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That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Haley Jr.
Written by	Jack Haley Jr.
Produced by	Jack Haley Jr.; David Niven Jr.
Starring	Mikhail Baryshnikov; Ray Bolger; Sammy Davis Jr.; Gene Kelly; Liza Minnelli;
Cinematography	Andrew Laszlo
Edited by	Michael J. Sheridan
Music by	Henry Mancini
Production; company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Company (United States); United International Pictures (International)
Release date	January 18, 1985;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$4,210,938

That's Dancing! is a 1985 American compilation film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that looked back at the history of dancing in film. Unlike the That's Entertainment! series, this film not only focuses specifically on MGM films, but also included films from other studios.

A highlight of the film was the first theatrical release of a complete dance routine by Ray Bolger for his "If I Only Had a Brain" number that had been shortened in The Wizard of Oz.

Summary

The hosts for this film are Gene Kelly (who also executive produced), Ray Bolger (his last film appearance before his death in 1987), Liza Minnelli, Sammy Davis Jr., and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Pop singer Kim Carnes was commissioned to sing an original song, "Invitation to Dance", that plays over the closing credits.

This film is sometimes considered part of the That's Entertainment! series, especially since its starting credits contain a card with the That's Entertainment! III title (not to be confused with the 1994 film), but even though it shared studio and producers, it is considered a separate production. Jack Haley Jr., who wrote, produced and directed the first That's Entertainment! film, also wrote and directed this one, co-producing with longtime friend David Niven Jr. Haley's father, Jack Haley, had co-starred with Bolger in The Wizard of Oz.

Dedication

This film is dedicated to all dancers, especially those who devoted their lives to the development of their art long before there was a motion picture camera.

Appearances

Films featured

The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
So This Is Paris (1926)
Flying High (1931)
42nd Street (1933)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
Rufus Jones for President (1933)
Dames (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
Roberta (1935)
The Littlest Rebel (1935)
Born to Dance (1936)
Swing Time (1936)
Honolulu (1939)
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
On Your Toes (1939)
Down Argentine Way (1940)
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
Kismet (1944)
The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
Good News (1947)
The Red Shoes (1948)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
Three Little Words (1950)
Royal Wedding (1951)
An American in Paris (1951)
The Merry Widow (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Band Wagon (1953)
Give a Girl a Break (1953)
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Latin Lovers (1953)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Jupiter's Darling (1955)
Oklahoma! (1955)
Carousel (1956)
Invitation to the Dance (1956)
Les Girls (1957)
Silk Stockings (1957)
Indiscreet (1958)
tom thumb (1958)
West Side Story (1961)
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Sweet Charity (1969)
The Boy Friend (1971)
Cabaret (1972)
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
The Turning Point (1977)
Fame (1980)
Flashdance (1983)

Home media

That's Dancing! was not included when the three That's Entertainment! films were released on DVD in 2004; it was instead released on its own in 2007. The DVD includes several behind-the-scenes promotional featurettes from 1985 on the making of the film, as well as its accompanying music video featuring Kim Carnes singing "Invitation to Dance" although the DVD omits both the video and song itself.