That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III (1994) — watch online on iFILM — is a 113-minute MGM documentary directed by Bud Friedgen and Michael J. Sheridan, the third chapter in the studio's anthology series tracing its golden age of musicals from 1929 through the late 1950s.

The hosts are survivors of that era: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Esther Williams, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, and Lena Horne. The footage leans into outtakes, deleted numbers, and archival material that never reached theaters — sequences featuring Fred Astaire, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, and Lucille Ball in takes the studio once rejected or simply shelved.

Of the three That's Entertainment films, this one draws most heavily from the discard pile, which is exactly what gives it an edge over the earlier compilations. It functions less as a celebration and more as an archive. Watch That's Entertainment! III (1994) online on iFILM.