MGM Parade Episode #1.12 (1955–1956) Online
- Original Title :
- Episode #1.12
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Documentary
- Year :
- 1955–1956
- Cast :
- George Murphy,Lionel Belmore,Robert Benchley
- Writer :
- Ray Wander
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 5.4/10
Host George Murphy introduces a scene from Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), a movie that has just gone into re-release. He then introduces the short film Home Movies (1940), where the movie's hero shows how to, or more precisely not to film and show home movies. He then introduces the short film Master Will Shakespeare (1936), which looks into the personal life of the Bard associated with his writing. The final offering of the week deals with another writer, this one a fictitious one named Hajj of ancient Persia, he who is the lead in the movie Kismet (1955). George visits the set, where the movie's creative and technical teams are filming the musical number "Rahadlakum" featuring Dolores Gray and Howard Keel.
Episode credited cast: | |||
George Murphy | - | Himself - Host | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Lionel Belmore | - | Burbage (archive footage) | |
Robert Benchley | - | Home Movie Maker (archive footage) | |
Marie Blake | - | Home Movie Watcher (archive footage) | |
Ann Blyth | - | Herself (archive footage) | |
John Butler | - | Home Movie Watcher (archive footage) | |
Hobart Cavanaugh | - | Home Movie Watcher (archive footage) | |
Charles Coleman | - | John Decker (archive footage) | |
The Cristiani Family | - | Themselves - Equestrian Acrobats (archive footage) | |
Arthur Freed | - | Himself - Producer (archive footage) | |
Fernand Gravey | - | Johann Strauss II (archive footage) | |
Dolores Gray | - | Lalume (archive footage) | |
Herbert Gunn | - | Bob Clever (archive footage) | |
Susan Hayward | - | Lillian Roth (archive footage) | |
Van Johnson | - | Ted Lawson (archive footage) |