MGM Parade Episode #1.19 (Season 1, Episode 19)
TV Episode | 30 min | Documentary

MGM Parade

Episode #1.19 (Season 1, Episode 19)

TV Episode | 30 min | Documentary

Host George Murphy first introduces the song and dance number "The Babbit and the Bromide" performed by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies, that number which satirizes clichéd social niceties. Next, several serial cartoonists ...See moreHost George Murphy first introduces the song and dance number "The Babbit and the Bromide" performed by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in Ziegfeld Follies, that number which satirizes clichéd social niceties. Next, several serial cartoonists are shown at work in the short film People on Paper. Murph then introduces another short film, Ghost Treasure, which details the treacherous search for gold in the inhospitable Death Valley. And in the coming attractions segment, he introduces Ransom!, the clip shown which highlights the pros and cons of paying ransom in a kidnapping situation. Written by Huggo See less

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Name	Known for
George Murphy Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
Fred Astaire Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) See fewer	The Towering Inferno (1974)
Roman Bohnen Pete Wilkins in 'Ghost Treasure' (archive footage) Pete Wilkins in 'Ghost Treasure' (archive footage) See fewer	The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Henry Brandon Mariano Arguello in 'Ghost Treasure' (archive footage) Mariano Arguello in 'Ghost Treasure' (archive footage) See fewer	The Searchers (1956)
Dick Calkins Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	Buck Rogers (1939)
Al Capp Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	Li'l Abner (1940)
Ham Fisher Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	The Joe Palooka Story (1954)
Glenn Ford Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) See fewer	Gilda (1946)
Harold Gray Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	Annie (2014)
Robert Keith Police Chief Jim Backett in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) Police Chief Jim Backett in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) See fewer	Guys and Dolls (1955)
Gene Kelly Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage) See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Frank King Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	Gasoline Alley (1951)
H.H. Knerr Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	People on Paper (1945)
John Nesbitt Narrator of 'People on Paper' (voice) (archive footage) Narrator of 'People on Paper' (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Telephone Time (1956)
Leslie Nielsen Charlie Telford in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) Charlie Telford in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) See fewer	Airplane! (1980)
Manuel París Soldier in 'Ghost Treasure' (archive footage) Soldier in 'Ghost Treasure' (archive footage) See fewer	Cuando el amor ríe (1930)
Ainslie Pryor Al Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) Al Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage) See fewer	The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Raeburn Van Buren Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	People on Paper (1945)
Carey Wilson Self - Narrator of 'Ghost Treasure' (archive sound) Self - Narrator of 'Ghost Treasure' (archive sound) See fewer	Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Chic Young Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) Self - Cartoonist (archive footage) See fewer	Blondie's Big Moment (1947)