.app/profile/dagscott.bsky.social/post/3leahavqi7k2l
Director: John Ford
1988/1990 WB Hi-Fi VHS, crystal clear, albeit with some distortion in louder areas
The 4K Blu-ray reuses the same poor mastering used on the 2006 WB Blu-ray, only with a completely unnecessary bass cut and extra noise reduction.
Even putting resolution aside, the Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray has the best video. The old Blu-ray master and earlier DVD both had massive issues with colour.
That said, picture on the 4K Blu-ray isn't perfect, with strange posterized magenta glints and some instances of DNR: https://bsky.app/profile/dagscott.bsky.social/post/3leahavqi7k2l
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Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Director: Murray Roth
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Warner Archive Blu-ray The Jazz Singer has it included as extras on one of the DVDs
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
Director: Charles Walters
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray is a remaster from the original VistaVision camera negaitve, FiM encode
Warner Archive 4K Blu-ray
The original mono sounds good. The Atmos remix is a mixed bag, music performances are sourced from magnetic stereo recordings and sound great, but mono dialogue/effectshas undergone destructive noise reduction and unnecessary EQ, so the jumps in fidelity are incredibly jarring.
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