Acting

George Murphy

Born July 4, 1902 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Died May 3, 1992 · aged 89

George Murphy was an American dancer and stage, screen, and television actor, as well as a United States Senator. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1944 to 1946, and was awarded an honorary Oscar in 1951. Murphy served from 1965 to 1971 as U.S. Senator from California, the first nota…

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They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Battleground

Battleground · 1949

MovieActionAdventure

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing! · 1985

That's Dancing!

MovieDocumentaryMusic

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

Step Lively

Step Lively · 1944

MovieDramaMusic

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

Show Business

Show Business · 1944

MovieRomanceComedy

Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.

Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940 · 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

MovieMusicRomance

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.

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They Died with Their Boots On

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Stunts

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Battleground

Battleground · 1949

MovieActionAdventure

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Holley and his American compatriots have already seen one of their own, Roderigues, perish under enemy fire. The men try to rebuff another series of Nazi attacks, but what they really need is a change in the weather. Without clear skies, they'll never get the air support they need.

'Pop' Stazak

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing! · 1985

That's Dancing!

MovieDocumentaryMusic

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from its origins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, up to the break dance and music videos from the 80s.

From 'Broadway Rhythm' (archive footage)

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Step Lively

Step Lively · 1944

MovieDramaMusic

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

Gordon Miller

Show Business

Show Business · 1944

MovieRomanceComedy

Musical about vaudeville performers, from 1944.

George Doane

Broadway Melody of 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940 · 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

MovieMusicRomance

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.

King Shaw

Ringside Maisie

Ringside Maisie · 1941

Ringside Maisie

MovieDramaRomance

Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.

Francis X. 'Skeets' / 'Skeeter' Maguire

Border Incident

Border Incident · 1949

Border Incident

MovieCrimeDrama

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the smuggling of Mexican migrant workers across the border to California. The two agents go undercover, one as a poor migrant.

Jack Bearnes

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway · 1938

Little Miss Broadway

MovieDramaFamily

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

Roger Wendling

Woman Trap

Woman Trap · 1936

MovieDramaCrime

A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as reporter Kent Shevlin, whose investigation of the murder leads to a tenure as a temporary FBI agent.

Keat Shevlin

Twenty Years After

Twenty Years After · 1944

Twenty Years After

MovieDocumentary

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.

(archive footage)

This Is the Army

This Is the Army · 1943

This Is the Army

MovieComedyMusic

In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son Johnny Jones, who was before his fathers assistant, gets the order to stage a knew all-soldier show, called THIS IS THE ARMY. But in his pesonal life he has problems, because he refuses to marry his fiancée until the war is over.

Jerry Jones

It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country · 1951

It's a Big Country

MovieComedyDrama

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.

Mr. Patrick Callaghan

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal · 1942

For Me and My Gal

MovieRomanceWar

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.

Jimmy K. Metcalf

Little Nellie Kelly

Little Nellie Kelly · 1940

Little Nellie Kelly

MovieComedyFamily

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.

Jerry Kelly

No Questions Asked

No Questions Asked · 1951

No Questions Asked

With the help of some seedy gangsters, young attorney Steve Keiver makes some quick cash by bending the law, and in the process, he impresses the mobsters so much that they invite him to work for them on a regular basis. But when Police Inspector Matt Duggan realizes that Steve is working as a middleman for the mob, the young lawyer finds himself in a life-threatening situation. In order to clear his name, he must betray the deadly crooks he's been working for.

Police Insp. Matt Duggan

Bataan

MovieActionDrama

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.

Lt. Steve Bentley

Kid Millions

Kid Millions · 1934

MovieMusicComedy

A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

Jerry Lane

Tenth Avenue Angel

Tenth Avenue Angel · 1948

Tenth Avenue Angel

Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and keep Steve out of trouble.

Steve Abbutt

Letter of Introduction

Letter of Introduction · 1938

Letter of Introduction

MovieComedyDrama

An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.

Barry Paige

Broadway Melody of 1938

Broadway Melody of 1938 · 1937

Broadway Melody of 1938

MovieMusicRomance

Steve Raleight wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee. But Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a newcomer. Sally purchases a horse, she used to train when her parents had a farm before the depression and with to ex-vaudevillians, Sonny Ledford and Peter Trott she trains it to win a race, providing the money Steve needs for his show.

Sonny Ledford

Big City

Big City · 1948

MovieDramaMusic

A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

Patrick O'Donnell

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse · 1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.

MGM Parade

MGM Parade · 1955

The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.

Host

The Thin Man

The Thin Man · 1957

Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies of the 1930's starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk starred as the televison versions of Nick and Nora which ran on NBC for two seasons from 1957-59.