MGM Parade (1955)
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
George Murphy
Host
Harold J. Marzorati
Director of Photography
Walter Pidgeon
Self - Host / Dr. Edward Morbius
Luana Lee
Self
Marlon Brando
Self
Debbie Reynolds
Julie Gillis / Self
Susan Hayward
Self - Guest
John Hodiak
Jack Armstrong / Self
Dan Dailey
Self - Guest
Donna Reed
Self - Guest
Esther Williams
Self - Water Ballerina in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
Glenn Ford
Dave Stannard in 'Ransom!' (archive footage)
Gene Kelly
Self - Actor / Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
Cyd Charisse
Self
Fred Astaire
Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' / actor 'Broadway Melody of 1940' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Judy Garland
Betty Clayton (archive footage)
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 14, 1955
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes5
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This TV Show Is About.
Scripted
Wiki.
MGM Parade is a documentary television series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and broadcast by the ABC network during the 1955–56 season on Wednesdays at 8:30pm (E.S.T.), under the alternate sponsorship of American Tobacco (Pall Mall), and General Foods (Instant Maxwell House).
The 30 minute MGM Parade, one of MGM's first TV programs, was produced by MGM's trailer department as one of the compilation and promotional shows that imitated Walt Disney's Disneyland.