That's Entertainment! III

00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,955 Now that's what I call Ballin' the Jack 419 00:42:23,498 --> 00:42:27,960 Gene's first big break came on Broadway, starring in Pal Joey. 420 00:42:28,128 --> 00:42:29,754 MGM soon grabbed him... 421 00:42:29,921 --> 00:42:32,465 ...and started him off as Judy Garland's leading man... 422 00:42:32,632 --> 00:42:35,968 ...in For Me and My Gal. 423 00:42:49,816 --> 00:42:50,858 Ballin' the Jack 424 00:43:08,877 --> 00:43:11,712 Gene had a style all his own... 425 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:15,091 ...charming and athletic, with boundless energy. 426 00:43:15,258 --> 00:43:18,094 In Summer Stock, he created a classic number... 427 00:43:18,261 --> 00:43:23,974 ...using only a squeaky floor and a newspaper as dance partners. 428 00:45:07,329 --> 00:45:08,621 As a choreographer... 429 00:45:08,788 --> 00:45:12,082 ...Gene staged this exciting and bittersweet ballet... 430 00:45:12,250 --> 00:45:15,502 ...to Richard Rodgers' "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"... 431 00:45:15,670 --> 00:45:17,379 ...from Words and Music. 432 00:45:17,547 --> 00:45:21,592 His partner: The wonderful Vera-Ellen. 433 00:47:12,329 --> 00:47:15,289 Gene's inventiveness seemed inexhaustible. 434 00:47:15,457 --> 00:47:16,832 In An American in Paris... 435 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,918 ...he even danced into a Toulouse-Lautrec painting... 436 00:47:20,086 --> 00:47:21,795 ...to find Leslie Caron... 437 00:47:21,963 --> 00:47:26,592 ...and the incomparable music of George Gershwin. 438 00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:31,263 The film won six Oscars plus a special award to Gene... 439 00:47:31,431 --> 00:47:36,352 ...for his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film. 440 00:48:46,506 --> 00:48:50,676 Fit as a fiddle and ready For love I can jump over the moon up above 441 00:48:50,844 --> 00:48:53,178 Fit as a fiddle and ready for love 442 00:48:54,681 --> 00:48:56,348 Gene teamed with Donald O'Connor... 443 00:48:56,516 --> 00:48:59,184 ...to perform this marvelously comic vaudeville routine... 444 00:48:59,352 --> 00:49:02,896 ...for Singin' in the Rain. 445 00:49:03,356 --> 00:49:07,609 Soon all the church bells Will be ringing and I'll march with Ma and Pa 446 00:49:07,777 --> 00:49:09,778 How the church bells will be ringing 447 00:49:09,946 --> 00:49:12,573 With a hey naughty-knotty And a hotcha-cha 448 00:49:12,740 --> 00:49:14,616 Hi, diddle-diddle, my baby's OK 449 00:49:14,784 --> 00:49:17,077 Ask me a riddle, I'm waiting to say 450 00:49:17,245 --> 00:49:19,830 Fit as a fiddle and ready for love 451 00:50:22,268 --> 00:50:25,771 It was my pleasure to dance with Gene in several films... 452 00:50:25,939 --> 00:50:28,607 ...but I think this one is my favorite. 453 00:50:28,775 --> 00:50:32,611 "The Heather on the Hill" from Brigadoon. 454 00:52:40,156 --> 00:52:47,913 You are my lucky star 455 00:52:48,081 --> 00:52:51,041 Gene inspired a whole new generation of stars. 456 00:52:51,209 --> 00:52:53,585 One of the brightest was a young California girl... 457 00:52:53,753 --> 00:52:56,046 ...named Debbie Reynolds. 458 00:52:56,214 --> 00:53:01,677 Here's Debbie in a rare outtake from Singin' in the Rain. 459 00:53:01,844 --> 00:53:07,933 Rod La Rocque and Valentino 460 00:53:08,351 --> 00:53:12,270 You are 461 00:53:12,438 --> 00:53:20,438 My lucky star 462 00:53:31,499 --> 00:53:35,127 I was only 16 and still Mary Frances Reynolds... 463 00:53:35,294 --> 00:53:37,546 ...when I entered the Miss Burbank contest. 464 00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:40,215 I did it as a lark to get a blouse and a scarf... 465 00:53:40,383 --> 00:53:42,801 ...that they were giving away to all the contestants. 466 00:53:42,969 --> 00:53:44,636 Well, as fate would have it... 467 00:53:44,804 --> 00:53:47,013 ...an MGM talent scout was in the audience... 468 00:53:47,181 --> 00:53:51,685 ...and in a year, I was under contract to the biggest studio in Hollywood. 469 00:53:51,853 --> 00:53:56,356 It was at MGM that I learned the workings of the studio's glamour mill... 470 00:53:56,524 --> 00:53:59,568 ...comprised of dozens of talented artists and technicians... 471 00:53:59,736 --> 00:54:03,739 ...who made MGM's leading ladies appear on the screen... 472 00:54:03,906 --> 00:54:06,575 ...as images of unsurpassed beauty. 473 00:54:13,207 --> 00:54:16,668 Gorgeous gowns created by the world-famous designer Adrian... 474 00:54:16,836 --> 00:54:18,336 ...were part of the treatment. 475 00:54:18,504 --> 00:54:20,338 As well as Makeup and Hair Departments... 476 00:54:20,506 --> 00:54:23,133 ...that could accomplish any style imaginable. 477 00:54:23,301 --> 00:54:25,302 A star like Joan Crawford would sometimes... 478 00:54:25,470 --> 00:54:27,554 ...have her look redesigned numerous times... 479 00:54:27,722 --> 00:54:32,642 ...until