Betty Hutton

Showbiz Goes to War

Gayle Gibson Sedawie, Norman Sedawie

Bud Abbott, Larry Adler

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.

Private Screenings: Betty Hutton

Tony Barbon

Robert Osborne, Betty Hutton

Singer-comedian Betty Button shares stories from her career as one of Hollywood's top stars.

Strictly G.I.

Bob Hope, Judy Garland

A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. This entry (Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 20) was broadcast and filmed at a live performance at Camp Roberts, California. Lana Turner, Betty Hutton, Judy Garland and Bob Hope star.

Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra

Joseph Henabery

Vincent Lopez, Betty Hutton

Tired of playing their theme song, “Nola,” ad nauseam, Vincent Lopez’s orchestra rebels. They perform a number of other tunes with vocalists including Betty Hutton (in one of her first screen appearances) and virtuoso whistler Fred Lowery.

Jazz Ball

Leslie M. Roush

Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington

A made-for-TV musical revue, compiled from soundies and film and TV performances by jazz greats from the 1930s to the 1950s.

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Preston Sturges

Eddie Bracken, Betty Hutton

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.

That's Entertainment! III

Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan

June Allyson, Cyd Charisse

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.

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer

Kenneth Bowser

Fritz Weaver, Eddie Bracken

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

That's Entertainment, Part II

Gene Kelly

Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly

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.

Annie Get Your Gun

George Sidney

Betty Hutton, Howard Keel

Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Skirmish on the Home Front

Charles Brackett

Alan Ladd, Betty Hutton

Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.

Incendiary Blonde

George Marshall

Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova

Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underworld connections who famously greeted her customers with the phrase, "Hello, suckers!"

The Fleet's In

Victor Schertzinger

Dorothy Lamour, William Holden

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.

The Greatest Show on Earth

Cecil B. DeMille

Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Star Spangled Rhythm

George Marshall

Bing Crosby, Bob Hope

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddies, Pop enlists the aid of the studio's dizzy switchboard operator in pulling off the charade. Things get more complicated when Pop agrees to put together a show for the Navy starring Paramount's top contract players.

The Perils of Pauline

George Marshall

Betty Hutton, John Lund

Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take